GUI_UPLOAD can't upload data in a tab-delimited text file

Question

Hi.
I was trying to upload data in a tab-delimited textfile.
I could do it for a ASC textfile (by setting FILETYPE = 'ASC'), but I couldn't do it for a tab-delimited textfile (by setting FILETYPE = 'DAT').
Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

hi kian,
If u r using DAT file then HAS_FIELD_SEPERATOR should contain X.
<b>check the following code:</b>
parameters: p_file  like rlgrap-filename. " File Name.
call function 'GUI_UPLOAD'
    exporting
      filename              =  p_file      " NAME of the file
<b>  filetype                = 'DAT'
      has_field_separator     = 'X '</b>  "  <b>X  indicates Fields are separated by tabs.</b>
    tables
      data_tab                = t_file   " Internal table that contains the file data
    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.
<b>IF the file type is DAT then following rules applies.</b>
The components of the internal table are filled from the file. If the
table contains several columns, the entries in the file must be
separated by tabs. No conversion exits are carried out.
The following applies for the different data types:
  -   I or N or P or F
   The numbers must be formatted according to the decimal representation
   defined in the user settings.
    -   D
   The date must be defined according to the date format defined in the
   user settings.
    -   T
   The time must have the format hh:mm:ss.
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Harimanjesh AN