Align Right

Question

Hi,
I'am downloading a idox to a txt file with gui_download. And i'm cutting the blank spaces between the fields.but in one ofe the fiels i want that the field appers with all is lenght and with teh value of 0 align to the right. i have used one invisible character (ALT+255) it´s like this:
num(8) value '       0'
but i want to know if there is another way to align the caracter to the right and show all the variable leght in the file without use of the invisible character.
thaks,
Ricardo

Answer 1

Hi ricardo,
1. The right alignment and padded zeros,
   come automatically.
2. just check out this program.
report abc.
data : begin of itab occurs 0,
      f(10) type c,
      n(10) type n,
      f1(10) type c,
      end of itab.
itab-f = 'ABCD'.
itab-n = 5567.
itab-f1 = 'DEFG'.
append itab.
      CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
        EXPORTING
        BIN_FILESIZE                    =
          FILENAME                        = 'd:\def.txt'
        FILETYPE                        = 'ASC'
        APPEND                          = ' '
        WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = ' '
        HEADER                          = '00'
        TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS           = ' '
        WRITE_LF                        = 'X'
        COL_SELECT                      = ' '
        COL_SELECT_MASK                 = ' '
        DAT_MODE                        = ' '
        CONFIRM_OVERWRITE               = ' '
        NO_AUTH_CHECK                   = ' '
        CODEPAGE                        = ' '
        IGNORE_CERR                     = ABAP_TRUE
        REPLACEMENT                     = '#'
        WRITE_BOM                       = ' '
        TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL       = 'X'
        WK1_N_FORMAT                    = ' '
        WK1_N_SIZE                      = ' '
        WK1_T_FORMAT                    = ' '
        WK1_T_SIZE                      = ' '
      IMPORTING
        FILELENGTH                      =
        TABLES
          DATA_TAB                        = itab
        FIELDNAMES                      =
      EXCEPTIONS
        FILE_WRITE_ERROR                = 1
        NO_BATCH                        = 2
        GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER         = 3
        INVALID_TYPE                    = 4
        NO_AUTHORITY                    = 5
        UNKNOWN_ERROR                   = 6
        HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED              = 7
        SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED           = 8
        FILESIZE_NOT_ALLOWED            = 9
        HEADER_TOO_LONG                 = 10
        DP_ERROR_CREATE                 = 11
        DP_ERROR_SEND                   = 12
        DP_ERROR_WRITE                  = 13
        UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR                = 14
        ACCESS_DENIED                   = 15
        DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY                = 16
        DISK_FULL                       = 17
        DP_TIMEOUT                      = 18
        FILE_NOT_FOUND                  = 19
        DATAPROVIDER_EXCEPTION          = 20
        CONTROL_FLUSH_ERROR             = 21
        OTHERS                          = 22
      IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
      ENDIF.
regards,
amit m.