xstring conversion

[Former Member]

Hi ,

I receive text from Portal as xstring . Now in R/3 I need to save this as a standard text .

I can convert xstring to binary .. but how do i convert it to text to be saved as standard text.

Any idea?

[athavanraja]

try this which will convert the xstring to text string

data: l_convin   type ref to cl_abap_conv_in_ce,
      l_msgstr   type string ,
      l_text type xstring,
      l_html type string .

 try.
               call method cl_abap_conv_in_ce=>create
                 exporting
                   encoding = 'UTF-8'
                   input    = l_text " xstring content received from portal
                 receiving
                   conv     = l_convin.

               call method l_convin->read
                 importing
                   data = l_html.

             catch cx_root.
               l_msgstr = 'Conversion error'.
           endtry.

[Former Member]

Thanks a ton for ur help . It works

[Former Member]

hi

guru.

The above process is for converting xstring to string if possible can u give some info on converting x to c .