In OPEN DATASET Statement Filenames are platform-specific How to specify MS

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In OPEN DATASET Statement

Filenames are platform-specific. You must therefore use file- and pathnames that conform to the rules of the operating system under which your R/3 System is running. However, you can also use logical filenames to ensure that your programs are not operating system-specific. For further information, refer to Using Platform-Independent Filenames.

DATA FNAME(60).

FNAME = '/tmp/myfile'.

OPEN DATASET 'myfile'.

OPEN DATASET FNAME.

This example works as long as your R/3 System is running under UNIX. The program opens the file "myfile" in the directory in which the R/3 System is running, and also opens the file "myfile" in directory "/tmp".

FNAME = '[TMP]myfile.BIN'

OPEN DATASET 'myfile.BIN'.

question]] How to specify an MS-file & how to go about?

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please If someone can

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Hi,

Just get the input file name from the application server through selection screen and keep it in parameter(p_inpfile).

• Then pass the parameter to OPEN DATASET statement.

OPEN DATASET p_inpfile FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.

IF sy-subrc NE 0.

WRITE 😕 text-004. "'No such input file' COLOR 3.

EXIT.

ELSE.

DO.

CLEAR : wa_string,wa_0001.

*Reading the file from application server and moving to work area*

READ DATASET p_inpfile INTO wa_string.

IF sy-subrc NE 0.

EXIT.

ELSE.

CLEAR wa_0001.

*Spliting fields in the file-

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '#' IN wa_string WITH ' '.

SPLIT wa_string AT c_htab INTO wa_0001-pernr

wa_0001-werks "Personnel Area

wa_0001-persk "Employee Sub-Group

wa_0001-vdsk1 "Org. Key

wa_0001-abkrs "Payroll area

wa_0001-ansvh. "Work contract

wa_0001-begda = p_efdate.

wa_0001-endda = '99991231'.

APPEND wa_0001 TO int_0001.

ENDIF.

ENDDO.

CLOSE DATASET p_inpfile.

Use like this and pass all those values to internal table.

Thanks,

Sakthi C

*Rewards if useful*

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Hi,

you can define a logical filename in the transaction FILE

Here you can define platfrom specific the logical path and the logical filename.

In your program you can call the FM FILE_GET_NAME with the logical filename in the parameter

logical_filename. The FM returns the physical filename for your operating system in the parameter

file_name.

Use this physical filename for your OPEN DATASET.

Kindly Regards,

Stefan