OPEN DATA SET + NOT WRITING

[Former Member]

Hello friends,

I have a very simple example, ( writing a string to file ), but dont know what I am doing wrong:

TABLES sflight.

data: flighttab type standard table of sflight .

data: xml_out type string .

select * from sflight into table flighttab .

call transformation (`ID`)

source

output = flighttab[]

result xml xml_out.

DATA:

dsn(30) TYPE C VALUE 'C:\tmp\write\test.xml',

rec(80) TYPE C.

OPEN DATASET dsn FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE .

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

EXIT.

ENDIF.

TRANSFER xml_out TO dsn. "'c:\tmp\flights.xml'.

CLOSE DATASET dsn.

the file is opened correctlly, but on transfer i did not get any exception either, but its not writing on the local drive ? any idea, what I am doing wrong, ..

Regards,

[Former Member]

Hello,

Try giving a different directory name.

and use encoding default.

oops..I didn't check ur code properly,

Chandrasekahr is right !!!

U can't use a Opendataset to write into a local file.

U got to use Gui_Upload .

Check this sample code:-

chk this sample code.

types: begin of tdat,

fld1(10) type c,

fld2(10) type c,

fld3(10) type c,

end of tdat.

data: itab type table of ttab with header line.

data: idat type table of tdat with header line.

data: file_str type string.

parameters: p_file type localfile.

at selection-screen on value-request for p_file.

call function 'KD_GET_FILENAME_ON_F4'

exporting

static = 'X'

changing

file_name = p_file.

start-of-selection.

file_str = p_file.

call function 'GUI_UPLOAD'

exporting

filename = file_str

tables

data_tab = itab

exceptions

file_open_error = 1

file_read_error = 2

no_batch = 3

gui_refuse_filetransfer = 4

invalid_type = 5

no_authority = 6

unknown_error = 7

bad_data_format = 8

header_not_allowed = 9

separator_not_allowed = 10

header_too_long = 11

unknown_dp_error = 12

access_denied = 13

dp_out_of_memory = 14

disk_full = 15

dp_timeout = 16

others = 17.

delete itab index 1.

loop at itab.

clear idat.

split itab-rec at cl_abap_char_utilities=>horizontal_tab

into idat-fld1

idat-fld2

idat-fld3.

append idat.

endloop.

loop at idat.

write:/ idat-fld1, idat-fld2, idat-fld3.

endloop.

Regards,

Deepu.K

[Former Member]

Hi Shah,

you cannot use Open DATASET to write to a file on presentation server, it is used only to write file on application server

use GUI_DOWNLOAD FM for the same

[Former Member]

Hi,

OPEN DATASET dsn FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE .

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

EXIT.

ENDIF.

LOOP at XML_OUT.

TRANSFER xml_out TO dsn. "'c:\tmp\flights.xml'.

ENDLOOP.

CLOSE DATASET dsn.

Regards

Sudheer

[Former Member]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply,

The problem is I have to just write the "String" into the file, where as gui_download use internal table etc....

Is there no way to open/ create a file and just write the string to that file ?

Regards,

[gerhard_slanitsch]

Hello.

I have the same problem than you. Did you have found any solution in the meantime?

Best Regards

Gerhard