GUI_UPLOAD does not replace WS_UPLOAD.

[Former Member]

Hi All,

WS_UPLOAD is obsolete and does not support unicode, but it was able to be executed in a background programs.  GUI_UPLOAD is currently supported and it does unicode, but only runs in interactive GUI programs.

Does any know of an FM that both supports unicode and can be excuted in a background programs?

Dwight,

[matt]

Erm.... WS_UPLOAD doesn't work in background and never did. Reason being, like

cl_gui_frontend_services=>GUI_UPLOAD, it utilises the SAPGui to move the data from the presentation server to the application server. You haven't got a presentation server nor a SAPGui when you run in background.

There are various workarounds of course, but these work equally with whatever technology you use.

[arindam_m]

Hi,

Do OPEN DATASET, CLOSE DATASET...

Cheers,

Arindam

[bastinvinoth]

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[Former Member]

Hi All,

Let me clairify, I am trying to read a file from a remote server to the application server via an RFC fruction call in a background job on the remote server.  The remote server's file system is not visable to the application server therefore DATASET will not work.

Since the file I am tying to transfer is text with linefeeds, I may just feed one line at a time in a loop appending each line to a DATASET on th application server.

However if anyone has a more graceful approach it would be much appriciated.

Dwight,

[arindam_m]

Hi,

Have you tried with EXTERNAL COMMANDS. Don't quiet know the kind of remote server that you are trying to connect to but with EXTERNAL COMMANDS you might be able to give an FTP command to transfer to your application server.

Cheers,

Arindam

[RaymondGiuseppi]

Does the remote server support FTP, that could be another solution to transfer file ?

Regards,
Raymond

PS: But how did you use WS_UPLOAD successfully in good old times for this requirement ?

[mayur_priyan]

Hi,

As Matthew righty said we need to use

cl_gui_frontend_services=>GUI_UPLOAD to overcome your issue.

But remember to clear the internal table before use.