message length

[Former Member]

hi to all experts,

i have message class in that i have given a message but the message is too long for it how to accommodate the message in that message . it is exceeding the length in the message class

[kamesh_g]

hi

use 2 text elements for message

eg : message type "'E' with text-001 text-002 .

Try with above eg ..

[Former Member]

hi ramesh,

i know that but i want the message to be in the message class itself not defined by text elements

[Former Member]

hi...

if & is there in the message text you can make use of that for your purpose

regards

[Former Member]

Hi ,

A single text element in the message class can display 60 characters.

you have to declare two text elements while declaring the message as suggested above.

Thanx,

Pritha.

[Former Member]

Hi,

As well as the suggestions so far you could rephrase the message to fit the the length limit and put the longer message in the long text.

E.g.

System error due to strange things happening with the lock object and other such things

Becomes;

System error (See long text)

Regards,

Nick

[kamesh_g]

hi

if you want message to be in message class and text more than 60 chars not possible .

for pop_up also max 60 chars only .

only option is using diff text elements .

Edited by: KAMESH G on Feb 20, 2009 10:49 AM

[Former Member]

Hi Nick,

thanks for you reply and can elaborate more on long text like how to use and write message in long text as i have never done this before

[Former Member]

Hi,

To create a long text you need to un-check the column headed 'Self-explanatory' then press the Long Text button. This will give you a full screen text editor to enter text under four different headings. If you need to added variables to the long text choose Edit -> Command -> Insert Command and enter symbol &V1&, &V2& etc

Regards,

Nick

[kamesh_g]

Hi NICK

i would like to no the solution whihc u r trying to tell .

please can you explain me clearly what the solution for this if you are confident that will solve the problem .

please i want this solution .

thanks in advance .

[Former Member]

Hi,

The solution is this. A SAP message is made up of two parts, the short text (which is limited length, and is displayed when the message is raised) and the long text (which is optional, but has no limit in size).

The short text should hold a brief summary of the error, and the long text should explain how the problem occured and what action should be taken. After the message is displayed to the user when they double-click on it the long text is displayed in a pop-up window.

Take a look at a message like MEPO 005, this has both short text and long text.

Regards,

Nick

[Former Member]

In message long texts use &v1&, &v2&, &v3&, and &v4& for their corresponding variable.

regards

bhavesh

[Former Member]

hi...

i dont remember exactly but maximum static length for a message is 72 or 74.

you cannot give length more than that.

but you can make use of place holder '&' if it is there in the message definition.

& you can find it in some standard message classes which you can provide value using variables and even text elements

regards

Edited by: Mohit Kumar on Feb 20, 2009 10:41 AM

[GauthamV]

Try this [message class maximum length|https://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=22576486&messageID=6733537]

[Former Member]

Hi,

In the message class give the place holders like & & Then in u r report and use

MESSAGE e000(zzz) WITH text-001 text-002 .

Regards,

jaya

[Former Member]

hi,

u can use FM: POPUP_TO_DISPLAY_TEXT_LO

or

BAL_DSP_MSG_LONGTEXT

and for more details refer:

in which same issue is discussed.

regards

rahul

[Former Member]

this would be a alternative solution.

use CONCATENATE statement

Concatenate text1 text2 into text.

MESSAGE <t><num> WITH text.