Converting RAR file and automail to vendors

Question

Hi,
I have developed an ALV report,i want to send automail of  this ALV output data to vendors in RAR format.How to do this?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hello Sai,
ALV output can be converted to an Excel or PDF and sent in an email. To send the email, please look at the Class CL_BCS.
It would work as following;
1) Put the data contents into an Internal Table.
2) Move the internal Table data to a String Variable. Let's say, LX_CONTENT
3) Convert internal table into XSTRING using 'SCMS_STRING_TO_XSTRING',  Let's say, LX_CONTENT_XSTRING
4) Then we have to Zip the above data;
Data: oref_zip                                        type ref to cl_abap_zip,
          LX_ZIPCONTENT_BINARY            type solix_tab.
create object oref_zip.
  call method oref_zip->add
    exporting
      name    = filename                                 "Put the Zip filename           
      content = LX_CONTENT_XSTRING.
  call method oref_zip->save
    receiving
      zip = zip.
* --- Convert Xstring into Binary ---
  call function 'SCMS_XSTRING_TO_BINARY'
    exporting
      buffer                = zip
*   APPEND_TO_TABLE       = ' '
* IMPORTING
*   OUTPUT_LENGTH         =
    tables
      binary_tab            = LX_ZIPCONTENT_BINARY
5) Then you have to send the data stored in LX_ZIPCONTENT_BINARY. You can do this following example of program BCS_EXAMPLE_7 ( look at "perform send").