GUI_DOWNLOAD issue - returns empty table

[Former Member]

I am using the following to read a text file (I have tried a tab delimited text file as well as a .csv file) into an internal table. The returned sy-subrc value is 0 but the returned table is empty.

Any ideas?

Regards,

Davis

d_string = p_file.
  CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
    EXPORTING
*   BIN_FILESIZE                    =
      filename                        = d_string
*   FILETYPE                        = 'ASC'
*   APPEND                          = ' '
*   WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = ' '
*   HEADER                          = '00'
*   TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS           = ' '
*   WRITE_LF                        = 'X'
*   COL_SELECT                      = ' '
*   COL_SELECT_MASK                 = ' '
*   DAT_MODE                        = ' '
*   CONFIRM_OVERWRITE               = ' '
*   NO_AUTH_CHECK                   = ' '
*   CODEPAGE                        = ' '
*   IGNORE_CERR                     = ABAP_TRUE
*   REPLACEMENT                     = '#'
*   WRITE_BOM                       = ' '
*   TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL       = 'X'
*   WK1_N_FORMAT                    = ' '
*   WK1_N_SIZE                      = ' '
*   WK1_T_FORMAT                    = ' '
*   WK1_T_SIZE                      = ' '
*   WRITE_LF_AFTER_LAST_LINE        = ABAP_TRUE
*   SHOW_TRANSFER_STATUS            = ABAP_TRUE
* IMPORTING
*   FILELENGTH                      =
    TABLES
      data_tab                        = it_string
*   FIELDNAMES                      =
   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]

I am an idiot. I am using the wrong FM. I need upload.

[Former Member]

Hello Davis,

Things like that can happen. I highly respect your regret. Many guys don't even recognize their mistake nor do they admit.

Cheers,

Heinz

[Former Member]

Use FM GUI_UPLOAD instead.

A

[Former Member]

Arent you supposed to use GUI_UPLOAD?

GUI_UPLOAD - Text file to internal table.
GUI_Download - Internal table to text file.