Create XML file on application server (unix directory) from internal table

Question

Hallo everybody,
I have got the following problem:
I am working with <u><b>release 4.6C</b></u> and have got to create XML files from HR master data and organizational data respectively.
This takes place in 3 steps:
1.     Collect the data in an internal table
2.     Convert the data to XML format using the function module 'SAP_CONVERT_TO_XML_FORMAT'
3.     Download the data
If I download the converted data, which are in an internal table, to the presentation server via the function module ‘WS_DOWNLOAD’ and open it with the Internet Explorer, everything is ok.
If I download the converted data to the application server, i.e. into a unix directory via
‘open dataset’, ‘loop at internal table, ‘transfer working area to file’, ‘close dataset’
and then try to open it, this is not possible, because after the last tag some unreadable characters, e.g. a square, appear that aren’t supposed to be there. That’s what my colleagues told me, for I haven’t got access to the server.
I have no idea where these characters come from and how I can get rid of them. I guess that either I have to modify (how?) the table with the converted data before the download or I have to use another way to convert the data. For the second way I would probably have to work with an XML class or an XML interface. Unfortunately I’I am not an expert in working with classes so sample coding would have to be rather detailed.
Here’s some more information about how I work with the conversion function module:
  call function 'SAP_CONVERT_TO_XML_FORMAT'
       exporting
            i_field_seperator    = lv_field_seperator
           i_line_header        = lv_line_header
           i_filename           = lv_xml_file
           i_appl_keep          = ' '
            i_xml_doc_name       = lv_xml_doc_name
       importing
            pe_bin_filesize      = lv_result
       tables
            i_tab_sap_data       = gt_data
       changing
            i_tab_converted_data = lt_tab_converted_data
       exceptions
            conversion_failed    = 1
            others               = 2.
lv_field_seperator = ‘X’.
lv_xml_doc_name = ‘Personalstammdaten Publikation’
lv_result: type i
gt_data: fields: PERNR, PERSG, PERSK etc.
  types:
  begin of truxs_xml_line,
    data(256) type x,
  end of truxs_xml_line.
  types:
  truxs_xml_table type table of truxs_xml_line.
data:
lv_tab_converted_data type truxs_xml_line,
lt_tab_converted_data type truxs_xml_table
open dataset lv_xml_file for output in binary mode.
loop at lt_tab_converted_data into lv_tab_converted_data.
  transfer lv_tab_converted_data to lv_xml_file.
endloop.
close dataset lv_xml_file
lv_xml_file: /usr/users/.../.../Personendaten_2004-11-02.xml
Hope the information is detailed enough! Otherwise let me know. Thank you in advance.
Message was edited by: Johannes Schwehm

Answer 1

Hi Raja,
tried the "TEXT" mode, but that didn't help.
There are still characters after the last tag, that are not supposed to be there including a date that is not
the creation date of the file.
Thank you for your help.
Regards
Johannes