Read_text

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

Can any one please guide me how to use READ_TEXT function module in ALV report.

Its urgent..

Thanks in Advance..

Thanks and Regards

Siri....

[Former Member]

READ_TEXT functions to read the SAP long text. e.g. Sales Order, Purchase Order Item text etc.

To check your long text header, go into the long text. Click Goto -> Header

In business process, there are so many transactions that take place in every day, like purchase orders, sales orders, delivery, gooodsmovement etc... SAP provided a feature to maintain some text descriptions.

"READ_TEXT Function module is used to retrieve the text for a 
"particular objects.   
"To find the Text id these are the following steps.  Let us take 
"an example of Billing document Header text.  

1. goto VF03, enter Billing doc Number  
2. from menu--select Goto-->Header-->header Text..... New window will be displayed  
3. select the Header Text. here you can see all the text.  
4. click on the TEXT (which you want to know the Text id) , then press log ICON (you can find in bottom right of the text window) it looks like a rolled paper.  
5. in the Next window you will find Text Name. Text ID, Language. etc... 

Parameters passed while calling READ_TEXT FM

CLIENT

Specify the client under which the text is stored. If you omit this parameter, the system uses the current client as default.

Reference field: SY-MANDT

Default value: SY-MANDT

OBJECT

Enter the name of the text object to which the text is allocated. Table TTXOB contains the valid objects.

Reference field: THEAD-TDOBJECT

NAME

Enter the name of the text module. The name may be up to 70 characters long. Its internal structure depends on the text object used.

Reference field: THEAD-TDNAME

ID

Enter the text ID of the text module. Table TTXID contains the valid text IDs, depending on the text object.

Reference field: THEAD-TDID

LANGUAGE

Enter the language key of the text module. The system accepts only languages that are defined in table T002.

Reference field: THEAD-TDSPRAS

Example of READ_TEXT functions reading tables PBIM - Independent requirements for material. 

REPORT ZTEXT . 

TABLES: PBIM. 

* stxh, stxl, stxb - trans tables for text 
* ttxit - text on text-ids 
* ttxot - Short texts on text objects 
* Transaction MD63 
SELECT-OPTIONS: S_MATNR FOR PBIM-MATNR, 
                S_WERKS FOR PBIM-WERKS. 

DATA: BEGIN OF HTEXT. 
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE THEAD. 
DATA: END OF HTEXT. 

DATA: BEGIN OF LTEXT OCCURS 50. 
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE TLINE. 
DATA: END OF LTEXT. 

DATA: BEGIN OF DTEXT OCCURS 50. 
DATA:   MATNR LIKE PBIM-MATNR. 
        INCLUDE STRUCTURE TLINE. 
DATA: END OF DTEXT. 

DATA: TNAME LIKE THEAD-TDNAME. 

SELECT * FROM PBIM WHERE WERKS IN S_WERKS. 
  MOVE PBIM-BDZEI TO TNAME. 
  CALL FUNCTION 'READ_TEXT' 
       EXPORTING 
*           CLIENT                  = SY-MANDT 
          ID                      = 'PB' 
          LANGUAGE                = 'E' 
          NAME                    = TNAME 
          OBJECT                  = 'PBPT' 
*         ARCHIVE_HANDLE          = 0 
     IMPORTING 
          HEADER                  = HTEXT 
     TABLES 
          LINES                   = LTEXT 
     EXCEPTIONS 
          ID                      = 1 
          LANGUAGE                = 2 
          NAME                    = 3 
          NOT_FOUND               = 4 
          OBJECT                  = 5 
          REFERENCE_CHECK         = 6 
          WRONG_ACCESS_TO_ARCHIVE = 7 
          OTHERS                  = 8. 
  LOOP AT LTEXT. 
    IF LTEXT-TDLINE NE ''. 
      MOVE LTEXT-TDLINE TO DTEXT-TDLINE. 
      MOVE PBIM-MATNR TO DTEXT-MATNR. 
      APPEND DTEXT. 
    ENDIF. 
  ENDLOOP. 
ENDSELECT. 
LOOP AT DTEXT. 
  WRITE:/ DTEXT-MATNR, DTEXT-TDLINE. 
ENDLOOP. 

Hope this helps.

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Thanks,

Balaji