Function

[Former Member]

Hi,

Please explain me the following function in detail

call function 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

exporting

• BIN_FILESIZE =

filename = 'c:\king.xls'

• FILETYPE = 'ASC'

• APPEND = ' '

write_field_separator = 'X'

• HEADER = '00'

• TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS = ' '

• WRITE_LF = 'X'

• COL_SELECT = ' '

• COL_SELECT_MASK = ' '

• DAT_MODE = ' '

• IMPORTING

• FILELENGTH =

tables

data_tab = itab

exceptions

file_write_error = 1

no_batch = 2

gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3

invalid_type = 4

no_authority = 5

unknown_error = 6

header_not_allowed = 7

separator_not_allowed = 8

filesize_not_allowed = 9

header_too_long = 10

dp_error_create = 11

dp_error_send = 12

dp_error_write = 13

unknown_dp_error = 14

access_denied = 15

dp_out_of_memory = 16

disk_full = 17

dp_timeout = 18

file_not_found = 19

dataprovider_exception = 20

control_flush_error = 21

others = 22

[Former Member]

Hi Mahathi,

go to se37 --> type 'GUI_DOWNLOAD' in Function module area --> press display

--> press FUNCTION MODULE DOCUMENTATION tab you can get all the details about that function module.(Try it out in ECC5.0 server).

hope this works.

[former_member386202]

Hi,

FU GUI_DOWNLOAD

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Short Text

Download an Internal Table to the PC

Functionality

Data transfer of an internal table form the server to a file on the PC. The Gui_Download module replaces the obsolete modules Ws_Download and Download. The file dialog of the download module is available in the class Cl_Gui_Frontend_Services.

Further information

TYPE-POOLS: ABAP.

• Binary download table

DATA: BEGIN OF line_bin,

data(1024) TYPE X,

END OF line_bin.

DATA: data_tab_bin LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF line_bin.

• Ascii download table

DATA: BEGIN OF line_asc,

text(1024) TYPE C,

END OF line_asc.

DATA: data_tab_asc LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF line_asc.

• DAT download table

DATA: BEGIN OF line_dat,

Packed TYPE P,

Text(10) TYPE C,

Number TYPE I,

Date TYPE D,

Time TYPE T,

Float TYPE F,

Hex(3) TYPE X,

String TYPE String,

END OF line_dat.

DATA: data_tab_dat LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF line_dat.

• Get filename

DATA: fullpath TYPE String,

filename TYPE String,

path TYPE String,

user_action TYPE I,

encoding TYPE ABAP_ENCODING.

CALL METHOD CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>FILE_SAVE_DIALOG

EXPORTING

WINDOW_TITLE = 'Gui_Download Demo'

WITH_ENCODING = 'X'

INITIAL_DIRECTORY = 'C:\'

CHANGING

FILENAME = filename

PATH = path

FULLPATH = fullpath

USER_ACTION = user_action

FILE_ENCODING = encoding

EXCEPTIONS

CNTL_ERROR = 1

ERROR_NO_GUI = 2

NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI = 3

others = 4.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

EXIT.

ENDIF.

IF user_action <> CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>ACTION_OK.

EXIT.

ENDIF.

• Download variables

DATA: length TYPE I.

• Binary download

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

EXPORTING

FILENAME = fullpath

FILETYPE = 'BIN'

IMPORTING

FILELENGTH = length

TABLES

DATA_TAB = data_tab_bin

EXCEPTIONS

FILE_WRITE_ERROR = 1

NO_BATCH = 2

GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER = 3

INVALID_TYPE = 4

NO_AUTHORITY = 5

UNKNOWN_ERROR = 6

HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED = 7

SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED = 8

FILESIZE_NOT_ALLOWED = 9

HEADER_TOO_LONG = 10

DP_ERROR_CREATE = 11

DP_ERROR_SEND = 12

DP_ERROR_WRITE = 13

UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR = 14

ACCESS_DENIED = 15

DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY = 16

DISK_FULL = 17

DP_TIMEOUT = 18

FILE_NOT_FOUND = 19

DATAPROVIDER_EXCEPTION = 20

CONTROL_FLUSH_ERROR = 21

OTHERS = 22.

• Ascii download

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

EXPORTING

FILENAME = fullpath

FILETYPE = 'ASC'

IMPORTING

FILELENGTH = length

TABLES

DATA_TAB = data_tab_asc

EXCEPTIONS

FILE_WRITE_ERROR = 1

NO_BATCH = 2

GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER = 3

INVALID_TYPE = 4

NO_AUTHORITY = 5

UNKNOWN_ERROR = 6

HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED = 7

SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED = 8

FILESIZE_NOT_ALLOWED = 9

HEADER_TOO_LONG = 10

DP_ERROR_CREATE = 11

DP_ERROR_SEND = 12

DP_ERROR_WRITE = 13

UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR = 14

ACCESS_DENIED = 15

DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY = 16

DISK_FULL = 17

DP_TIMEOUT = 18

FILE_NOT_FOUND = 19

DATAPROVIDER_EXCEPTION = 20

CONTROL_FLUSH_ERROR = 21

OTHERS = 22.

• DAT download

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

EXPORTING

FILENAME = fullpath

FILETYPE = 'DAT'

IMPORTING

FILELENGTH = length

TABLES

DATA_TAB = data_tab_dat

EXCEPTIONS

FILE_WRITE_ERROR = 1

NO_BATCH = 2

GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER = 3

INVALID_TYPE = 4

NO_AUTHORITY = 5

UNKNOWN_ERROR = 6

HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED = 7

SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED = 8

FILESIZE_NOT_ALLOWED = 9

HEADER_TOO_LONG = 10

DP_ERROR_CREATE = 11

DP_ERROR_SEND = 12

DP_ERROR_WRITE = 13

UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR = 14

ACCESS_DENIED = 15

DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY = 16

DISK_FULL = 17

DP_TIMEOUT = 18

FILE_NOT_FOUND = 19

DATAPROVIDER_EXCEPTION = 20

CONTROL_FLUSH_ERROR = 21

OTHERS = 22.

Parameters

BIN_FILESIZE

FILENAME

FILETYPE

APPEND

WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR

HEADER

TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS

WRITE_LF

COL_SELECT

COL_SELECT_MASK

DAT_MODE

CONFIRM_OVERWRITE

NO_AUTH_CHECK

CODEPAGE

IGNORE_CERR

REPLACEMENT

WRITE_BOM

TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL

WK1_N_FORMAT

WK1_N_SIZE

WK1_T_FORMAT

WK1_T_SIZE

WRITE_LF_AFTER_LAST_LINE

SHOW_TRANSFER_STATUS

FILELENGTH

DATA_TAB

FIELDNAMES

Exceptions

FILE_WRITE_ERROR

NO_BATCH

GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER

INVALID_TYPE

NO_AUTHORITY

UNKNOWN_ERROR

HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED

SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED

FILESIZE_NOT_ALLOWED

HEADER_TOO_LONG

DP_ERROR_CREATE

DP_ERROR_SEND

DP_ERROR_WRITE

UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR

ACCESS_DENIED

DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY

DISK_FULL

DP_TIMEOUT

FILE_NOT_FOUND

DATAPROVIDER_EXCEPTION

CONTROL_FLUSH_ERROR

Function Group

SFES

Regards,

pRashant