Smartforms - Ampersand display issue

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Im working on smartforms and im facing a problem while reading header text of order.

User enters a text, for example ''Containers & Pallets'', this text displays in my output like ''Containers <(>&<)> Pallets''.

The issue probably based on the ampersand variable. Im using READ_TEXT function btw.

Is there a way to fix it or i'll delete it at program ?

Thanks.

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Im working on smartforms and im facing a problem while reading header text of order.

User enters a text, for example ''Containers & Pallets'', this text displays in my output like ''Containers <(>&<)> Pallets''.

The issue probably based on the ampersand variable. Im using READ_TEXT function btw.

Is there a way to fix it or i'll delete it at program ?

Thanks.

[former_member196157]

Hiiii,

Use ABAP Statement ,

DATA: lv_name type String.

lv_name = 'Containers <(>&<)> Pallets'.

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '<' IN lv_name WITH space.

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '>' IN lv_name WITH space.

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '(' IN lv_name WITH space.

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF ')' IN lv_name WITH space.

Thanks,

Mahadeo

[peng_wen]

Hello,

During the transformation from MsWord to internal ITF(read_text),
as some signs (like ',' in some situations) have a special meaning,
so internally the real comma is "masked", but not how you
originally wrote <(>,<(> , it is <(>,<)>. ',' and '&' have a special
meaning. This is a known issue at SAP

Please also have a look at the attached note:
391261 SAPscript: Special character "&" and "<" in the PC

You may use a function module like CONVERT_ITF_TO_STREAM_TEXT /

CONVERT_ITF_TO_ASCII to convert the ITF format to pure text,

Regards,

Wen Peng

[RaymondGiuseppi]

You could (should) also read the SAP provided KBA :  2014034 - Character '&' in a long text shows as '<(>&<)>' which also suggests CONVERT_ITF_TO_ASCII as already written by Peng Wen.

Regards,

Raymond