Attribute 'Unicode checks active'

Hi,
we just made an upgrade from 4.6 to ECC 6.0.
The unicode conversion check and the unicode conversion itself is done.
Each Abap program that has the attribute 'Unicode checks active' not checked ( off ), is causing a syntax error in the new system. Up till now we manually adjusted each attribute of each program, just to get the basic business transactions running.
My question is: what went wrong, and what is the best way of solving all this errors at once ?
Thanks in advance,
Rolf

Rolf,
I'm using ECC 6.0. I tried to do what you suggested for setting unicode flag active for a bunch of programs. Unfortunatelly, I'm bumping in the following problem:
I run UCCHECK and I get "green light" for some objects that don't have unicode flag active yet. So I click on the correspondent line and after on "Set Unicode Attribute" button. I get a pop-up saying that unicode is set active and program is written into a transport request... i click on OK. Another pop-up comes up. "Set Unicode Flag?", I click on Yes. Then, another pop-up comes up saying "Set Flag for Error-Free Programs Only?". I tried Yes, and I get this information message "The current system is not the original system". I tried also NO, but same message is shown.
Any idea on how to get it right?
Thanks.

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Can anybody give me the clear idea about this.So, it will be very helpful to me.This is very urgent.Surely i will reward more points.
Thanks,
Swapna.

Hi,
Unicode Check is one of the latest enhancement in SAP which has been done so as to provide SAP product in almost all the language that is spoken in the world.
A program as to be made Unicode check Active in its attribute so that it can be used in Unicode enabled SAP system.
what is unicode?
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Type of errors in unocode check.
This switch to Unicode affects all statements where an explicit or implicit assumption is made about the internal length of a character. If you use these statements in a program that is designed to exploit the Unicode capabilities of the runtime environment, they must be checked and changed if necessary. Once a Unicode-enabled program has been changed accordingly, it behaves in the same way in both Unicode and non-Unicode systems. You can develop programs in a non-Unicode system (NUS) and then import them into a Unicode system
UNICODE CHECK ACTIVE:
You need to use the transaction UCCHECK.
The report documentation is here
ABAP Unicode Scan Tool UCCHECK
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Some application-specific checks, which draw your attention to program points that are not Unicode-compatible, are also integrated.
Selection of Objects:
The program objects can be selected according to object name, object type, author (TADIR), package, and original system. For the Unicode syntax check, only object types for which an independent syntax check can be carried out are appropriate. The following object types are possibilities:
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CLAS Class
FUGR Function groups
FUGX Function group (with customer include, customer area)
FUGS Function group (with customer include, SAP area)
LDBA Logical Database
CNTX Context
TYPE Type pool
INTF Interface
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Only Objects with TADIR Entry
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Exclude Packages $*
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Display Modified SAP Programs Also
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How to set Unicode Check Active attribute for SAP Script and Smartform

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Hi all,
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Thanks in advance
KR

>
KR wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Why the Include programs are not having Unicode checks active check box ?
>
> Thanks in advance
> KR
Hi KR,
First of all, Because of include programs not executable by any where, its mandatory to attach all the includes to one main program which is to be usefull for business or enduser purpose. Here only unicode concept will occurs whether the server is being used in only one country or many. if its used in only one country no need to go for unicode active checks, iff the server is used in more than one country, its mandatory to go for unicode checks active.
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Unicode checks active

Whts is Unicode Prgram.Why do we select Unicode checks active?
Plz guide

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What is Need of Transaction:UCCODE, what are the things which i need to check after giving the program name , and executing , what sholud be the out come ... negative means what will happen....
positive means what will happen.....
With Regards
Bhaskar Rao.M

Hi,
Transaction code is UCCHECK.
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PROG Report
CLAS Class
FUGR Function groups
FUGX Function group (with customer include, customer area)
FUGS Function group (with customer include, SAP area)
LDBA Logical Database
CNTX Context
TYPE Type pool
INTF Interface
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Only Objects with TADIR Entry
By default, the system only displays program objects with a TADIR entry. If you want to examine programs that don't have a TADIR entry, for example locally generated programs without a package, you can deactivate this option.
Exclude Packages $*
By default, the system does not display program objects that are in a local, non-transportable package. If you want to examine programs that are in such a package, you can deactivate this option.
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Maximum Number of Programs:
To avoid timeouts or unexpectedly long waiting times, the maximum number of program objects is preset to 50. If you want to examine more objects, you must increase the maximum number or run a SAMT scan (general program set processing). The latter also has the advantage that the data is stored persistently. Proceed as follows:
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Displaying Points that Cannot Be Analyzed Statically
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View Maintenance
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UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD
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Getting errors while conversion of ABAP program into Unicode check

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I changed the one ABAP program for some requirement and try to save it, it is giving error that the program is not unicode compatible.I set the unicode checks active box under Attributes and again activate it .It is not allowing to concatenate the two variables which is declared as follows :
constants: c_tab type x value '09', "tab character
 c_cr type x value '0D'. "carriage return character
I tried to use field symbols but still giving error (code after change)
constants: c_tab type x value '09', "tab character
 c_cr type x value '0D'. "carriage return character
field-symbols : <f_c_tab> type any,
 <f_c_cr> type any.
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Assign c_cr to <f_c_cr> CASTING type c.
error :The length of "C_TAB" in bytes must be a multiple of the size of a Unicode character (regardless of the size of the Unicode character).
pls guide me so that I can cancatenate the c_tab and c_cr variables

Hi,
Tab Character ----->Data: tab type c value cl_abap_char_utilities=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.
Carraige Return---->Data : cr(2) type c value cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf..
You will not be able to use the concatenate statement for hexadecimal variables in unciode system.
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Regarding updating unicode check flag to all z* programs at once

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OUR basis team has done that process and it is done with unicode check active ,
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to update unicode check flag which is pressent in attributes of program .
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Hi ,
My problem is solved ....
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Regards
Deepak.

Unicode Checks for Include Types

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In general how does an include program react for unicode checks in the call program.
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Sai

Hi Rainer,
Where do i find the include is unicode checked or not?
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In order to Unicode-enable at the ABAP level, you need to check the box "Activate Unicode check" in the attributes of your ABAP program.
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Hi!
Installing a R/3 Unicode System and activating your ABAP Program for Unicode Check are two different things.
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in
https://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/developerareas/abap.sdn
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Regards,
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DATA: gs_kna1 TYPE kna1.
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all the 3 are checked
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hi,
answer is here
http://www.oracle.com/webapps/online-help/jdeveloper/10.1.2/state/content/navId.4/navSetId._/vtTopicFile.bc4jjavadoc%7Crt%7Coracle%7Cjbo%7CCSMessageBundle~html/
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Hi ,
My problem is solved ....
i found that after executing UCCHECK transaction code ,in display you will find one button on rigth side
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The Unicode flag is set for the selected programs. The programs are
written into interactively selectable transport requests and generated.
You must later release the transport requests.
I hope this will be helpfull to all.
Regards
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thanks...

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u2022     ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) encodes each character using 1 byte = 8 bit. This makes it possible to represent a maximum of 28 = 256 characters to which the combinations [00000000, 11111111] are assigned.
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Plz tell me wht is unicode and unicode check

hi pavan,
what is unicode?
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Type of errors in unocode check.
This switch to Unicode affects all statements where an explicit or implicit assumption is made about the internal length of a character. If you use these statements in a program that is designed to exploit the Unicode capabilities of the runtime environment, they must be checked and changed if necessary. Once a Unicode-enabled program has been changed accordingly, it behaves in the same way in both Unicode and non-Unicode systems. You can develop programs in a non-Unicode system (NUS) and then import them into a Unicode system (US).
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