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Copy a PDF file from an FTP server to my SAP application server OS level directory (AL11)

jay_johnson4
Explorer
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I have a requirement to pull a PDF file from an FTP server and then write the exact same file to a folder in the SAP AL11 directory.

I am successfully connecting to and getting the date from the FTP server using several SAP standard function modules including FTP_SERVER_TO_R3.

That returns a BLOB table.

What I am having trouble is writing that BLOB data out to AL11 in a valid file that can then be opened.

The blob table returned by the FTP_SERVER_TO_R3 function is in GT_DATA

OPEN DATASET p_file2 FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE.
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.

clear: lv_xstring.
LOOP AT gt_data into gs_data.
move gs_data to wa.
ASSIGN wa TO <hex_container> CASTING.
CONCATENATE lv_xstring <hex_container>
INTO lv_xstring IN BYTE MODE.
* endif.
ENDLOOP.
TRANSFER lv_xstring TO p_file2.
CLOSE DATASET p_file2.

I have also tried using the following function to convert the BLOB to XSTRING.

CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_BINARY_TO_XSTRING'
EXPORTING
input_length = gv_len
IMPORTING
BUFFER = X_CONTENT
tables
binary_tab = gt_data
EXCEPTIONS
FAILED = 1
OTHERS = 2.

Then I transfer the X_CONENT to the file and close the file.

Neither approach seems to work.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Jay

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Sandra_Rossi
Active Contributor
375

You may simplify a lot !

Take your blob table of type SOLIX_TAB, then convert to XSTRING via

xstring = CL_BCS_CONVERT=>solix_to_xstring( IT_SOLIX = blob_table IV_SIZE = blob_length ).

Write the XSTRING, don't loop:

OPEN DATASET file FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE.
TRANSFER xstring TO file.
CLOSE DATASET file.