Assign a complex structure (with CHAR and DEC type fields for example) to a char type field only.

[tafkap95]

Hello everybody,

I have this little program that does not compile:

TYPES: BEGIN OF ys_test,
         mtype TYPE char3,
         mval  TYPE i.
TYPES: END OF ys_test.

DATA: lv_test TYPE ys_test.

DATA: wsl_ext TYPE bapiparex.

wsl_ext-valuepart1 = lv_test.

Errror is: "WSL_EXT-VALUEPART1" and "LV_TEST" cannot be converted to each other in a Unicode program. program.

I totally understand the typing problem, but would there be a way to force/convert this assignment?

Thanks for your help.

[SURYA_ABAP]

Hi tafkap95,

Try this.

wsl_ext-valuepart1 = conv #( lv_test ).

I hope this may work.

[ThorstenHoefer]

wsl_ext-valuepart1 = |{ lv_test-mtype }{ lv_test-mval }|.

[raymond_giuseppi]

SAP provided for Unicode a method to handle this, cl_abap_container_utilities=>fill_container_c, which will also handle case when extension structure is wider than VALUEPART1.

• Check my answer at BAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATA - Extensionin with QUAN or CURR field