ABAP Text Symbol Problem

Question

Hi experts,
I'm using function module 'FI_TEXT_ZTERM' to retrieve description texts of terms of payment. However, this function module is using text symbols to generate these texts. So if I log on in English, I could not get Chinese texts if I want.
Does anybody know some good solutions? Thanks.

Answer 1

Try the "FI_PRINT_ZTERM" and pass it the language - you'll see at the top of that function that it does a "set language i_langu" and that seems to allow it to return the correct element from the textpool.  Example code below also includes a "how to" on getting the textpool values (should you want them).
Jonathan
report zsdn_jc_zterm_text.
parameters:
  p_repid               type syrepid default 'SAPLFHL2',
  p_langu               type sylangu default sy-langu.
start-of-selection.
  perform read_textpool.
  perform get_terms_of_payment.
*&      Form  read_textpool
form read_textpool.
  data:
    ls_textpool        type textpool,
    lt_textpool        type table of textpool.
  clear: lt_textpool, lt_textpool[].
  read textpool p_repid
    into lt_textpool language p_langu.
  loop at lt_textpool into ls_textpool.
    write: /
       ls_textpool-id,
       ls_textpool-key,
       ls_textpool-entry(70),
       ls_textpool-length.
  endloop.
endform.                    "read_textpool
*&      Form  get_terms_of_payment
form get_terms_of_payment.
  data:
    ls_t052            type t052,
    lt_t052            type table of t052,
    ls_ttext           type ttext,
    lt_ttext           type table of ttext.
  select * into table lt_t052
    from t052.
  loop at lt_t052 into ls_t052.
    call function 'FI_PRINT_ZTERM'
      exporting
        i_langu = p_langu
        i_t052  = ls_t052
      tables
        t_ztext = lt_ttext
      exceptions
        others  = 0.
    loop at lt_ttext into ls_ttext.
      write: / ls_ttext-text1.
    endloop.
  endloop.
endform.                    "get_terms_of_payment