Getting content and address of select-options (created dynamically)

Question

Hi guys,
Suppose I have a dynamically created select-options in a program
SELECT-OPTIONS it_ranges FOR ...
Let's say I can determine its name ( IT_RANGES ) only during program execution.
Now I know I can use field symbols to get its content like below:
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs>.
"here I will have content of the table in <FS>
ASSIGN ('IT_RANGES[]') TO <fs>.
...but I would like to know how can I get the content of this select-options table through date reference
TYPES: BEGIN OF t_ranges,
        sign TYPE c,
        option(2) TYPE c,
        low TYPE i,
        high TYPE i,
       END OF t_ranges.
"let say tt_ranges is of the same type like IT_RANGES
TYPES: tt_ranges TYPE TABLE OF t_ranges.
DATA: ref TYPE REF TO data.
CREATE DATA ref TYPE tt_ranges.
The above will only create typed reference to table but I want it to point to my table IT_RANGES. The statement below don't work here.
GET REFERENCE OF ('IT_RANGES[]') INTO ref.
Is there any other way I can get (using data reference)?
1) address of this select-options table
2) content of this select-options table
Thanks for help in advance
M.
Edited by: Marcin Pciak on Nov 28, 2008 11:33 AM

Answer 1

Statement CREATE DATA would only make sense when you are trying to create the dynamic select options. You can use the addition TYPE HANDLE in order to create the Range Table. Check method implementation CREATE_RANGE_TABLE in class CL_WDR_SELECT_OPTIONS.
Once the Select-option is created, you need to use the GET REFERENCE to get the data reference of the Select-options. We can't specify the dynamic reference with brackets in the GET REFERENCE statement. So, you need to use the field-symbols to do the dynamics.
DATA: ref TYPE REF TO data.
DATA: ref_fs TYPE REF TO data.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs>.
DATA: w_range TYPE i.
SELECT-OPTIONS it_rang FOR w_range.
START-OF-SELECTION.
  GET REFERENCE OF it_rang[] INTO ref.
  ASSIGN ('IT_RANG[]') TO <fs>.
  GET REFERENCE OF <fs> INTO ref_fs.
  write: 'done'.
Regards,
Naimesh Patel