DOWNLOAD into EXCEL -URGENT

Question

Hi,
I am downloading data to excel file.
Some fields has data like 0013, but when it goes to excel cell, it becomes 13 instead of 0013. So, while uploading, it is a problem.... That to the field has check table and it looks for only 0013 and not 13.
If it had been numeric field, then i could have made 0013 by assignment. But it is a character field.
This object is on variant download/upload functionlaity. So, this program can be used for any report program to know its variants. I cannot know i am getting char/numc type of parameters.
Please suggest me whether i can handle somehow while downloading the data on to excel itself.
Can i have some function modules which will control the cell FORMATTING capabilities.
Regards,
Manjunatha.T.S

Answer 1

Hey MTS!!
This might actually sound very silly at the first look.
But if u can be sure that nothing will be done with the data in the file till the time it gets uploaded back into sap then u can probably do this.
u can't store 0015 as 0015 in excel.
but u can store it as OO15 (english character 'O')
now when u retrieve the data back, retrieve it in a type n variable of the requisite length....it will then be retrieved as 0015(zero zero one five)...
does that make a bit of sense....i know this is too weird...but i tested it works...may b it can help u too...
u can try this sample code...
types : begin of n_c,
n1(4) type n,
end of n_c.
types : begin of t_c,
c1(4) type c,
end of t_c.
data : itab type table of t_c with header line,
    ntab type table of n_c with header line.
itab-c1 = 'oo12'.
append itab.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
  EXPORTING
    filename                        = 'C:\num.txt'
   FILETYPE                        = 'ASC'
   WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = ' '
  tables
    data_tab                        = itab
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.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
  EXPORTING
    filename                      = 'C:\num.txt'
   FILETYPE                      = 'ASC'
   HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = ' '
  tables
    data_tab                      = ntab
EXCEPTIONS
   FILE_OPEN_ERROR               = 1
   FILE_READ_ERROR               = 2
   NO_BATCH                      = 3
   GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER       = 4
   INVALID_TYPE                  = 5
   NO_AUTHORITY                  = 6
   UNKNOWN_ERROR                 = 7
   BAD_DATA_FORMAT               = 8
   HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED            = 9
   SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED         = 10
   HEADER_TOO_LONG               = 11
   UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR              = 12
   ACCESS_DENIED                 = 13
   DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY              = 14
   DISK_FULL                     = 15
   DP_TIMEOUT                    = 16
   OTHERS                        = 17.
loop at ntab.
  write :/ ntab-n1.
endloop.
once u have this data back in ur table, then u can convert it again to character and proceed with ur logic...
rgds,
PJ
Message was edited by: Priyank Jain
Message was edited by: Priyank Jain