Category Archive ABAP code

Table type for MATNR field

This post just to save time, instead of doing where-used on MATNR field…

Type table of MATNR : TABLE_MATNR => TABLE_LINE

Type range of MATNR : RANGE_T_MATNR

Search tag : type de table

Conversion exit to manage percentages

To set percentage value, displayed with the char. %, when you want to store only the number, you can use conversion exit.

Here I made the choice to store the number as a string, otherwise, default value is 0 and in my case, 0% is different from empty value.

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Upload file with UTF8 or ANSi encoding

EDIT : Warning, solution below will work only if there is an accentuated caracter in first line.

Wrong encoding format file is a reccurent issue, especially when working on Windows.
If you don’t want to impose to end used an encoding format for text files, you can use the code below.

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Get fullname from User-id

Use code below :


" ADRP-NAME_FIRST : First name
" ADRP-NAME_LAST  : Last name
" ADRP-NAME_TEXT  : Full name

DATA : lv_usrid     TYPE XUBNAME,
       lv_name_text TYPE ADRP-NAME_TEXT.

" [...]

SELECT SINGLE adrp~name_text INTO lv_name_text
  FROM usr21 JOIN adrp ON usr21~persnumber = adrp~persnumber
                      AND adrp~date_from   = '00010101'
                      AND adrp~nation      = ''
  WHERE usr21~bname = lv_usrid.

Insert break line in ABAP string

To insert a BR in a string char, use the following constant :


cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf

Search tag : CrLf, retour chariot, ligne, newline, new, carriage return

Convert standard texts to string

The method below enables to convert standard texts to string (with carriage returns). It can be useful when standard texts need to be changed or completed before being printed on Adobe forms.
(Otherwise, it is recommanded to use the standard text objet for Adobe forms).

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Catch HTML events with ABAP

Check program SAPHTML_EVENTS_DEMO.

Dropdown list in selection-screen

Sample code :


  PARAMETERS : p_field TYPE ztype AS LISTBOX VISIBLE LENGTH 25.
* If the  ZTYPE has a domain with values, values will be autmatically
* displayed.

If your type has no values in domain or if you want to change the dropdown list values use FM VRM_SET_VALUES in initialization:

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