Internal table in background job

hi everyone
I have to process 4 internal tables to send to spool in background
HOw should the parameters be passed?
I have used the
SUBMIT /EU000/FI_PAYMENT TO SAP-SPOOL
SPOOL PARAMETERS mstr_print_parms
WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO.
but I dont know how I shd pass the internal tables
Plz help

Hi sia anjali.....
There is one concept in Spool Request,,, You can only produce a spool of a thing which you are writing....
for ex your report consist of 4 internal Tables,,, Then you can easily Produce a single spool request for all the 4 Internal tables with it's contents...
I am giving you the sample code for 2 Internal Tables.......... In this case you have to use two reports....
for ex.....
(1)- The first Report will only consist of the submit statement.....
REPORT ZTEST99                                 .
SUBMIT   ztest100           TO SAP-SPOOL
                                      DESTINATION         'LP01'
                                      IMMEDIATELY         ' '
                                      KEEP IN SPOOL     'X'
                                      WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO AND RETURN.
(2)- The second Report will consist of your internal tables that you want to display.......
*& Report ZTEST100                                                    *
REPORT ZTEST100                                .
data: begin of itab occurs 10.
      include structure mseg.
data: end of itab.
data: begin of itab1 occurs 10.
      include structure bseg.
data: end of itab1.
start-of-selection.
select * from mseg into table itab up to 10 rows.
select * from bseg into table itab1 up to 10 rows.
loop at itab.
write:/ itab-mblnr, itab-mjahr.
endloop.
uline.
loop at itab1.
write:/ itab1-bukrs, itab1-belnr.
endloop.
now this wil produce the spool request in SP01 T-code..........
If have any other queries do let me know......
Thanks
Saurabh

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The use of FTP from ABAP seems to have been a hot topic on the ABAP Forums of late. I thought I might sit down and document whatever I could find on this subject and share it as a weblog.
Over the years I have seen lots of different solutions for moving files on and off of a SAP system. I have seen external FTP scripts written in OS shell languages. I have seen full blown custom applications that are made to interface to the SAP system. However I think you will find that most of the technology you need to perform a simple FTP from ABAP is already contained in the standard system. All of my examples and screen shots will be coming from a 46C system.
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If you have ever taken a look at the kernel directory of your SAP system, you might have noticed an interesting little executable: sapftp.exe (the name of the file on Windows SAP Kernels). It is this part of the Kernel that exposes FTP functionality to the ABAP Programming language.
So you have a suspicion that there is FTP functionality in ABAP, but youre not quite sure how to use it. Where do you start? I always turn to the Service Marketplace first. A quick search on SAPFTP reveals there is an entire component (BC-SRV-COM-FTP) on the subject. The most general note and our starting place is OSS Note 93042. This note starts off with a nice description of what SAPFTP is: A client RFC application that is accessed via RFC from ABAP. But we also find out that in addition to SAPFTP being part of the kernel, it is also part of the SAPGui. That means that we can perform FTP commands originating from our R/3 Server or from a Client Workstation.
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I thought I would share a few of the things that can be built using this FTP functionality. First off I didn't want a bunch of ABAP programs directly working with the SAP FTP Function modules. As you can see there is already a difference in the examples for encrypting the password between 46C and 620. Therefore I thought it would be best to encapsulate all the FTP function in one custom ABAP OO Class. Not only did I get the opportunity to hid the inner SAP functionality and make it easy to switch out during upgrades, but I also get consistent error handling as well. I accept the User Name, Password, Host, and RFC Destination in during the Constructor of the class. I then store these values away in Protected Attributes. Each function module is then implemented as a Instance Method. The Password encryption functionality is then all tucked away nicely in the class. Also the calling program doesn't have to worry about keeping track of the FTP handle either since it is an instance attribute as well.
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2005-02-24 13:03:06 Thomas Godfrey Business Card [Reply]
I've been in IT for over 30 years as a mainframe contract programmer/analyst. Recently a company hired me for my legacy knowledge of there business to become a developer on SAP for these same systems.
My first task is to develop a generalized ftp application to send data to the mainframe and then on to financial institutions. I have created an ABAP/4 test program with literals for the dest/host etc. And it works fine. I need more detail/guidance in creating the Class/Method/Function you have described to make this parameter driven and callable by other programs. I know this is a lot to ask, any help in pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. When I mention class creation to the existing staff they all say "Oh, we don't use or know anything about that object oriented stuff, we just right programs."
Thanks,
Tom
     New to SAP/ABAP-4
2005-02-24 13:13:33 Thomas Jung Business Card [Reply]
"we don't use or know anything about that object oriented stuff" That's something I might have expected to hear 4 years ago. That's kind of like saying that you only want to use half of the programming lanuage (the old half at that).
However it is true that you have to learn to walk before you run. There are some fundamentals to ABAP that are usefull to have down before you start in with ABAP OO. But I wouldn't let that hold you back for long.
I'm afraid that I wouldn't be able to teach you everything you would need to know to create a function module or a class in this posting. There was a nice weblog that was just posted the other day that had the steps to create your first simple class. I suggest you start there.
As far as my FTP class goes, I don't mind sending you the code for the class. My email address is already all over SDN (and spammers' lists) so just send me the address that you want the details sent to. My email is [email protected].
     New to SAP/ABAP-4
2005-02-24 13:05:42 Thomas Godfrey Business Card [Reply]
I just read what I typed, I meant "write programs" not "right programs" ... duh
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2004-11-24 09:15:27 Jacques Claassen Business Card [Reply]
...any chance you've used FTP via an HTTP proxy?
Any help using the HTTP* functions in the ZFTP function group will be greatly appreciated. Any one?
Thx
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2004-11-24 09:59:11 Thomas Jung Business Card [Reply]
I'm afraid I haven't done either. However I have used the HTTP client functionality in the WebAS 620 (if_http_client) along with an HTTP proxy. I have an example of this in another weblog.
     Pretty insightful
2004-11-15 19:27:26 Subramanian Venkateswaran Business Card [Reply]
Thanks for this weblog, and I can be pretty sure there are some(many) more weblogs in the waiting.
Regards,
Subramanian V.
     I have been using a local include ...
2004-11-15 16:29:39 Swapan Sarkar Business Card [Reply]
On the other hand I have been using a local include of ZCL_FTP_BASE in my programs for some time. Here's the signature:
<quote>
*& Include ZHR9_FTP_CLASSES
*& Utility class ZCL_FTP_BASE having all the
functions to upload and download files from an
FTP server.
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PUBLIC SECTION.
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END OF t_scratch,
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CONSTANTS: co_crlf(2) TYPE x VALUE '0D0A'.
DATA: status TYPE c VALUE space.
METHODS: constructor IMPORTING im_user TYPE string im_pwd TYPE string
im_server TYPE string,
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disconnect.
PRIVATE SECTION.
DATA: v_user(64) TYPE c,
v_pwd_clear(30) TYPE c,
v_pwd(64) TYPE c,
v_server(30) TYPE c,
v_filename TYPE rlgrap-filename,
v_handle TYPE i.
METHODS: pwd_scramble IMPORTING im_pwd TYPE c.
ENDCLASS. "ZCL_FTP_BASE DEFINITION
</quote>
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