In OPEN DATASET Statement Filenames are platform-specific How to specify MS

Question

In OPEN DATASET Statement
Filenames are platform-specific. You must therefore use file- and pathnames that conform to the rules of the operating system under which your R/3 System is running. However, you can also use logical filenames to ensure that your programs are not operating system-specific. For further information, refer to Using Platform-Independent Filenames.
DATA FNAME(60).
FNAME = '/tmp/myfile'.
OPEN DATASET 'myfile'.
OPEN DATASET FNAME.
This example works as long as your R/3 System is running under UNIX. The program opens the file "myfile" in the directory in which the R/3 System is running, and also opens the file "myfile" in directory "/tmp".
FNAME = '[TMP]myfile.BIN'
OPEN DATASET 'myfile.BIN'.
question]]  How to specify an MS-file & how to go about?

Answer 1

Hi,
Just get the input file name from the application server through selection screen and keep it in parameter(p_inpfile).
Then pass the parameter to OPEN DATASET statement.
OPEN DATASET p_inpfile FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
  IF sy-subrc NE 0.
    WRITE :/ text-004.                                   "'No such input file' COLOR 3.
    EXIT.
  ELSE.
    DO.
      CLEAR : wa_string,wa_0001.
*Reading the file from application server and moving to work area*
      READ DATASET p_inpfile INTO wa_string.
      IF sy-subrc NE 0.
        EXIT.
      ELSE.
        CLEAR wa_0001.
*Spliting fields in the file-
        REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '#' IN wa_string WITH ' '.
        SPLIT wa_string AT c_htab INTO wa_0001-pernr
                                       wa_0001-werks       "Personnel Area
                                       wa_0001-persk       "Employee Sub-Group
                                       wa_0001-vdsk1       "Org. Key
                                       wa_0001-abkrs       "Payroll area
                                       wa_0001-ansvh.      "Work contract
        wa_0001-begda = p_efdate.
        wa_0001-endda = '99991231'.
        APPEND wa_0001 TO int_0001.
      ENDIF.
    ENDDO.
    CLOSE DATASET p_inpfile.
Use like this and pass all those values to internal table.
Thanks,
Sakthi C
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