Download Tab Delimited file from spool!

Hi Experts,
Is there any way to download tab delimited txt file from spool?
Spool is created for Statements and Invoices from Sap Script and Smartform which is in OTF format.
I am able to download this in Text file but I need this file in tab delimited format.

I don't understand what you want to do as it seems impossible : the spool contains miscellaneous data, not compatible with tab delimited files which are used to store 2-dimensional tables (columns, rows).

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Read Tab delimited File from Application server

Hi Experts,
I am facing problem while reading file from Application server.
File in Application server is stored as follows, The below file is a tab delimited file.
##K#U#N#N#R###T#I#T#L#E###N#A#M#E#1###N#A#M#E#2###N#A#M#E#3###N#A#M#E#4###S#O#R#T#1###S#O#R#T#2###N#A#M#E#_#C#O###S#T#R#_#S#U#P#P#L#1###S#T#R#_#S#U#P#P#L#2###S#T#R#E#E#T###H#O#U#S#E#_#N#U#M#1
i have downloaded this file from Application server using Transaction CG3Y. the Downloaded file is a tab delimited file and i could not see "#' in the file,
The code is as Below.
c_split TYPE abap_char1 VALUE cl_abap_char_utilities=>horizontal_tab.
here i am using IGNORING CONVERSION ERRORS in order to avoid Conversion Error Short Dump.
OPEN DATASET wa_filename-file FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT IGNORING CONVERSION ERRORS.
      IF sy-subrc = 0.
        WRITE : /,'...Processing file - ', wa_filename-file.
       DO.
      Read the contents of file
          READ DATASET wa_filename-file INTO wa_file-data.
          IF sy-subrc = 0.
            SPLIT wa_file-data AT c_split INTO wa_adrc_2-kunnr
                                               wa_adrc_2-title
                                               wa_adrc_2-name1
                                               wa_adrc_2-name2
                                               wa_adrc_2-name3
                                               wa_adrc_2-name4
                                               wa_adrc_2-name_co
                                               wa_adrc_2-city1
                                               wa_adrc_2-city2
                                               wa_adrc_2-regiogroup
                                               wa_adrc_2-post_code1
                                               wa_adrc_2-post_code2
                                               wa_adrc_2-po_box
                                               wa_adrc_2-po_box_loc
                                               wa_adrc_2-transpzone
                                               wa_adrc_2-street
                                               wa_adrc_2-house_num1
                                               wa_adrc_2-house_num2
                                               wa_adrc_2-str_suppl1
                                               wa_adrc_2-str_suppl2
                                               wa_adrc_2-country
                                               wa_adrc_2-langu
                                               wa_adrc_2-region
                                               wa_adrc_2-sort1
                                               wa_adrc_2-sort2
                                               wa_adrc_2-deflt_comm
                                               wa_adrc_2-tel_number
                                               wa_adrc_2-tel_extens
                                               wa_adrc_2-fax_number
                                               wa_adrc_2-fax_extens
                                               wa_adrc_2-taxjurcode.
WA_FILE-DATA is having below values
##K#U#N#N#R###T#I#T#L#E###N#A#M#E#1###N#A#M#E#2###N#A#M#E#3###N#A#M#E#4###S#O#R#T#1###S#O#R#T#2###N#A#M#E#_#C#O###S#T#R#_#S#U#P#P#L#1###S#T#R#_#S#U#P#P#L#2###S#T#R#E#E#T###H#O#U#S#E#_#N#U#M#1
And this is split by tab delimited and moved to other variables as shown above.
Please guide me how to read the contents without "#' from the file.
I have tried all possible ways and unable to get solution.
Thanks,
Shrikanth

Hi ,
In ECC 6 if all the unicode patches are applied then UTF 16 will defintly work..
More over i would suggest you to ist replace # with some other * or , and then try to see in debugging if any further # appears..
and no # appears then try to split now.
if even now the # appears after replace statement then try to find out what exactly is it... wheather it is a horizantal tab etc....
and then again try to replace it and then split..
Please follow the process untill all the # are replaced...
This should work for you..
Let me know if you further face any issue...
Regards
Satish Boguda

Upload tab-delimited file from the application server to an internal table

Hello SAPients.
I'm using OPEN DATASET..., READ DATASET..., CLOSE DATASET to upload a file from the application server (SunOS). I'm working with SAP 4.6C. I'm trying to upload a tab-delimited file to an internal table but when I try load it the fields are not correctly separated, in fact, they are all misplaced and the table shows '#' where supposedly there was a tab.
I tried to SPLIT the line using as separator a variable with reference to CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB but for some reason that class doesn't exist in my system.
Do you know what I'm doing wrong? or Do you know a better method to upload a tab-delimited file into an internal table?
Thank you in advance for your help.

Try:
REPORT ztest MESSAGE-ID 00.
PARAMETER: p_file LIKE rlgrap-filename OBLIGATORY.
DATA: BEGIN OF data_tab OCCURS 0,
 data(4096),
 END OF data_tab.
DATA: BEGIN OF vendor_file_x OCCURS 0.
* LFA1 Data
DATA: mandt LIKE bgr00-mandt,
 lifnr LIKE blf00-lifnr,
 anred LIKE blfa1-anred,
 bahns LIKE blfa1-bahns,
 bbbnr LIKE blfa1-bbbnr,
 bbsnr LIKE blfa1-bbsnr,
 begru LIKE blfa1-begru,
 brsch LIKE blfa1-brsch,
 bubkz LIKE blfa1-bubkz,
 datlt LIKE blfa1-datlt,
 dtams LIKE blfa1-dtams,
 dtaws LIKE blfa1-dtaws,
 erdat LIKE lfa1-erdat,
 ernam LIKE lfa1-ernam,
 esrnr LIKE blfa1-esrnr,
 konzs LIKE blfa1-konzs,
 ktokk LIKE lfa1-ktokk,
 kunnr LIKE blfa1-kunnr,
 land1 LIKE blfa1-land1,
 lnrza LIKE blfa1-lnrza,
 loevm LIKE blfa1-loevm,
 name1 LIKE blfa1-name1,
 name2 LIKE blfa1-name2,
 name3 LIKE blfa1-name3,
 name4 LIKE blfa1-name4,
 ort01 LIKE blfa1-ort01,
 ort02 LIKE blfa1-ort02,
 pfach LIKE blfa1-pfach,
 pstl2 LIKE blfa1-pstl2,
 pstlz LIKE blfa1-pstlz,
 regio LIKE blfa1-regio,
 sortl LIKE blfa1-sortl,
 sperr LIKE blfa1-sperr,
 sperm LIKE blfa1-sperm,
 spras LIKE blfa1-spras,
 stcd1 LIKE blfa1-stcd1,
 stcd2 LIKE blfa1-stcd2,
 stkza LIKE blfa1-stkza,
 stkzu LIKE blfa1-stkzu,
 stras LIKE blfa1-stras,
 telbx LIKE blfa1-telbx,
 telf1 LIKE blfa1-telf1,
 telf2 LIKE blfa1-telf2,
 telfx LIKE blfa1-telfx,
 teltx LIKE blfa1-teltx,
 telx1 LIKE blfa1-telx1,
 xcpdk LIKE lfa1-xcpdk,
 xzemp LIKE blfa1-xzemp,
 vbund LIKE blfa1-vbund,
 fiskn LIKE blfa1-fiskn,
 stceg LIKE blfa1-stceg,
 stkzn LIKE blfa1-stkzn,
 sperq LIKE blfa1-sperq,
 adrnr LIKE lfa1-adrnr,
 mcod1 LIKE lfa1-mcod1,
 mcod2 LIKE lfa1-mcod2,
 mcod3 LIKE lfa1-mcod3,
 gbort LIKE blfa1-gbort,
 gbdat LIKE blfa1-gbdat,
 sexkz LIKE blfa1-sexkz,
 kraus LIKE blfa1-kraus,
 revdb LIKE blfa1-revdb,
 qssys LIKE blfa1-qssys,
 ktock LIKE blfa1-ktock,
 pfort LIKE blfa1-pfort,
 werks LIKE blfa1-werks,
 ltsna LIKE blfa1-ltsna,
 werkr LIKE blfa1-werkr,
 plkal LIKE lfa1-plkal,
 duefl LIKE lfa1-duefl,
 txjcd LIKE blfa1-txjcd,
 sperz LIKE lfa1-sperz,
 scacd LIKE blfa1-scacd,
 sfrgr LIKE blfa1-sfrgr,
 lzone LIKE blfa1-lzone,
 xlfza LIKE lfa1-xlfza,
 dlgrp LIKE blfa1-dlgrp,
 fityp LIKE blfa1-fityp,
 stcdt LIKE blfa1-stcdt,
 regss LIKE blfa1-regss,
 actss LIKE blfa1-actss,
 stcd3 LIKE blfa1-stcd3,
 stcd4 LIKE blfa1-stcd4,
 ipisp LIKE blfa1-ipisp,
 taxbs LIKE blfa1-taxbs,
 profs LIKE blfa1-profs,
 stgdl LIKE blfa1-stgdl,
 emnfr LIKE blfa1-emnfr,
 lfurl LIKE blfa1-lfurl,
 j_1kfrepre LIKE blfa1-j_1kfrepre,
 j_1kftbus LIKE blfa1-j_1kftbus,
 j_1kftind LIKE blfa1-j_1kftind,
 confs LIKE lfa1-confs,
 updat LIKE lfa1-updat,
 uptim LIKE lfa1-uptim,
 nodel LIKE blfa1-nodel.
DATA: END OF vendor_file_x.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <field>,
 <field_1>.
DATA: delim TYPE x VALUE '09'.
DATA: fld_chk(4096),
 last_char,
 quote_1 TYPE i,
 quote_2 TYPE i,
 fld_lth TYPE i,
 columns TYPE i,
 field_end TYPE i,
 outp_rec TYPE i,
 extras(3) TYPE c VALUE '.,"',
 mixed_no(14) TYPE c VALUE '1234567890-.,"'.
OPEN DATASET p_file FOR INPUT.
DO.
READ DATASET p_file INTO data_tab-data.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
 APPEND data_tab.
ELSE.
 EXIT.
ENDIF.
ENDDO.
* count columns in output structure
DO.
ASSIGN COMPONENT sy-index OF STRUCTURE vendor_file_x TO <field>.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 EXIT.
ENDIF.
columns = sy-index.
ENDDO.
* Assign elements of input file to internal table
CLEAR vendor_file_x.
IF columns > 0.
LOOP AT data_tab.
 DO columns TIMES.
 ASSIGN space TO <field>.
 ASSIGN space TO <field_1>.
 ASSIGN COMPONENT sy-index OF STRUCTURE vendor_file_x TO <field>.
 SEARCH data_tab-data FOR delim.
 IF sy-fdpos > 0.
 field_end = sy-fdpos + 1.
 ASSIGN data_tab-data(sy-fdpos) TO <field_1>.
* Check that numeric fields don't contain any embedded " or ,
 IF <field_1> CO mixed_no AND
 <field_1> CA extras.
 TRANSLATE <field_1> USING '" , '.
 CONDENSE <field_1> NO-GAPS.
 ENDIF.
* If first and last characters are '"', remove both.
 fld_chk = <field_1>.
 IF NOT fld_chk IS INITIAL.
 fld_lth = strlen( fld_chk ) - 1.
 MOVE fld_chk+fld_lth(1) TO last_char.
 IF fld_chk(1) = '"' AND
 last_char = '"'.
 MOVE space TO fld_chk+fld_lth(1).
 SHIFT fld_chk.
 MOVE fld_chk TO <field_1>.
 ENDIF. " for if fld_chk(1)=" & last_char="
 ENDIF. " for if not fld_chk is initial
* Replace "" with "
 DO.
 IF fld_chk CS '""'.
 quote_1 = sy-fdpos.
 quote_2 = sy-fdpos + 1.
 MOVE fld_chk+quote_2 TO fld_chk+quote_1.
 ELSE.
 MOVE fld_chk TO <field_1>.
 EXIT.
 ENDIF.
 ENDDO.
 <field> = <field_1>.
 ELSE.
 field_end = 1.
 ENDIF.
 SHIFT data_tab-data LEFT BY field_end PLACES.
 ENDDO.
 APPEND vendor_file_x.
 CLEAR vendor_file_x.
ENDLOOP.
ENDIF.
CLEAR data_tab.
REFRESH data_tab.
FREE data_tab.
Rob

Download TAB-Delimited file

Hi,
I want to produce a TAB-Delimited File using the FM, Gui_Download. Could anyone help how to do this?

Use this METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_download
Download the output file to presentation server
 CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_download
 EXPORTING
 filename = filename "filename to be generated
 filetype = 'ASC' "File type ASCII for tab delimited
 write_field_separator = 'X' "X for tab delimiter
 CHANGING
 data_tab = itab_download "internal table with data
 EXCEPTIONS
 file_write_error = 1
 no_batch = 2
 gui_refuse_filetransfer = 3
 invalid_type = 4
 no_authority = 5
Please check and close your thread if its resolved.
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Reading tab delimited file from application server

Hi All,
I do know that we need to use Open data set to read a file from application server, but my question is when you use read DATASET v_file into wa_final - this wa_final is an work area and also i have mentione an internal table. so do we need to Split the record at tab into the corresponding fields. Append the records into an internal table i_input.????
Please let me know on this....
thanks in advance....
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Hi,
first see the file contents in application server, how the contents whether the contents seperated by any symbol or not, if the contents seperated by any symbol then you have to split the data before appending to internal table.
check this code.
DATA: l_data_string TYPE string.
filename = p_file.
OPEN DATASET p_file FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
    DO.
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      IF sy-subrc NE 0.
        EXIT.
      ENDIF.
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      SPLIT l_data_string AT '#' INTO k_input-agreement k_input-suffix k_input-status
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      APPEND k_input TO i_input.
    ENDDO.
ENDIF.
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Split tab delimited file coming from application server.

Hi,
i have received a tab delimited file from the application server.it contains # instead of tab at the application server.
i want to know how to split it.
i tried decalring constant as:
c_tab type x value'09'.
but it gives an error saying only c,n,d and t types are allowed.
please gelp.
Thanks,
Anand.

Hi,
Do like this
*--Local Variables
DATA : l_file TYPE string,
         l_line TYPE string.
*--Clear
CLEAR : l_file.
l_file = p_ipfile.
*--Read the data from application server file.
OPEN DATASET l_file FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
IF sy-subrc NE 0.
*--Error in opening file
    MESSAGE i368(00) WITH text-005.
ENDIF.
*--Get all the records from the specified location.
DO.
    READ DATASET l_file INTO l_line.
    IF sy-subrc NE 0.
      EXIT.
    ELSE.
      SPLIT l_line AT cl_abap_char_utilities=>horizontal_tab
                      INTO st_ipfile-vbeln
                           st_ipfile-posnr
                           st_ipfile-edatu
                           st_ipfile-wmeng.
      APPEND st_ipfile TO it_ipfile.
    ENDIF.
ENDDO.
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Tab delimited file on app server. How to do that?

Hello,
When i transfer a tab delimited file from pre. server(windows) to app. server(windows) using CG3Z , the tab delimitation is not working.
for eg : the file with below layout
01.04.2007 31.03.2008 1 120
01.05.2007 31.07.2008 2 140
is getting changed like
01.04.2007#31.03.2008#1#120
01.05.2007#31.07.2008#2#140
All i need is a tab delimited file in app server also . Wats that i need to do for this ? Also how can i write a tab delimited file on app server through my program using open dataset.
Thanks for ur time.
Jeeva.

Hi..
Check this code: you will find the solution:
Using the Static Attribute CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB
Example:
This is the Simple way you can download the ITAB with Tab delimiter:
DATA : V_REC(200).
OPEN DATASET P_FILE FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
LOOP AT ITAB INTO WA.
Concatenate WA-FIELD1 WA-FIELD2
 INTO V_REC
 SEPARATED BY CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.
TRANSFER V_REC TO P_FILE.
ENDLOOP.
CLOSE DATASET P_FILE.
Note: if there are any Numeric fields ( Type I, P, F) In your ITAB then before CONCATENATE you have to Move them to Char fields ..
Reward if Helpful.
Example:
DATA: V_RECORD(200).
OPEN DATASET P_FILE FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
EXIT.
ENDIF.
DO.
READ DATASET P_FILE INTO V_RECORD.
IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
 EXIT.
ENDIF.
SPLIT V_Record at CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB
 INTO WA-FIELD1 WA-FIELD2.
APPEND WA TO ITAB.
ENDDO.
reward if Helpful.

GUI_Download problem in tab delimited file

Hi,
I am trying to download tab delimited file using F.M GUI_DOWNLOAD.We have
4.6C version.I have declared internal table with 5 columns.The file created using F.M is very strange.Column 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 are seaprated by tab but column 2
and 3 and column 4 and 5 are not seaprated by tab but have fixed length.
I am not getting where I am doing mistake.Any help is appericiated.
Below is the structure of internal table.
DATA:BEGIN OF IT_FINAL OCCURS 0,
       Company(3) type c,
       County(30) type c,
       FId(35) type c,
       Wellno(15) type c,
       Welldesc(35) type c,
     END OF IT_FINAL.
Data populated in table it_final.
it_final-Company = '300'.
it_final-County = 'Greenwood'.
it_final-fid = 'testts'.
it_final-wellno = '10000000'.
it_final-welldesc = 'tebsbvd'.
append it_final.
F.M GUI_DOWNLOAD
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
    EXPORTING
    BIN_FILESIZE                  =
      filename                      = l_path
    FILETYPE                      = 'ASC'
    APPEND                        = ' '
      write_field_separator         = 'X'
    HEADER                        = '00'
    TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS         = ' '
    WRITE_LF                      = 'X'
    COL_SELECT                    = ' '
    COL_SELECT_MASK               = ' '
    DAT_MODE                      = ' '
IMPORTING
    FILELENGTH                    =
    TABLES
      data_tab                      = it_final
     EXCEPTIONS
     file_write_error              = 1
     no_batch                      = 2
     gui_refuse_filetransfer       = 3
     invalid_type                  = 4
     no_authority                  = 5
     unknown_error                 = 6
     header_not_allowed            = 7
     separator_not_allowed         = 8
     filesize_not_allowed          = 9
     header_too_long               = 10
     dp_error_create               = 11
     dp_error_send                 = 12
     dp_error_write                = 13
     unknown_dp_error              = 14
     access_denied                 = 15
     dp_out_of_memory              = 16
     disk_full                     = 17
     dp_timeout                    = 18
     file_not_found                = 19
     dataprovider_exception        = 20
     control_flush_error           = 21
     OTHERS                        = 22
Thanks,
Rekha.

Hi,
i think it is because tou need to uncomment:
     FILETYPE                      = 'ASC'
try it.
Best regards.

Re: Tab delimited file(interface prg)

Hi,
I have a problem with tab delimited file.
i am getting one tab delimited file from the user i ahve to import it to the application sever and from the i will give tht prg as input to my prg and i will do some processing and accrodingly i will genrate some file in the format they need till now i dont have any problem
but the records which have errors in the input file it self, for those records i need to generate the error file but while importing it to presentation server from application server that should be again genrate the tab delimited file .. so while genrating error file wht need to be done.. please help me...
am i clear with my explanation
i will reward for all usefull answers....

If you are using a 4.7 or older systems then use this
Declare a constant of HEX
constants c_hextab(1) type x value '09'.
and use this constant in concatenate statement to generate a tab character.
Reward points please.

Detecting line-breaks within a column of an uploaded tab-delimited file.

Suppose you upload a tab-delimited file from your laptop and split each row of the file into some structure that you append to an itab.
Is there a way inside ABAP to detect that a field of the uploaded file has a CR or CRLF in it? And if so, where it is ?
Thanks in advance ...

You can use any of the following for those char.
DATA:   head_crnl(1)   TYPE c VALUE cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf,
          top_crnl(1)    TYPE c VALUE cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf,
          end_crnl(1)    TYPE c VALUE cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf,
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Import text into a form from a tab delimited file using an action

Good evening.
I am using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro
I have been working all weekend so far on this, and have tried many options.
What I am wanting is to import a line of data from an excel file into a form, save the file with a name drived from the form fields, close the new file, then go back to the original file, import a line of data, and so on and so on.
I had all of this working in livecyle with a tool, but now that we are going to Windows 8 and Microsoft Office 2013, the driver that I need to load the excel file into the form is not available--so now I have to redo the forms in Adobe and import using a tab delimited file.
I would like to do this with an action.
Thus far, I have the following.
**Credit goes to George Johnson who helped me with the script to save the file using field names a few months ago**
To start, I have a folder level script
mySaveAs = app.trustPropagatorFunction(function(doc,path)
app.beginPriv();
var myDoc = event.target;
myDoc.saveAs(path);
app.endPriv();
myTrustedSpecialTaskFunc = app.trustedFunction(function(doc,path)
//privileged and/or non-privileged code above
app.beginPriv();
mySaveAs(doc, path);
app.endPriv
//Privileged and/or non-privileged code below
For the Action, I start with the Form file loaded
Then I execute a javascript to import the text into the file.
this.importTextData("/c/data/clerical.txt");
The next step is to save the file using field names as part of the file name
--credit goes to George Johnson who assisted me with this on a similar project a few months ago.
//Get the Field Value
var fn=getField("Last").valueAsString + "-" + getField("First").valueAsString;
//Specify the folder
var fldr = "/c/data/";
//Determine the full path
var fp=fldr + fn + ".pdf";
//save the file
myTrustedSpecialTaskFunc(this, fp);
That is as far as I have gotten.
What I want to do now is load the original form file, import the next line into the form, save the file, repeat.
If anyone could assist me, I would greatly appreciate it.
**note I had to type this from my I-pad because I kept getting kicked off the internet from my computer. I hope my code is typed correctly.

George
Thank you so much for your response.
Yes--there are multiple lines in the data file--it will vary from month to month. It looks like from what you are saying is that I need to do the global variable since it will constantly change, and then increment it as it goes through the text file. When it reaches the end, then it will stop.
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Count PDF Files
http://help.adobe.com/livedocs/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/ wwhelp.htm?href=JS_API_AcroJS.88.1.html
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I am not exactly sure how to include this in my code.
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Importing data from tab delimited file

Hi everyone,
This is my first question on here so I hope I am doing the right thing.
I've searched online as much as I can to find an answer or a way to fix my problem but I have not been able to find a resolution.
My issue is I'm trying to import name and contact information from a excel file, that I have saved as a tab delimited file, into a fillable PDF file. I'm able select the text file through the import option and it shows the correct information as different rows that I can import but when I select one and click on to finish the import of the data I get an error message advising that some of the text could not be imported. The issue is nothing is being imported at all.
I've made sure that all the relevant fields are the same name as what the form has but still cannot get anything to import.
Does anyone have any ideas why this may not be working? Also I basically have no ability to write JavaScript to import the information otherwise I would look at travelling down that path.
Please let me know if I need to be any more specific.
Regards,
Adam

Ok I can share the form itself and will need to quickly create some data itself to go along with it
PDF Form Shared Files - Acrobat.com
Here is the tab delimited file I am trying to use (well the format anyway).
Test Data File Shared Files - Acrobat.com
Adam
Thanks Pat Willener

Trouble importing contacts from a tab-delimited file into Contacts on 10.9.5

I am having Trouble importing contacts from a tab-delimited file into Contacts on MacBook Pro, OS 10.9.5, Intel 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo., 400GB drive, 4GB memory DDR3
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- Followed closely the help screen in Contacts app
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- The problem arises when I go to access the document for import. Specifically, the target document, and all others in that file, are "greyed out" and thus can't be "opened" to facilitate the import process
- Tried changing the extension of the document name to ".txt", ".rtf", and ".rtd". No change or improvement.
- Searched Apple.com/help and found nothing relevant
Can anyone offer some advice or tell me what I may be overlooking in this process?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
<Email Edited By Host>

Hi Rammohan,
Thanks for the effort!
But I don't need to use GUI upload because my functionality does not require to fetch data from presentation server.
Moreover, the split command advised by you contains separate fields...f1, f2, f3... and I cannot use it because I have 164 fields. I will have to split into 164 fields and assign the values back to 164 fields in the work area/header line.
Moreover I have about 10 such work areas. so the effort would be ten times the above effort! I want to avoid this! Please help!
I would be very grateful if you could provide an alternative solution.
Thanks once again,
Best Regards,
Vinod.V

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My problem is understanding how to bring the data into the dialog object from the file.
I don't want to plagiarize his book--so am electing at this time not to show my code. The script is reading the file, just not bringing in the records from the file so that I can select which line to import into the stamp.
I have typed in the code exactly how the book describes, but when the popup dialog object is selected, there is nothing in the drop-down. When I click OK, the first record is put on the stamp--except for the fields that I am wanting to appear in the dialog object popup box.
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Karl
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In answer to your questions:
1. Your trusted function is not a trusted function. Did you put this
function into a folder level script so that it will get executed at system
startup?--
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C:\Documents and Settings\tjohnson\Application Data\Adobe\Acrobat\Privileged\11.0\JavaScripts\GetTabData.js
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extract the data. Did you add the data file in the correct location? The
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Below is my code that references the file.
var cPath = "/c/mydata/Contacts.txt";
the slashes in the book go in the direction of the text above--should they go in the direction that you have in your question?
Also, the name and email address need to be separated by one Tab character.
They are.
3. The fields need to be named the same way as the columns in the data file (the two names are in the first line of the file).
My headings are RevByFromTab and EmailFromTab--which match the names of the two fields on the stamp.
So, check that you are not getting any errors in the JavaScript console
(Ctrl-J or Cmd-J), and verify that the tab delimited file is in the correct
location
When I run in the java script console--and I just run the script on the stamp,
it says
TypeError: event.source is null
17:Console:Exec
undefined
When I place the stamp on the page, the popup box is working, but when you click on the down arrow, there is nothing listed. When I click OK, the RevByFromTab is populated by the first item in the file, but the EmailFromTab field says undefined.
Thank you
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CBU (parent)
KUNNR (child)
ERDAT (effective from)
MANDT (client)
SFID (salesforce ID)
AEDAT (effective to)
AENAM (assigned by).
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DATA: bdcdata LIKE bdcdata    OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
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        empno TYPE zmemp-empno,
        name TYPE zmemp-first_name,
        last TYPE zmemp-last_name,
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        place TYPE zmemp-place,
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AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR p_file.
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    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
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    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'S9002_LAST_NAME'
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    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'S9002_COMP'
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    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'S9002_PLACE'
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    PERFORM bdc_dynpro      USING 'ZM_EMPLOYEE' '9001'.
    PERFORM bdc_field       USING 'BDC_CURSOR'
                                  'S9001_EMPNO'.
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CLEAR bdcdata.
bdcdata-program = program.
bdcdata-dynpro   = dynpro.
bdcdata-dynbegin = 'X'.
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ENDFORM.                    "BDC_DYNPRO
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FORM bdc_field USING fnam fval.
CLEAR bdcdata.
bdcdata-fnam = fnam.
bdcdata-fval = fval.
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ENDFORM.                    "BDC_FIELD
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FORM get_file_path .
CALL FUNCTION 'KD_GET_FILENAME_ON_F4'
    CHANGING
      file_name = p_file.
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FORM get_data .
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      filename            = xfile
      filetype            = 'ASC'
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