FIle path in Screen Programming

Hi I am new to screen programming.
My program would pick a file from desktop and process it.
I am a bit confused how would I give the file path. Should it be a input/output field??
I want something like,
PARAMETERS: filename TYPE text255 OBLIGATORY.
ANy suggestions.
Ster.

Hi,
Try this code ..
SELECTION-SCREEN: BEGIN OF BLOCK B1 WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-001.
PARAMETERS: P_FILE LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME.
SELECTION-SCREEN: END OF BLOCK B1.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR P_FILE.
 CALL FUNCTION 'KD_GET_FILENAME_ON_F4'
 EXPORTING
 field_name = p_file
 CHANGING
 file_name = p_file.
DATA : lv_file TYPE string.
IF P_FILE IS NOT INITIAL.
lv_file = p_file.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
EXPORTING
 filename = lv_file
 FILETYPE = 'ASC'
 HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR = 'X'
 DAT_MODE = ' '
tables
 data_tab = LT_ITAB
EXCEPTIONS
 FILE_OPEN_ERROR = 1
 FILE_READ_ERROR = 2
 NO_BATCH = 3
 GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER = 4
 INVALID_TYPE = 5
 NO_AUTHORITY = 6
 UNKNOWN_ERROR = 7
 BAD_DATA_FORMAT = 8
 HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED = 9
 SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED = 10
 HEADER_TOO_LONG = 11
 UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR = 12
 ACCESS_DENIED = 13
 DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY = 14
 DISK_FULL = 15
 DP_TIMEOUT = 16
 OTHERS = 17
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
 WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
Regards,
Saran

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