How does QUANT field display conversion work with no conversion exit?

[Former Member]

I have a screen that I am using with a database table field that is based on the quantity field BRGEW.

When the database table has a value '2,000' stored in the field, it is displayed as '2', which is fine.

I want to know how this conversion on the screen is happening. There is NO conversion exit routine behind the data element, and NO explicit use of a conversion routine associated with my screen element, and yet the conversion still happens.

Can anybody tell me how this is being done? I need to use the same functionality writing to a BDCDATA-FVAL field, making sure the BDCDATA-FVAL field has data input as displaued, not as stored in the database.

[anversha_s]

Hi anthony,

i think it might be in the screen layout.

kindly check there.

Rgds

anver

[Former Member]

Hi Anver,

No it isn't; I just explicitly stated that it is not in the screen settings for the field or in the data element itself.

BR,

Tony.

[RichHeilman]

Hi Anthony, the formatting is happening automatically by the screen renderer. THe built in data types are formatted in a specific way when used in screens. Also for the BDC problem, You simply need to move to a smaller field, like 10 characters. Then use this field to build the BDCDATA-FVAL. No need for formatting.

data: bdc_qty(10) type c.

bdc_qty = mara-brgew.

perform bdcdata.......

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hii Rich,

Nope, that doesn't work either.

I have a quantity field zsp01-brgew type brgew (QUANT 13); it contains the value 2.000, representing the value 2. It appears on the screen as 2, not 2.000.

If I do this as suggested:

data: bdc_qty(10) type c.
bdc_qty = zsp01-brgew.

I get the value 2.000 in the bdc_qty field, which is 2000 with the country settings I have to use (000's separator is a '.').

Currently I am having to do this:

CALL FUNCTION 'CEVA_CONVERT_FLOAT_TO_CHAR'
  EXPORTING
    FLOAT_IMP  = ZSP01-BRGEW
    FORMAT_IMP = 'P10_3'
    LEFT_IMP   = 'X'
    ROUND_IMP  = '+'
  IMPORTING
    CHAR_EXP   = FVAL.

Which works, but I'm sure there must be an easier way.

BR,

Tony.

[Former Member]

Hi Anthony

The conversion is automatically made using the measure unit.

U can use WRITE statament with option UNIT:

WRITE BRGEW UNIT <UNIT> TO BDCDATA-FVAL.

Max

[Former Member]

Hi Max,

That's just about it thanks!

I had to remove leading spaces though:

WRITE ZSP01-BRGEW  UNIT ZSP01-GEWEI TO FVAL.
SHIFT FVAL LEFT DELETING LEADING SPACE.

Thanks for helping!

BR,

Tony.