Longer material description

[Former Member]

Hi

My problem is material description t-code MM03.

I have a lot of new materials and material name (description) is almost 100 characters.

I need that material name in my material label so I can not leave anything out.

I print those labels by using another program, so if I can place first 40 character in that material field and end of that material name somewhere else I can print those labels. Is there some good place for that text?

I already try additional data => basic data text, but I can not find any tabel where that text is?

Or how that long text works ( edit=>long text)? I can not create eny text.

Best Regards

Tuomo H

[Former Member]

Hi,

If you use a long text for the additional description. For example Basic Data text.

You can read that additional text with FM READ_TEXT.

You can find the information for the long text by opening the text editor (for the text for the material you are maintaining).

Then use -> GOTO -> HEADER

You will need the information Text name / Language / Text ID / Text Object to pass to the FM READ_TEXT to retreive the long text information in your program.

Kind Regards

[Former Member]

Hi,

" You can read that additional text with FM READ_TEXT "

How can I do that?

I know Text name / Language / Text ID / Text Object, but what then?

This FM READ_TEXT is new case to me.

Kind Regards

Tuomo

[Former Member]

hi

CALL FUNCTION 'READ_TEXT'

EXPORTING

id = '0001'

language = 'E'

name = v_name

object = 'MVKE'

TABLES

lines = i_line

EXCEPTIONS

id = 1

language = 2

name = 3

not_found = 4

object = 5

reference_check = 6

wrong_access_to_archive = 7

OTHERS = 8.

IF sy-subrc = 0.

READ TABLE i_line INDEX 1.

MOVE : wa_readtext-matnr TO wa_longtext-matnr,

i_line-tdline TO wa_longtext-tdline.

APPEND wa_longtext TO i_longtext.

CLEAR wa_longtext.

ENDIF.

You Can the details of name and object in the header of the longtext.

Edited by: A kumar on Aug 20, 2008 2:20 PM

[Former Member]

Hi,

You should pass the Text name / Language / Text ID / Text Object to the function module READ_TEXT.

This returns a table LINES which contains your data.

U can display all the lines of this table LINES.

Bhupal

[GauthamV]

hi,

supply these parameters in tht fm.

data:i_potxt LIKE tline OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,

w_thead LIKE thead.

w_thead-tdname = wa_final-ebeln.

w_thead-tdspras = 'EN'.

w_thead-tdid = 'F05'.

w_thead-tdobject = 'EKKO'.

CALL FUNCTION 'READ_TEXT'

EXPORTING

id = w_thead-tdid

language = w_thead-tdspras

name = w_thead-tdname

object = w_thead-tdobject

TABLES

lines = i_potxt

EXCEPTIONS

id = 1

language = 2

name = 3

not_found = 4

object = 5

reference_check = 6

wrong_access_to_archive = 7

OTHERS = 8.

Edited by: gautham chakraverthi on Aug 20, 2008 5:54 PM

[Former Member]

Solved

Thanks all,

Br Tuomo