Re: Problem in HTML string conversion.

Former Member · ‎2013 Aug 20

Hi All.

String is truncated after special character “&” .

I am passing string from ABAP to outlook page.Contents are change into HTML format and displayed in outlook's mail body. If string contains special character “&”,getting problem.

Eg:Lv_string = ‘Production & Industrial plan’.

Expected output is “Production & Industrial plan” in HTML.

Current output is “Production “.

Issue: String is truncated after special character “&”.

I have no issues if string contains no “&”.

Could you please help me to resolve this issue?

Thanks.

NJ.

former_member209120 · ‎2013 Aug 20

Hi Nagaraj,

Use and instead of '&'.

it will works

Pass values like this

<html>

<body>

<p>Production & Industrial plan</p>

</body>

</html>

Former Member · ‎2013 Aug 20

Hi.

Thanks for your reply.

But i could not change string "&" to "and" because need to display what user is giving in abap.

Regards.

NJ

Former Member · ‎2013 Aug 20

Hi Ramesh.

Checked your code.in code

loop at it_final into wa_final.

...

concatenate '<td>' wa_final-carrid '</td>' into wa_objtxt-line.

append wa_objtxt to t_objtxt.

.....

endloop.

Eg: at run time, if wa_final-carrid = 'Test & co' in above code. Is It will work?..Could you check and tell me Please.

Regards.

Nagarajan Jayaraman.

former_member209120 · ‎2013 Aug 20

I tried like this way also i am getting &

*start-of-selection.
DATA:
t_objbin   TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF solisti1,   " Attachment data
t_objtxt   TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF solisti1,   " Message body
t_objpack TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF sopcklsti1, " Packing list
t_reclist TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF somlreci1, " Receipient list
t_objhead TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF solisti1.   " Header

DATA: wa_docdata TYPE sodocchgi1,   " Document data
       wa_objtxt TYPE solisti1,     " Message body
       wa_objbin TYPE solisti1,     " Attachment data
       wa_objpack TYPE sopcklsti1,   " Packing list
       wa_reclist TYPE somlreci1.    " Receipient list

DATA: w_tab_lines TYPE i.           " Table lines

TYPES : BEGIN OF ty_sflight,
         carrid     TYPE sflight-carrid,
         connid     TYPE sflight-connid,
         fldate     TYPE sflight-fldate,
         price      TYPE sflight-price,
         currency   TYPE sflight-currency,
         planetype TYPE sflight-planetype,
         END OF ty_sflight.

TYPES : BEGIN OF ty_final,
         carrid(3) TYPE c,
         connid(4) TYPE c,
         fldate(8) TYPE c,
         price(17) TYPE c,
         currency(5) TYPE c,
         planetype(10) TYPE c,
         testfield(30) TYPE c,
         END OF ty_final.

DATA : it_sflight TYPE TABLE OF ty_sflight,
        wa_sflight TYPE ty_sflight.
DATA : it_final TYPE TABLE OF ty_final,
        wa_final TYPE ty_final.

* Start-of-selection
START-OF-SELECTION.

   SELECT carrid
          connid
          fldate
          price
          currency
          planetype
          FROM sflight INTO TABLE it_sflight UP TO 10 ROWS.

   LOOP AT it_sflight INTO wa_sflight.
     wa_final-carrid     =    wa_sflight-carrid.
     wa_final-connid     =    wa_sflight-connid.
     wa_final-fldate     =    wa_sflight-fldate.
     wa_final-price      =    wa_sflight-price.
     wa_final-currency   =    wa_sflight-currency.
     wa_final-planetype =    wa_sflight-planetype.
     wa_final-testfield =    'Production & Industrial plan'.
     APPEND wa_final TO it_final.
     CLEAR wa_final.
   ENDLOOP.

* Creating message
   PERFORM create_message.

* Sending Message
   PERFORM send_message.

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&      Form create_message
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*       text
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM create_message .

**1 Title, Description & Body
   PERFORM create_title_desc_body.

**2 Receivers
   PERFORM fill_receivers.

ENDFORM.                    " create_message

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&      Form CREATE_TITLE_DESC_BODY
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*       Title, Description and body
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM create_title_desc_body.

*...Title
   wa_docdata-obj_name = 'Email notification'.

*...Description
   wa_docdata-obj_descr = 'Email body in HTML'.

*...Message Body in HMTL
   wa_objtxt-line = '<html> <body style="background-color:#FFE4C4;">'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.

   wa_objtxt-line = '<p> List of Test materials </p>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.

*   table display
   wa_objtxt-line = '<table style="MARGIN: 10px" bordercolor="#90EE90" '.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
   wa_objtxt-line = ' cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="400"'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
   wa_objtxt-line = ' border="1"><tbody><tr>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.

*   table header
   wa_objtxt-line = '<th bgcolor="#90EE90">Airline & Code</th>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
   wa_objtxt-line = '<th bgcolor="#90EE90">Flight Connection Number</th>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
   wa_objtxt-line = '<th bgcolor="#90EE90">Flight date</th>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
   wa_objtxt-line = '<th bgcolor="#90EE90">Airfare</th>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
   wa_objtxt-line = '<th bgcolor="#90EE90">Local currency of airline</th>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
   wa_objtxt-line = '<th bgcolor="#90EE90">Test Field for Production</th>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
   wa_objtxt-line = '<th bgcolor="#90EE90">Aircraft Type</th></tr>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.

*   table Contents
   LOOP AT it_final INTO wa_final.
     wa_objtxt-line = '<tr style="background-color:#eeeeee;">'.
     APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
     CONCATENATE '<td>' wa_final-carrid '</td>' INTO wa_objtxt-line.
     APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
     CONCATENATE '<td>' wa_final-connid '</td>' INTO wa_objtxt-line.
     APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
     CONCATENATE '<td>' wa_final-fldate '</td>' INTO wa_objtxt-line.
     APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
     CONCATENATE '<td>' wa_final-price '</td>' INTO wa_objtxt-line.
     APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
     CONCATENATE '<td>' wa_final-currency '</td>' INTO wa_objtxt-line.
     APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
     CONCATENATE '<td>' wa_final-testfield '</td>' INTO wa_objtxt-line.
     APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
     CONCATENATE '<td>' wa_final-planetype '</td></tr>' INTO wa_objtxt-line.
     APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
     CLEAR wa_final.
   ENDLOOP.

*   table close
   wa_objtxt-line = '</tbody> </table>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.

*   Signature with background color
   wa_objtxt-line = '<br><br>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
   wa_objtxt-line = '<p> Regards,</p>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.
   wa_objtxt-line = '<p style="background-color:#1E90FF;"><b> Your Name</b></p>'.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.

*   HTML close
   wa_objtxt-line = '</body> </html> '.
   APPEND wa_objtxt TO t_objtxt.

* Document data
   DESCRIBE TABLE t_objtxt      LINES w_tab_lines.
   READ     TABLE t_objtxt      INTO wa_objtxt INDEX w_tab_lines.
   wa_docdata-doc_size =
       ( w_tab_lines - 1 ) * 255 + STRLEN( wa_objtxt ).

* Packing data
   CLEAR wa_objpack-transf_bin.
   wa_objpack-head_start = 1.
   wa_objpack-head_num   = 0.
   wa_objpack-body_start = 1.
   wa_objpack-body_num   = w_tab_lines.
*   we will pass the HTML, since we have created the message
*   body in the HTML
   wa_objpack-doc_type   = 'HTML'.
   APPEND wa_objpack TO t_objpack.

ENDFORM.                    " CREATE_TITLE_DESC_BODY

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&      Form fill_receivers
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*       Filling up the Receivers
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM fill_receivers .

   wa_reclist-receiver = 'i_am_a_fish@anchovyl.com'.
   wa_reclist-rec_type = 'U'.
   APPEND wa_reclist TO t_reclist.
   CLEAR wa_reclist.

ENDFORM.                    " fill_receivers
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&      Form send_message
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*       Sending Mail
*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM send_message .

* Send Message to external Internet ID
   CALL FUNCTION 'SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1'
     EXPORTING
       document_data              = wa_docdata
       put_in_outbox              = 'X'
       commit_work                = 'X'     "used from rel.6.10
     TABLES
       packing_list               = t_objpack
       object_header              = t_objhead
       contents_txt               = t_objtxt
       receivers                  = t_reclist
     EXCEPTIONS
       too_many_receivers         = 1
       document_not_sent          = 2
       document_type_not_exist    = 3
       operation_no_authorization = 4
       parameter_error            = 5
       x_error                    = 6
       enqueue_error              = 7
       OTHERS                     = 8.

   IF sy-subrc NE 0.
     WRITE: 'Sending Failed'.
   ELSE.
     WRITE: 'Sending Successful'.
   ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                    " send_message

Message was edited by: Matthew Billingham - removed email address

arindam_m · ‎2013 Aug 20

Hi,

I think in HTML the "&" might have been interpreted as mark of begin of character code or HTML code. Try passing &amp or &#38 might be interpreted correctly in HTML format.

Cheers,

Arindam

Former Member · ‎2013 Aug 20

Hi Nagaraij,

Yes it just like Arindam said, your HTML characters need to be escaped properly before displaying to user.

E.g. & escaped will become &amp.

There is this static method CL_ABAP_DYN_PRG=>ESCAPE_XSS_XML_HTML that will help you will the conversion.

E.g. Me & You after escaped will above method will become ME & YOU, which will render correctly with HTML format and show to user.

Hope it helps. Cheers!

Former Member · ‎2013 Aug 20

Hi Nguye.

Thanks for your reply,Could you please give me any sample for CL_ABAP_DYN_PRG=>ESCAPE_XSS_XML_HTML?

regards.

NJ

Former Member · ‎2014 Jun 10

Hi,

there is new function in ABAP for escaping HTML characters. I believe you can use it in this case.

Peter

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