How to display more than 132 characters in a smartform

Question

Hi Experts,
I am reading notes/text entries by calling read_text and then passing them in a variable. I want to display the notes. But even after declaring the variable as  LINE2048, it is displaying only 255characters as output length in smartform.
My code:
TYPES: BEGIN OF TYP_FINAL,
         PARTNER_NO      TYPE BU_PARTNER,         "Partner No.
        OBJECT_ID       TYPE CRMT_OBJECT_ID_DB,  "Object ID
        PROCESS_TYPE    TYPE CRMT_PROCESS_TYPE,  "Activity Type
       ACTUAL_NOTE     TYPE LINE2048,           "Actual Notes
       END OF TYP_FINAL.
data : T_FINAL           TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF TYP_FINAL,
          WA_FINAL          TYPE TYP_FINAL.
data:  v_actualnote     TYPE LINE2048.
          CALL FUNCTION 'READ_TEXT'
            EXPORTING
             CLIENT                        = SY-MANDT
              ID                            = C_0002
              LANGUAGE                      = sy-langu
              NAME                          = l_name1
              OBJECT                        = C_BUT000
            TABLES
              LINES                         = t_line
           EXCEPTIONS
             ID                            = 1
             LANGUAGE                      = 2
          IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
           clear: v_accountnote.
           LOOP AT T_LINE INTO WA_LINE.
             CONCATENATE v_accountnote wa_line INTO v_accountnote SEPARATED BY space.
             clear: wa_line.
           ENDLOOP.
          wa_final-account_note = v_accountnote.
          clear: v_accountnote.
         ENDIF.
On the smartformm side, under main window->loop->text(to display the variables).
How to display more than 255 characters in a smartform.
Regards,
Sangeeta.

Answer 1

why the heck would you use read_text when you want to print a text/note on a form?
in SAP-Script we use the "INCLUDE"-Statement for this.
and in smartforms a Text-node of type 'I'.
you can not write all in one line and expect the system to handle this like a floating text.
one character takes a cretain amount of space (varying for different characters and font and font sizes).
you Page has a certain width, so where is the miracle in the thesis that on a sheet of paper with a certain width just a certain amount of characters will fit?