GUI_DOWNLOAD: problems with table containing char length 8000

Question

Hi
I have some problems using GUI_DOWNLOAD. Here is some of my code:
DATA: g_record TYPE Z_CHAR8000 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
z_char8000 is a char of length 8000
insert code to fill data in g_record
    CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
      EXPORTING
        filename                  = g_filename
      filetype                  = 'ASC'  
        filetype                  = 'BIN'  
        TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS     = 'X'
        TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL = 'X'
      TABLES
        data_tab                = g_record
      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.
An example of data in g_record:
Hans,Kruger,Berlin,Superstrass 3,0101709991,,,,,,,,,,,,
When I open the resulting file in notepad the above data is present, and that's a good thing! The bad thing is that for every entry I have in the g_record table the GUI_DOWNLOAD puts 8000 characters into the file (the data from g_record and trailing blanks so that the line becomes 8000 chars long). I dont want the trailing blanks and TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS dont seem to work. Have any of you had hte same problem and/or is there a solution?!
I have tried using filetype ASC and here I dont get the trailing blanks, but another problem hits me. I cant download more that 1024 characters from each entry in g_record and thats not good enough!
Regards Anders

Answer 1

Hi Andres,
take this itab-definition for your download:
TYPES:BEGIN OF ty_down,
      line TYPE string,
      END OF ty_down.
DATA wa_down TYPE ty_down.
DATA g_record  TYPE TABLE OF ty_down.
regards Andreas