Send PDF output via Idoc

[SimoneMilesi]

Hi Gurus,

I need to send via Idoc the Purchase order Print as PDF.

I can create my PDF and i can download to local or attach via mail or download to the server without problem.

I tryed the FM SCMS_BINARY_TO_TEXT to convert my PDF to a char string for Idoc, but this doesn't work: i got an error because the FM cannot convert images i got in my print (in binary or hexadecimal i don't have any problem).

What i can do? there is a solution?

[SuhaSaha]

What is the point of sending PDF document in an idoc ? Sounds absurd to me !!

May be other SDNers can convince me on this .

BR,

Suhas

[SimoneMilesi]

I'm only the developer and a consultant too! I asked the same question to the customer and the answer was "because these are the agreements with the receiver".

[Former Member]

I have the same requirement. We have 2 systems (eai between) that communicate via idoc. How else should we transfer documents?

[SimoneMilesi]

Hi Gurus!

Nobody can help me?

[SimoneMilesi]

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[Former Member]

Hi All,

Even I am looking for a similar solution, can any body please help?

Regards,

Prabhav

[Former Member]

Hi !

Don' know if you have solved this by now, but as there is other users asking for a solution, maybe someone will find this useful.

Sending a pdf file embedded in an IDOC would require the receiver to be ABLE to interpret the content of the idoc, in this case a pdf file.

Try creating segment in the IDOC with file info ( type / mimetype etc ) including a field telling the file data is in base64 encoding to inform the receiver on how to unpack the file data.

Under this file info segment create a subsegment for the file that contains the file content (lines)

SO convert the pdf binary data to an xstring (hint, you may use FM SCMS_BINARY_TO_XSTRING for this purpose), then use FM SSFC_BASE64_ENCODE to encode the binary data to base64 encoded data lines.

At the receiver end the customer can use base64_decode function to unpack the file.

using this method you should be able to embed the file in the IDOC

Please let me know if this is useful.

best regards

Jøran Sanna

[Former Member]

Hi,

Thanks for the overview. Do you know if there is a file limit due to  "base64 encoded data lines" limitation?

Thanks in advance,

Patrick