FM 'SCMS_STRING_TO_FTEXT'

Question

Hi,
Used 'SCMS_STRING_TO_FTEXT' to convert the record string to a binary table and used the output in FM to email report as an attachment.
But when I open the report I can see records more than 255 char printed in 2 lines instead of a single line.
Please suggest how to print more than 255 char record in a single line itself.
With Regards,
Gandhi Subramani

Answer 1

This is the code that creates the string. If I execute the FM, this is the abend error "ASSIGN_TYPE_ILLEGAL_CAST".
data: i_bin           like solix  occurs 0 with header line.
constants:
   c_tab  type c value cl_abap_char_utilities=>horizontal_tab,
   c_crlf type c value cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf.
data: w_string type string.
data: w_string_2 type string.
data: w_last(1) value '%'.
types: begin of t_cc,              " fields in the EXCEL file
         bukrs type csks-bukrs,
         kostl(10),
       end of t_cc.
data: it_cc type standard table of t_cc initial size 0,
      wa_cc type t_cc.
*>> File header data <<  no crlf
concatenate  'Company'   c_tab   'Cost Center'
               into w_string .
concatenate w_string_2   w_string  into  w_string_2.
data: w_it_cc_count type i.
w_it_cc_count  =  lines( it_cc ).
Load internal table with DB fields
select bukrs kostl
   up to 200 rows
   from csks
   into table it_cc.
*>> Build the string field that will be used to populate the BIN
  internal table
  w_string corresponds to a single line in the attachment
  w_string_2 corresponds to all of the data in the attachment
loop at it_cc into wa_cc.
  concatenate wa_cc-bukrs wa_cc-kostl
      w_last
      '>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>'
      '3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333X'
      into w_string separated by c_tab.
  concatenate c_crlf  w_string into w_string.
  concatenate w_string_2   w_string  into  w_string_2.
endloop.
Convert string field that contains all of the data into the BIN table
call function 'SCMS_STRING_TO_FTEXT'
    exporting
        text = w_string_2
*IMPORTING
LENGTH =
    tables
        ftext_tab = i_bin.    " the binary table in e-mail FM