GUI_UPLOAD - Problem in uploading xml file

Question

Hi,
I have problem in uploading xml file into itab.
Here is the code
begin of GS_STRING,
        STR(72) type C,
      end of GS_STRING,
      GT_STRING like standard table of GS_STRING,
call function 'GUI_UPLOAD'
      EXPORTING
        FILENAME                = FILE_NAME
        FILETYPE                = 'ASC'
      TABLES
        DATA_TAB                = GT_STRING
      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.
    if SY-SUBRC <> 0.
      message I499(SY) with 'File upload failed'.
      stop.
    endif.
  endif.
In debuggin mode, i can see the itab uploaded with xml payload. But in that same place, the hexadecimal format has double zeros 00 after each character.
XML message : <?xml
Correct Hexadecimal : 3C3F786D6C
Hexadecimal in itab  : 3C003F0078006D006C00
This makes the resultant xml invalid.
can anyone help me to solve this?
Thanks,
Uma
Edited by: Uma Maheswari on May 30, 2008 4:15 PM

Answer 1

what do you want to do with the uploaded XML?
i use the following
constants: line_size type i value 255.
data: begin of xml_tab occurs 0,
           raw(line_size) type x,
        end   of xml_tab,
        file  type string,
        size  type i.
call function 'GUI_UPLOAD'
    exporting
      filename            = filename
      filetype            = 'BIN'
      has_field_separator = ' '
      header_length       = 0
    importing
      filelength          = size
    tables
      data_tab            = xml_tab
    exceptions
      others              = 1.