Convert document content to pdf

Question

Hi,
I have a problem. I would like to import a document and save the content on the server (AL11) in the PDF format.
First I convert the content into a xstring and then I put the content into a binary table. After that I write the binary table to the server.
To test the functionality I have the opportunity to save the data manually onthe desktop from the AL11. If I do that I get not a PDF, but always the type of original document.
Can anybody help me?
Regards,
Nik
CODE:
DATA: lr_cmdocument     TYPE REF TO if_bol_bo_property_access,
        lr_mixed_mode     TYPE REF TO cl_bsp_wd_mixed_node,
        lr_marked_item    TYPE REF TO cl_crm_bol_entity,
        lv_xpath          TYPE crmt_ic_ac_identify_path,
        ls_doc_attr       TYPE zssc_epa_doc_att_struc,
        lv_filename       TYPE string,
        lv_filesize       TYPE n,
        lv_content_type   TYPE char128,
        lv_xstring        TYPE xstring,
        l_tab_file        TYPE tsfixml,
        l_length_file     TYPE i,
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  lr_cmdocument ?= er_cmdocument.
  CHECK lr_cmdocument IS BOUND.
  lr_mixed_mode ?= lr_cmdocument.
  lr_marked_item ?= lr_mixed_mode-> if_bsp_wd_ext_property_access~get_model_node( ).
CALL METHOD cl_crm_ic_content_management=>get_doc_content
    EXPORTING
      iv_doc    = lr_marked_item
    RECEIVING
      rv_result = lv_xstring.
CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_XSTRING_TO_BINARY'
    EXPORTING
      buffer        = lv_xstring
    IMPORTING
      output_length = l_length_file
    TABLES
      binary_tab    = l_tab_file.
  IF lv_filename is not INITIAL.
    concatenate '/tmp/' lv_filename into lv_filename.
  ENDIF.
  pfad_sap = lv_filename.
  OPEN DATASET pfad_sap FOR OUTPUT in BINARY MODE.
  LOOP AT l_tab_file INTO wa_tab.
    TRANSFER wa_tab TO pfad_sap.
  ENDLOOP.
  CLOSE DATASET pfad_sap.
  CLEAR pfad_sap. CLEAR wa_tab.

Answer 1

Hello Nik,
Not sure what you are trying to do here and the purpose behind it.
Do you want to upload the file in PDF format in AL11 and want to view it ins PDF format in AL11? If this is the requirement then you can't view a file in PDF format in AL11. Try using SAP standard transaction CG3Z (for upload to application server) and you will see that the PDF can be uploaded in application server but it will not be visible in that format in AL11. Over there it is in binary format.
If however your idea is to upload the content of the PDF to application server and then be able to download it at a later stage - for viewing, email or whatever purpose - then what you can do is to use FM CONVERT_OTF to convert the content to OTF and then save it AL11.
Whenever you want it view or read it then you can read it from AL11 and then use FM CONVERT_OTF_2_PDF to convert to PDF.
Let me know if you took this approach and it worked for you.
Good Luck,
Neeraj