Problem in populating PO item text using FM:SAVE_TEXT

Question

Hi All,
I am having an issue with SAVE_TEXT FM,
I need to populate the item text field:
This FM works fine if the Item text field is blank and i am populating it with text, say "This is a test case",
How ever if the text field is already populated say the item text field has "Testing", my requirement is i will append the new text to the previously existing, in this case it should come as "Testing This is a test case",
For doing this i am reading the existing text using READ_TEXT FM and concatenating both the texts separated by space, and passing this to i_lines, how ever the O/P which i get in the text field is "Testing".
Please advice.
The cod is shown below:
CALL FUNCTION 'SAVE_TEXT'
    EXPORTING
    CLIENT                = SY-MANDT
     header                = t_head
     insert                = 'X'
     savemode_direct       = 'X'
    OWNER_SPECIFIED       = ' '
    LOCAL_CAT             = ' '
  IMPORTING
    FUNCTION              =
    NEWHEADER             =
    TABLES
      lines                 = i_lines
   EXCEPTIONS
     id                    = 1
     language              = 2
     name                  = 3
     object                = 4
     OTHERS                = 5.

Answer 1

hi,
once u use the save_text also
with save_text u are updating the STXH table .
there is one field in stxh table which is once updated shows the text in the sceen.
or u can run a bdc put the default text where u want to put and afterwards when u use create_text and commit_text,u ll be able to see the text in the screen.
regards
kanishak