Problem with typing field-symbols 4.6c versus ERP 6.0

[Former Member]

dear fellows,

i'm facing a problem.

once it was allowed to type field-symbols like:

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs_csks> TYPE csks,

<lvs_fcat> TYPE lvc_s_fcat,

<wa_totex> TYPE ANY.

and i was able to assign components in that way:

LOOP AT gt_fcat ASSIGNING <lvs_fcat>.

IF <lvs_fcat>-fieldname = 'KOSTL'.

ASSIGN COMPONENT <lvs_fcat>-fieldname OF STRUCTURE ls_csks

TO <fs_csks>-kostl.

ENDIF.

IF <lvs_fcat>-fieldname = DATBI'.

ASSIGN COMPONENT <lvs_fcat>-fieldname OF STRUCTURE ls_csks

TO <fs_csks>-datbi.

ENDIF.

ENDLOOP.

i found that quite usefull, when ls_csks and the internal table it belonged to were created dynamical.

with our new release i get an error message that says, <fs_csks>-kostl is not a field-symbol.

How can i get the same logic under ERP 6.0?

many thanks,

Robert

Example could be:

REPORT z_csks.

TABLES: csks.

DATA: gt_fcat TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF lvc_s_fcat,

gt_csks TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF csks,

ls_csks LIKE LINE OF gt_csks.

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs_csks> TYPE csks,

<lvs_fcat> TYPE lvc_s_fcat,

<wa_totex> TYPE ANY.

ASSIGN csks TO <fs_csks> .

CALL FUNCTION

'LVC_FIELDCATALOG_MERGE'

EXPORTING

i_structure_name = 'CSKS'

CHANGING

ct_fieldcat = gt_fcat.

LOOP AT gt_fcat ASSIGNING <lvs_fcat>.

IF <lvs_fcat>-fieldname = 'KOSTL'.

ASSIGN COMPONENT <lvs_fcat>-fieldname OF STRUCTURE ls_csks

TO <fs_csks>-kostl.

ENDIF.

ENDLOOP.

SELECT * FROM csks INTO TABLE gt_csks

WHERE kosar = 'R'.

LOOP AT gt_csks into ls_csks.

ENDLOOP.

[RichHeilman]

Yes, that doesn't really make sense, which is why it has been fixed in 6.0. You should not be able to do that in previous releases.

Instead, you should assign to a field symbol with a generic structure.

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs_csks> TYPE csks,
<lv_fs> type any,    "<-- Add this
<lvs_fcat> TYPE lvc_s_fcat,
<wa_totex> TYPE ANY.

and i was able to assign components in that way:

LOOP AT gt_fcat ASSIGNING <lvs_fcat>.

IF <lvs_fcat>-fieldname = 'KOSTL'.
ASSIGN COMPONENT <lvs_fcat>-fieldname OF STRUCTURE ls_csks
TO <lv_fs>.     "<-- Change
ENDIF.
IF <lvs_fcat>-fieldname = DATBI'.
ASSIGN COMPONENT <lvs_fcat>-fieldname OF STRUCTURE ls_csks
TO <lv_fs>.     "<-- Change
ENDIF.

ENDLOOP.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

dear rich,

thanks for your reply. it really made sense, believe me i worked with generated views for different Z-Tables and the tables had all the same append. So i was able to work with a structured field-symbol and to adress the single fields of the structure. i didn't have to create a single field-symbol for every field of the structure.

any further guesses?