READ_TEXT

[Former Member]

Hi Friends,

I have entered item text in ME23N as follows:

Product A & Product B.

When I use READ_TEXT ( CALL FUNCTION 'READ_TEXT'),

I am getting the out put as follows:

Product A <(>&<)> Product B.

- How to get the correct content? Please help.

[Former Member]

Hi,

After saving, just check if the text is in correct format in ME23N?

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check Text in Script editor .. definitely it would be like "Product A <(>&<)> Product B. " So it is coming like that.Pease check ur text in script editor.

Regards,

Ananth

[former_member609120]

Hi hari,

Since u are reading a long text, u must be having text id , langauge etc.

Kindly Go to SO10 and check what is the text stored in it..

U will get an clear idea.

If always the value obtained as shown den format the same using character manupulations.

Hope this helps...!

Best Regards,

Vanessa Noronha.

[GauthamV]

Yes, you are correct.

That can be rectified if you can use B paragraph justified format for that text.

[Former Member]

i had also faced same problem

actually due to system problem only

sap is not able to store certain special character (&) in the formate whatever we enter

actualy its internaly converting that symbol into internal format ,

only one solution for your problem

pass this symbols(&) to sort text of that perticular long text

or use this thing in

first 40 char

[jaideepsharma]

Hi,

Please go through the include LMEPOF2O and search for READ_TEXT Function call.

Standard program calls READ_TEXT and then detokenizes the string retrived if it contains special characters. Some part of code is written below. May be you can reuse the same by calling subroutines of program RSTXSCAN in your program.

* copy text lines
  ls_textline-tdobject = ls_text_type-tdobject.
  ls_textline-tdid     = ls_text_type-tdid.
  LOOP AT lt_lines INTO ls_line.
    ls_textline-tdformat = ls_line-tdformat.
    ls_textline-tdline   = ls_line-tdline.
    APPEND ls_textline TO cht_textlines.
  ENDLOOP.

  CLEAR ch_text_formatted.
  IF ls_text_type-displaymode EQ space. "means: text is changeable!
* check if text is formatted
    PERFORM init_itf_scanner(rstxscan) USING c_without_command_scan
                                             c_form_text.
    PERFORM set_itf_text(rstxscan) USING lt_lines.
    DO.
      PERFORM read_next_itf_token(rstxscan) USING l_token.
      IF l_token-code <> c_token_element_begin AND
         l_token-code <> c_token_element_end AND
         l_token-code <> c_token_paragraph_begin AND
         l_token-code <> c_token_paragraph_end AND
         l_token-code <> c_token_line_begin AND
         l_token-code <> c_token_line_end AND
         l_token-code <> c_token_string.
        IF l_token-code = c_token_text_end.
          EXIT.
        ELSE.
          ch_text_formatted = mmpur_yes.
          EXIT.
        ENDIF.
      ENDIF.
    ENDDO.
  ENDIF.

KR Jaideep,

[Former Member]

Hi Anand,

You are correct. When I opened in script editer (double click->Change editor),

I can see the special charecters. After I removed and saved, it is ok now.

Thanks for your help.