Replacement for Function Module 'SEND_TABLE_TO_EXCEL' in ECC 6.0

Question

Hi Friends,
Can anybody help me to find the replacement of Function Module <b>'SEND_TABLE_TO_EXCEL'</b> in ECC 6.0.
The Function Module exists in 4.6b. But it is no longer available in ECC 6.0.
Regards,
Vaitheeswaran.

Answer 1

If you want to download an internal table to excel format you can use the <b>"GUI_DOWNLOAD"</b> function.Some sample code is as below.
types: begin of gs_xcel,
        vkorg      type vbak-vkorg,
        del1(1)    type c,
        vtweg      type vbak-vtweg,
        del2(1)    type c,
        zzposmgr   type zzsdacspo-zzposmgr,
        del3(1)    type c,
        zz_region  type zzsdaregn-zz_region,
        del4(1)    type c,
        ename2     type pa0001-ename,
        del5(1)    type c,
        zzcsospos  type vbak-zzcsospos,
        del6(1)    type c,
        ename      type pa0001-ename,
        del7(1)    type c,
        vbeln      type vbfs-vbeln,
        del8(1)    type c,
        text       type t100-text,
        del9(1)    type c,
        msgv1      type vbfs-msgv1,
        del10(1)   type c,
        auart      type vbak-auart,
        del11(1)   type c,
        erdat      type vbsk-erdat,
        del12(1)   type c,
        wadat_ist  type likp-wadat_ist,
       end of gs_xcel.
data: gt_xcel type table of gs_xcel,
      gws_xcel type gs_xcel.
data: v_tmp_name type string,
v_tmp_name = 'c:\sdrinver.xls'.
    call function 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
     exporting
     BIN_FILESIZE                    =
       filename                        = v_tmp_name
      FILETYPE                        = 'ASC'
     APPEND                          = ' '
      WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = ','
     HEADER                          = '00'
     TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS           = ' '
     WRITE_LF                        = 'X'
     COL_SELECT                      = ' '
     COL_SELECT_MASK                 = ' '
     DAT_MODE                        = ' '
     CONFIRM_OVERWRITE               = ' '
     NO_AUTH_CHECK                   = ' '
     CODEPAGE                        = ' '
     IGNORE_CERR                     = ABAP_TRUE
     REPLACEMENT                     = '#'
     WRITE_BOM                       = ' '
     TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL       = 'X'
     WK1_N_FORMAT                    = ' '
     WK1_N_SIZE                      = ' '
     WK1_T_FORMAT                    = ' '
     WK1_T_SIZE                      = ' '
   IMPORTING
     FILELENGTH                      =
     tables
       data_tab                        = gt_xcel
     FIELDNAMES                      =
    EXCEPTIONS
      FILE_WRITE_ERROR                = 1
      NO_BATCH                        = 2
      GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER         = 3
      INVALID_TYPE                    = 4
      NO_AUTHORITY                    = 5
      UNKNOWN_ERROR                   = 6
      HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED              = 7
      SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED           = 8
      FILESIZE_NOT_ALLOWED            = 9
      HEADER_TOO_LONG                 = 10
      DP_ERROR_CREATE                 = 11
      DP_ERROR_SEND                   = 12
      DP_ERROR_WRITE                  = 13
      UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR                = 14
      ACCESS_DENIED                   = 15
      DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY                = 16
      DISK_FULL                       = 17
      DP_TIMEOUT                      = 18
      FILE_NOT_FOUND                  = 19
      DATAPROVIDER_EXCEPTION          = 20
      CONTROL_FLUSH_ERROR             = 21
      OTHERS                          = 22