Open dataset in ECC 6.0 passes AUTHORITY_CHECK but still fails to download

Question

Hello Gurus,
I'm having trouble getting open dataset to work in ECC 6.0.
I've tried using encoding utf-8 and default plus an authority check.
The program doesn't abap dump, but nothing happens.
Am I doing something wrong?
  DATA: my_full_path_auth LIKE authb-filename .
  my_full_path_auth = 'c:\temp\inv_coverage_by_material.txt'.
  MESSAGE i001(zstd) WITH 'converting itab to characters'.
  REFRESH ta_by_part_number_ascii.
  LOOP AT pta_out INTO ts_by_part_number .
    MOVE-CORRESPONDING ts_by_part_number
      TO ts_by_part_number_ascii.
    APPEND ts_by_part_number_ascii TO ta_by_part_number_ascii.
  ENDLOOP.
  MESSAGE i001(zstd) WITH 'convertion complete'.
  CALL FUNCTION 'AUTHORITY_CHECK_DATASET'
    EXPORTING
*   PROGRAM                =
      activity               = 'WRITE'
      filename               = my_full_path_auth
    EXCEPTIONS
      no_authority           = 1
      activity_unknown       = 2
      OTHERS                 = 3 .
  IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE i001(zstd) WITH 'authority check failed'.
  ELSE.
    MESSAGE i001(zstd) WITH 'authority check PASSED'.
  ENDIF.
  OPEN DATASET my_full_path FOR OUTPUT
     IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT .
  LOOP AT ta_by_part_number_ascii INTO ts_by_part_number_ascii .
    TRANSFER ts_by_part_number_ascii TO my_full_path.
  ENDLOOP.
  CLOSE DATASET my_full_path.

Answer 1

Ahhh. I forgot that the file is saved on the app server.
New question:
I was trying to do a download of an internal table in batch mode. The GUI_DOWNLOAD function won't work for that.
What do people do to download a file to the presentation server?
Moderator message - Please limit yourself to one question per thread. That makes it easier for others to find solutions to their similar problems.
So please close this one and ask a new question
Edited by: Rob Burbank on Apr 14, 2009 1:12 PM