dump in text for a field

[kiran_k8]

Folks,

I am getting a dump with the below statement. I had declared many fields like this but only for this one it is going for a dump.

lc_vfdat TYPE lvc_fname VALUE 'VFDAT'

lo_column->set_long_text( 'Shelf Life Expiry Date'(012) ).

Can anyone please throw some light on this.

 TRY.
          lo_column = lo_columns->get_column( lc_vfdat )."VFDAT
          lo_column->set_long_text( 'Shelf Life Expiry Date'(012) ).
          lo_column->set_medium_text( space ).
          lo_column->set_short_text( space ).
        CATCH cx_salv_not_found INTO lo_salv_not_found.
          lv_msg = lo_salv_not_found->get_text( ).
          MESSAGE lv_msg TYPE lc_e.
      ENDTRY.<br>,

Thanks,

K.Kiran.

[Sandra_Rossi]

If you have a dump, attach the dump file, people can't guess.

[raymond_giuseppi]

How long is defined TEXT-012 in text elements (more than 40?)

Else if you don't like problems

DATA: long_text    TYPE scrtext_l,
      medium_text  TYPE scrtext_m,
      short_text   TYPE scrtext_s.
  long_text = 'Shelf Life Expiry Date'(012).
  clear medium_text.
  clear short_text.
  lo_column = lo_columns->get_column( lc_vfdat )."VFDAT
  lo_column->set_long_text( long_text ).
  lo_column->set_medium_text( medium_text ).
  lo_column->set_short_text( short_text ).

[Sandra_Rossi]

Or use only SET_LONG_TEXT + SET_FIXED_HEADER_TEXT (method added in 7.40 SP 05 and backported 1886515 - ALV OM: Not possible to set fixed headers - SAP for Me)

lo_column->set_long_text( long_text ).
lo_column->set_fixed_header_text( 'L' ).

[raymond_giuseppi]

All this to remove the words "or best-before date" from the standard text

[Sandra_Rossi]

The issue is with text symbols, there's no type check at compile time.

There's the exception CX_SY_DYN_CALL_ILLEGAL_TYPE (short dump if you don't catch it) if the text symbol maximum length is longer than the parameter length.

ABAP documentation - Text symbols:

• "A text symbol has the data type c and the length defined in the text elements by mlen."
• (NB: mlen is not explained, it's the maximum length defined for the text symbols, as shown below)

Below, I defined a maximum length of 100, the parameter length of SET_LONG_TEXT is 40, so it will raise the exception.

[kiran_k8]

Thanks a ton Sandra. You nailed it. Thanks once again.

K.Kiran.