Problem in Attachning an Excel File in Email

Question

Hello Everyone,
I have a problem which sends an email containing an excel as an attachment. However, if I check the excel file in the email, the filename is not properly defined, and there is an error stating that the format is not recognizable in excel format.
I am using the function module SO_DOCUMENT_SEND_API1.
Please help.
Thanks,
Jim

Answer 1

Hi,
i am sending some information how to send mails
please check it once,
please reward points, if it is useful.
A SAP mail is a mail internal to the SAP system. It is a very good forum to exchange information with other users. Using a SAP mail in ABAP code facilitates exchange of automatic messages at various stages of the business process. It is easy to use and saves many hassles involved in using workflows for exchanging messages.
The ABAP code to send a sap mail is built around the FM SO_OBJECT_SEND which has the following pattern.
call function 'SO_OBJECT_SEND'
exporting
EXTERN_ADDRESS = ' '
FOLDER_ID = ' '
FORWARDER = ' '
OBJECT_FL_CHANGE = ' '
OBJECT_HD_CHANGE = ' '
OBJECT_ID = ' '
OBJECT_TYPE = ' '
OUTBOX_FLAG = ' '
OWNER = ' '
STORE_FLAG = ' '
DELETE_FLAG = ' '
SENDER = ' '
CHECK_ALREADY_SENT = ' '
importing
object_id_new =
sent_to_all =
tables
OBJCONT =
OBJHEAD =
OBJPARA =
OBJPARB =
receivers =
PACKING_LIST =
ATT_CONT =
ATT_HEAD =
NOTE_TEXT =
exceptions
active_user_not_exist = 1
communication_failure = 2
component_not_available = 3
folder_not_exist = 4
folder_no_authorization = 5
forwarder_not_exist = 6
note_not_exist = 7
object_not_exist = 8
object_not_sent = 9
object_no_authorization = 10
object_type_not_exist = 11
operation_no_authorization = 12
owner_not_exist = 13
parameter_error = 14
substitute_not_active = 15
substitute_not_defined = 16
system_failure = 17
too_much_receivers = 18
user_not_exist = 19
x_error = 20
others = 21.
Import Parameters Name and Description     Field name     Field function
Object_hd_change (structure)
Contains the process to be done when SAP mail is marked for execution.
When the Execute Icon in the SAP mail is clicked the corresponding object is executed     vmtyp     ‘D’ for dialog module
‘F’ for function module
‘R’ for report
‘T’ for transaction
‘U’ for transaction with export
     Acnam     Name of the object which is to be executed, like name of transaction/report
     Skips     ‘X’ to execute first screen in background
     Objsns     Indicates sensitivity of the object.
‘P’ for private object
‘F’ for functional object
‘O’ for confidential object
‘C’ for company confidential object
Sensitivity level is restricted to ‘O’ for documents in shared folders
     Objla     Language of the document
‘E’ for English
sy-langu for system language
     Objnam     Name of the document
     Objdes     Short description (Title) of the document
     Objsrt     Name of the sort field. This is used to group documents based on certain criteria
Object_type
Type of document to be sent with mail           ‘RAW’ for raw text (default)
‘DOC’ for word file
‘XLS’ for excel file
All classes can be used except for folders (‘FOL’) and distribution lists (‘DLI’)
Outbox_flag           ‘X’ to indicate that mail should also be stored in outbox of the user after sending (default ‘ ‘)
Owner           Sap login of the user responsible for transmission
Table Parameters Name and Description     Field Name     Field function
Objcont
Table to hold the body of the mail     Line     Text lines up to 255 characters
Objhead
Table to hold number of lines in the body of the mail, i.e size of the table in lines     Line     Text lines up to 255 characters
Objpara
Table to hold the set/get parameters to be transferred to the processing element     Name     Name of the parameter. Only first three characters are used
     Option     Not used
     Low     Value of the parameter in name
     High     Not used
Objparb
Table to hold information for mails to which a certain processing type is assigned. For a report or transaction with transfer of values to global memory, the table has to contain the parameters with relevant values. The memory id is taken from the first row. For a FM or dialog module, data in table will be transferred as table parameter msgdial     Name     For report or transaction with transfer of values to global memory, the field for first row should hold the name of the memory id used for export and the other rows should hold the parameter names. For FM or dialog module this field should hold the values as per the usage of the module
     Value     For report or transaction with transfer of values to global memory, the field for first row should remain empty and the other rows should hold values of the parameters. For FM or dialog module this field should hold the values as per the usage of the module
Receivers
Table to hold recipient details     Recnam     SAP login of the recipient. Append all the recipients to this table
     Sndcp     X for sending mail as a copy
     Sndex     X for sending as express document. This will prompt a logged on recipient saying that he or she has received an express mail
     Recesc     ‘B’ for SAP user
‘E’ for external email address
‘U’ for unix address
Export Parameters Name and Description     Field name     Field function
Object_id_new
Contains object id of document created during send process            
Sent_to_all
X indicates that document was sent to all recipients. Flag is not activated if sending fails in one or more cases           
Main Exceptions Name and Description     Description
Too_much_receivers      Number of recipients is greater than number for which sender is authorised to send
Object_not_sent     Document was not delivered to any of the recipients
Object_not_exist     Document class specified does not exist or cannot be sent
Object_no_authorisation     Document could not be sent as one of the required authorisations does not exist
Parameter_error     Invalid combination of parameter values transferred to FM
X_error     Internal error occurred
Once all the parameters and table interfaces are properly filled, call the function module to send the SAP mail to the recipient inbox.
Care should be taken to report the status of execution of the function module to the user using one of the exceptions defined (refer function module pattern above)
Though SAP mail is a very robust method of interacting with users within SAP system, it is always good to receive email in Microsoft inbox. This also works like an additional notification to users in case they do not check SAP mail regularly. The next article covers sending E-mails using ABAP.
regards,
satish.