OPEN DATASET doubt

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

I´m trying to create a file in a server using OPEN DATASET.

        
  TYPES:
  BEGIN OF l_ty_string,
    l_string TYPE c LENGTH 71,
  END OF l_ty_string.

  DATA: l_t_string TYPE TABLE OF l_ty_string,
        l_s_string TYPE l_ty_string,

  DATA: v_arquivo TYPE c LENGTH 255.

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    LOOP AT l_t_string INTO l_s_string.
      OPEN DATASET v_arquivo FOR APPENDING IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
      IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
        TRANSFER l_s_string TO v_arquivo.
      ENDIF.
      CLOSE DATASET v_arquivo.
    ENDLOOP.

Using the prevideous code I can generate it so far great. But I CAN´T define a number caracters standard. I would like to insert a line with 71 caracters.

Eg.

'TEST_____________________________________________________'

'USING OPEN DATASET CORRECTLY____________________________'

My file is like this:

'TEST '

'USING OPEN DATASET CORRECTLY '

someone can help me?

Edited by: Douglas Yuri Silveira on Jul 13, 2009 5:34 PM

[Former Member]

Are you defining the texts as text + spaces or only the text? Because if you only assign the text, it won't work. Try calculating and adding the exact number of extra spaces to the text strings.

[Former Member]

I tryied it... but it didn´t work...

[Former Member]

Use LENGTH option with your TRANSFER statement.

TRANSFER l_s_string TO v_arquivo LENGTH 71

Edited by: Srinivas Adavi on Jul 13, 2009 4:55 PM

[Former Member]

Tnks, Srinivas....