URI format for shared local files

Firefox uses this format to access shared files on a local network... file://///host/path eg file://///computername/sharename/MyDocs/filename.txt.
This format is different from the standard form file://host/path that is used on other browsers eg Windows, Chrome.
This means that Firefox does not give me access to shared files when I have coded the standard format URI into my local HTML documents. Why is Firefox different or non-standard.

hello seebee, apparently file://///host/path is the standard form for a unc path:
"That's five slashes - two for the protocol, one to indicate the root of the file system, then two more to indicate the start of the server name."
<sub>https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5317834/workaround-for-href-file-in-firefox</sub>
it is also explained in this bug from 2001: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66194#c8

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Thank you for your interest in BrowserLab. Please check to see if you have the BrowserLab web site open in another browser or browser tab. You should only have one instance of BrowserLab open at a time. You might also try restarting your browser (all instances) and Dreamweaver and if that doesn't work, the OS.
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Hi!!!
This is my first post. Thanks to all the people here before all.
I have a big problem trying to download a local file to an internal table. I have lines with more than 8000 positions, and i've tried to use WS_UPLOAD, GUI_UPLOAD and SO_OBJECT_UPLOAD, but all of them show me this messages:
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Hi
REPORT ZDOWN_UP_LOAD
        NO STANDARD PAGE HEADING
        LINE-SIZE 255.
Declare Database Objects
tables:
   DOKIL,
   TRDIR.
Constants
CONSTANTS:
   MC_TRDIR_IDENTIFIER(72) TYPE C VALUE '%&%& RDIR',
   MC_REPORT_IDENTIFIER(72) TYPE C VALUE '%&%& REPO',
   MC_TEXT_IDENTIFIER(72)   TYPE C VALUE '%&%& TEXP',
   MC_THEAD_IDENTIFIER(72) TYPE C VALUE '%&%& HEAD',
   MC_DOC_IDENTIFIER(72)    TYPE C VALUE '%&%& DOKL',
   MC_TRDIR_SHORT(4)        TYPE C VALUE 'RDIR',
   MC_REPORT_SHORT(4)       TYPE C VALUE 'REPO',
   MC_TEXT_SHORT(4)         TYPE C VALUE 'TEXP',
   MC_THEAD_SHORT(4)        TYPE C VALUE 'HEAD',
   MC_DOC_SHORT(4)          TYPE C VALUE 'DOKP'.
Declare Module level data structures
DATA: BEGIN OF MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE OCCURS 0,
         LINE(72) TYPE C,
       END OF MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE.
DATA: MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR LIKE TRDIR OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA: MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS LIKE TEXTPOOL OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
DATA: MSTR_THEAD LIKE THEAD.
DATA: BEGIN OF MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE OCCURS 0,
         LINE(275) TYPE C,
       END OF MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
DATA: BEGIN OF MTAB_DIRECTORY OCCURS 0,
         NAME LIKE TRDIR-NAME,
         DESC(72) TYPE C,
         SAVENAME LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME,
       END OF MTAB_DIRECTORY.
DATA: BEGIN OF MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION OCCURS 0,
         LINE(255) TYPE C,
       END OF MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION.
Selection Screen
*-- Options for upload/download of programs
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK FRM_OPTIONS WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-UDL.
PARAMETERS:
   RB_DOWN RADIOBUTTON GROUP UDL DEFAULT 'X'.       " Download reports
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK FRM_TRDIR WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-DIR.
SELECT-OPTIONS:
   S_NAME FOR TRDIR-NAME,              " Program Name
   S_SUBC FOR TRDIR-SUBC               " Program Type
           DEFAULT 'F' OPTION EQ SIGN E," Exclude Functions by default
   S_CNAM FOR TRDIR-CNAM               " Created by
           DEFAULT SY-UNAME,
   S_UNAM FOR TRDIR-UNAM,              " Last Changed by
   S_CDAT FOR TRDIR-CDAT,              " Creation date
   S_UDAT FOR TRDIR-UDAT.              " Last update date
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK FRM_TRDIR.
*-- Options for uploading programs
PARAMETERS:
   RB_UP   RADIOBUTTON GROUP UDL.       " Upload reports
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK FRM_UPLOAD WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-UPL.
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF LINE.
SELECTION-SCREEN COMMENT 1(29) TEXT-SNG.
PARAMETERS:
   RB_FILE RADIOBUTTON GROUP HOW DEFAULT 'X'.
SELECTION-SCREEN COMMENT 33(42) TEXT-FNA.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF LINE.
PARAMETERS:
   RB_LIST RADIOBUTTON GROUP HOW.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK FRM_UPLOAD.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK FRM_OPTIONS.
*-- Options for up/downloading programs
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK FRM_FILEN WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-FIL.
PARAMETERS:
   RB_DOS RADIOBUTTON GROUP FIL DEFAULT 'X', " Save to local
   RB_UNIX RADIOBUTTON GROUP FIL,       " Save to UNIX
   P_PATH LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME         " Path to save files to
         DEFAULT 'c:\abap\'.
SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK FRM_FILEN.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR S_NAME-LOW.
   CALL FUNCTION 'F4_PROGRAM'
        EXPORTING
             OBJECT             = S_NAME-LOW
             SUPPRESS_SELECTION = 'X'
        IMPORTING
             RESULT             = S_NAME-LOW
        EXCEPTIONS
             OTHERS             = 1.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR S_NAME-HIGH.
   CALL FUNCTION 'F4_PROGRAM'
        EXPORTING
             OBJECT             = S_NAME-HIGH
             SUPPRESS_SELECTION = 'X'
        IMPORTING
             RESULT             = S_NAME-HIGH
        EXCEPTIONS
             OTHERS             = 1.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR S_UNAM-LOW.
   PERFORM GET_NAME USING 'S_UNAM-LOW'
                 CHANGING S_UNAM-LOW.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR S_UNAM-HIGH.
   PERFORM GET_NAME USING 'S_UNAM-HIGH'
                 CHANGING S_UNAM-HIGH.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR S_CNAM-LOW.
   PERFORM GET_NAME USING 'S_CNAM-LOW'
                 CHANGING S_CNAM-LOW.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR S_CNAM-HIGH.
   PERFORM GET_NAME USING 'S_CNAM-HIGH'
                 CHANGING S_CNAM-HIGH.
TOP-OF-PAGE.
   IF RB_LIST = 'X'.
     FORMAT COLOR COL_HEADING.
     NEW-LINE.
     WRITE: AT 3 TEXT-H01,
            AT 15 TEXT-H03.
     FORMAT COLOR OFF.
   ENDIF.
AT LINE-SELECTION.
   CHECK RB_LIST = 'X'.                 " only do in list mode
   READ LINE SY-CUROW FIELD VALUE MTAB_DIRECTORY-SAVENAME.
*-- Read file into an internal table
   PERFORM READ_REPORT_FROM_DISK TABLES MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE
                                 USING MTAB_DIRECTORY-SAVENAME.
*-- Split table into TADIR entry, report lines, and report text
   PERFORM SPLIT_INCOMING_FILE TABLES MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE
                                      MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE
                                      MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS
                                      MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION
                             CHANGING TRDIR
                                      MSTR_THEAD.
*-- Save all of the data
   PERFORM INSERT_NEW_REPORT TABLES MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE
                                    MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS
                                    MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION
                             USING TRDIR
                                    MSTR_THEAD.
Start of processing
START-OF-SELECTION.
   FORMAT COLOR COL_NORMAL.
   IF RB_DOWN = 'X'.
     PERFORM DOWNLOAD_REPORTS.
   ELSEIF RB_UP = 'X'.
     PERFORM UPLOAD_REPORTS.
   ENDIF.
END-OF-SELECTION.
   IF RB_DOWN = 'X'.
     CONCATENATE P_PATH
                 'directory.txt'
       INTO P_PATH.
     PERFORM SAVE_TABLE_TO_FILE TABLES MTAB_DIRECTORY
                                USING P_PATH.
   ENDIF.
      FORM UPLOAD_REPORTS                                           *
FORM UPLOAD_REPORTS.
*-- Can upload a reports entered in selection criteria or
*-- select from a list. List can be from index.txt in same directory
*-- (created by the download) or by reading the first line of each file
*-- in the directory.
   IF RB_FILE = 'X'. " Upload single program from a file
*-- Read file into an internal table
     PERFORM READ_REPORT_FROM_DISK TABLES MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE
                                   USING P_PATH.
*-- Split table into TADIR entry, report lines, and report text
     PERFORM SPLIT_INCOMING_FILE TABLES MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE
                                        MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE
                                        MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS
                                        MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION
                               CHANGING TRDIR
                                        MSTR_THEAD.
*-- Save all of the data
     PERFORM INSERT_NEW_REPORT TABLES MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE
                                      MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS
                                      MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION
                               USING TRDIR
                                      MSTR_THEAD.
   ELSEIF RB_LIST = 'X'. " Show list for user to choose from
*-- get list of report names/descriptions from directory text
     CONCATENATE P_PATH
                 'directory.txt'
     INTO P_PATH.
     PERFORM READ_REPORT_FROM_DISK TABLES MTAB_DIRECTORY
                                   USING P_PATH.
     SORT MTAB_DIRECTORY.
*-- Write out list of report names/descriptions
     LOOP AT MTAB_DIRECTORY.
       WRITE:
         / MTAB_DIRECTORY-NAME UNDER TEXT-H01,
           MTAB_DIRECTORY-DESC UNDER TEXT-H03,
           MTAB_DIRECTORY-SAVENAME.
     ENDLOOP.
*-- Process user selections for reports to upload.
   ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                               " upload_reports
      FORM DOWNLOAD_REPORTS                                         *
      From the user selections, get all programs that meet the      *
      criteria, and save them in ftab_program_directory.            *
      Also save the report to disk.                                 *
FORM DOWNLOAD_REPORTS.
   DATA:
     LC_FULL_FILENAME LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME.
*-- The table is put into an internal table because the program will
*-- abend if multiple transfers to a dataset occur within a SELECT/
*-- ENDSELCT (tested on 3.1H)
   SELECT * FROM TRDIR
          INTO TABLE MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR
          WHERE NAME IN S_NAME
          AND    SUBC IN S_SUBC
          AND    CNAM IN S_CNAM
          AND    UNAM IN S_UNAM
          AND    CDAT IN S_CDAT
          AND    UDAT IN S_UDAT.
   LOOP AT MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR.
*-- Clear out text and source code tables
     CLEAR:
       MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE,
       MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE,
       MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS,
       MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION.
     REFRESH:
       MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE,
       MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE,
       MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS,
       MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION.
*-- Get the report
     READ REPORT MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME INTO MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE.
*-- Get the text for the report
     READ TEXTPOOL MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME INTO MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS.
*-- Get the documentation for the report
     CLEAR DOKIL.
     SELECT * UP TO 1 ROWS FROM DOKIL
            WHERE ID          = 'RE'
            AND    OBJECT      = MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME
            AND    LANGU       = SY-LANGU
            AND    TYP         = 'E'
            ORDER BY VERSION DESCENDING.
     ENDSELECT.
*-- Documentation exists for this object
     IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
       CALL FUNCTION 'DOCU_READ'
            EXPORTING
                 ID      = DOKIL-ID
                 LANGU   = DOKIL-LANGU
                 OBJECT = DOKIL-OBJECT
                 TYP     = DOKIL-TYP
                 VERSION = DOKIL-VERSION
            IMPORTING
                 HEAD    = MSTR_THEAD
            TABLES
                 LINE    = MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION
            EXCEPTIONS
                 OTHERS = 1.
     ENDIF.
*-- Put the report code and texts into a single file
*-- Put the identifier line in so that the start of the TRDIR line
*-- is marked
     CONCATENATE MC_TRDIR_IDENTIFIER
     MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME
     INTO MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE-LINE.
     APPEND MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
*-- Add the TRDIR line
     MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE-LINE = MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR.
     APPEND MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
*-- Put the identifier line in so that the start of the report code
*-- is marked
     CONCATENATE MC_REPORT_IDENTIFIER
                 MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME
       INTO MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE-LINE.
     APPEND MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
*-- Add the report code
     LOOP AT MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE.
       MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE = MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE.
       APPEND MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
     ENDLOOP.
*-- Put the identifier line in so that the start of the report text
*-- is marked
     CONCATENATE MC_TEXT_IDENTIFIER
                 MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME
       INTO MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE-LINE.
     APPEND MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
*-- Add the report texts
     LOOP AT MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS.
       MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE = MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS.
       APPEND MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
     ENDLOOP.
*-- Put the identifier line in so that the start of the THEAD record
*-- is marked
     CONCATENATE MC_THEAD_IDENTIFIER
                 MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME
       INTO MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE-LINE.
     APPEND MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
     MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE = MSTR_THEAD.
     APPEND MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
*-- Put the identifier line in so that the start of the report
*-- documentation is marked
     CONCATENATE MC_DOC_IDENTIFIER
                 MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME
       INTO MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE-LINE.
     APPEND MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
*-- Add the report documentation
     LOOP AT MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION.
       MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE = MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION.
       APPEND MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
     ENDLOOP.
*-- Make the fully pathed filename that report will be saved to
     CONCATENATE P_PATH
                 MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME
                 '.txt'
       INTO LC_FULL_FILENAME.
     PERFORM SAVE_TABLE_TO_FILE TABLES MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE
                                USING LC_FULL_FILENAME.
*-- Write out message with Program Name/Description
     READ TABLE MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS WITH KEY ID = 'R'.
     IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
       MTAB_DIRECTORY-NAME = MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME.
       MTAB_DIRECTORY-DESC = MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS-ENTRY.
       MTAB_DIRECTORY-SAVENAME = LC_FULL_FILENAME.
       APPEND MTAB_DIRECTORY.
       WRITE: / MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME,
                MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS-ENTRY(65) COLOR COL_HEADING.
     ELSE.
       MTAB_DIRECTORY-NAME = MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME.
       MTAB_DIRECTORY-DESC = 'No description available'.
       MTAB_DIRECTORY-SAVENAME = LC_FULL_FILENAME.
       APPEND MTAB_DIRECTORY.
       WRITE: / MTAB_PROGRAM_TRDIR-NAME.
     ENDIF.
   ENDLOOP.
ENDFORM.                               " BUILD_PROGRAM_DIRECTORY
      FORM SAVE_TABLE_TO_FILE                                       *
--> FTAB_TABLE                                                    *
--> F_FILENAME                                                    *
FORM SAVE_TABLE_TO_FILE TABLES FTAB_TABLE
                         USING F_FILENAME.
   IF RB_DOS = 'X'.                  " Save file to presentation server
     CALL FUNCTION 'WS_DOWNLOAD'
          EXPORTING
               FILENAME = F_FILENAME
               FILETYPE = 'ASC'
          TABLES
               DATA_TAB = FTAB_TABLE
          EXCEPTIONS
               OTHERS   = 4.
     IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
       WRITE: / 'Error opening dataset' COLOR COL_NEGATIVE,
                F_FILENAME COLOR COL_NEGATIVE.
     ENDIF.
   ELSE.                                " Save file to application serve
     OPEN DATASET F_FILENAME FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE.
     IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
       LOOP AT FTAB_TABLE.
         TRANSFER FTAB_TABLE TO F_FILENAME.
         IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
           WRITE: / 'Error writing record to file;' COLOR COL_NEGATIVE,
                    F_FILENAME COLOR COL_NEGATIVE.
         ENDIF.
       ENDLOOP.
     ELSE.
       WRITE: / 'Error opening dataset' COLOR COL_NEGATIVE,
                F_FILENAME COLOR COL_NEGATIVE.
     ENDIF.
   ENDIF.                               " End RB_DOS
ENDFORM.                               " SAVE_PROGRAM
      FORM READ_REPORT_FROM_DISK                                    *
      Read report into internal table. Can read from local or      *
      remote computer                                               *
FORM READ_REPORT_FROM_DISK TABLES FTAB_TABLE
                            USING F_FILENAME.
   DATA:
      LC_MESSAGE(128) TYPE C.
   CLEAR   FTAB_TABLE.
   REFRESH FTAB_TABLE.
   IF RB_DOS = 'X'.
     TRANSLATE F_FILENAME USING '/\'.   " correct slash for Dos PC file
     CALL FUNCTION 'WS_UPLOAD'
          EXPORTING
               FILENAME            = F_FILENAME
               FILETYPE            = 'ASC'
          TABLES
               DATA_TAB            = FTAB_TABLE
          EXCEPTIONS
               CONVERSION_ERROR    = 1
               FILE_OPEN_ERROR     = 2
               FILE_READ_ERROR     = 3
               INVALID_TABLE_WIDTH = 4
               INVALID_TYPE        = 5
               NO_BATCH            = 6
               UNKNOWN_ERROR       = 7
               OTHERS              = 8.
     IF SY-SUBRC >< 0.
       WRITE: / 'Error reading file from local PC' COLOR COL_NEGATIVE.
     ENDIF.
   ELSEIF RB_UNIX = 'X'.
     TRANSLATE F_FILENAME USING '\/'.   " correct slash for unix
     OPEN DATASET F_FILENAME FOR INPUT MESSAGE LC_MESSAGE IN TEXT MODE.
     IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
       DO.
         READ DATASET F_FILENAME INTO FTAB_TABLE.
         IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
           APPEND FTAB_TABLE.
         ELSE.
           EXIT.
         ENDIF.
       ENDDO.
       CLOSE DATASET F_FILENAME.
     ELSE.
       WRITE: / 'Error reading file from remote computer'
                       COLOR COL_NEGATIVE,
              / LC_MESSAGE,
              / F_FILENAME.
       SY-SUBRC = 4.
     ENDIF.
   ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                               " READ_REPORT_FROM_DISK
      FORM SPLIT_INCOMING_FILE                                      *
--> FTAB_PROGRAM_FILE                                             *
--> FTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE                                           *
--> `                                                             *
--> FTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS                                            *
FORM SPLIT_INCOMING_FILE TABLES FTAB_PROGRAM_FILE
                                      STRUCTURE MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE
                                 FTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE
                                      STRUCTURE MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE
                                 FTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS
                                      STRUCTURE MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS
                                 FTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION
                                   STRUCTURE MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION
                        CHANGING FSTR_TRDIR
                                 FSTR_THEAD.
   DATA:
     LC_DATATYPE(4) TYPE C,             " Type of data, REPO, TEXP, RDIR
     LC_PROGRAM_FILE LIKE MTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
   LOOP AT FTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
     LC_PROGRAM_FILE = FTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
     CASE LC_PROGRAM_FILE(9).
       WHEN MC_TRDIR_IDENTIFIER.
         LC_DATATYPE = MC_TRDIR_SHORT.
       WHEN MC_REPORT_IDENTIFIER.
         LC_DATATYPE = MC_REPORT_SHORT.
       WHEN MC_TEXT_IDENTIFIER.
         LC_DATATYPE = MC_TEXT_SHORT.
       WHEN MC_DOC_IDENTIFIER.
         LC_DATATYPE = MC_DOC_SHORT.
       WHEN MC_THEAD_IDENTIFIER.
         LC_DATATYPE = MC_THEAD_SHORT.
       WHEN OTHERS. " Actual contents of report, trdir, or text
         CASE LC_DATATYPE.
           WHEN MC_TRDIR_SHORT.
             FSTR_TRDIR = FTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
           WHEN MC_REPORT_SHORT.
             FTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE = FTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
             APPEND FTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE.
           WHEN MC_TEXT_SHORT.
             FTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS = FTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
             APPEND FTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS.
           WHEN MC_THEAD_SHORT.
             FSTR_THEAD = FTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
           WHEN MC_DOC_SHORT.
             FTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION = FTAB_PROGRAM_FILE.
             APPEND FTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION.
         ENDCASE.
     ENDCASE.
   ENDLOOP.
ENDFORM.                               " SPLIT_INCOMING_FILE
      FORM INSERT_NEW_REPORT                                        *
--> FTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE                                           *
--> FTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS                                            *
--> F_TRDIR                                                       *
FORM INSERT_NEW_REPORT TABLES FTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE
                                   STRUCTURE MTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE
                               FTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS
                                    STRUCTURE MTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS
                               FTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION
                                    STRUCTURE MTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION
                        USING FSTR_TRDIR LIKE TRDIR
                               FSTR_THEAD LIKE MSTR_THEAD.
   DATA:
     LC_OBJ_NAME LIKE E071-OBJ_NAME,
     LC_LINE2(40)     TYPE C,
     LC_ANSWER(1)     TYPE C.
*-- read trdir to see if the report already exists, if it does, prompt
*-- user to overwrite or abort.
   SELECT SINGLE * FROM TRDIR WHERE NAME = FSTR_TRDIR-NAME.
   IF SY-SUBRC = 0.                     " Already exists
     CONCATENATE 'want to overwrite report'
                 FSTR_TRDIR-NAME
       INTO LC_LINE2 SEPARATED BY SPACE.
     CONCATENATE LC_LINE2
       INTO LC_LINE2.
     CALL FUNCTION 'POPUP_TO_CONFIRM_STEP'
          EXPORTING
              DEFAULTOPTION = 'N'
              TEXTLINE1   = 'The selected report already exists, do you'
              TEXTLINE2      = LC_LINE2
              TITEL          = 'Report already exists'
              CANCEL_DISPLAY = SPACE
          IMPORTING
               ANSWER         = LC_ANSWER
          EXCEPTIONS
               OTHERS         = 1.
   ELSE.
     LC_ANSWER = 'J'.
   ENDIF.
   IF LC_ANSWER = 'J'.
*-- Create the TADIR entry. (TRDIR entry created by INSERT REPORT)
     LC_OBJ_NAME = TRDIR-NAME.
     CALL FUNCTION 'TR_TADIR_POPUP_ENTRY_E071'
          EXPORTING
               WI_E071_PGMID     = 'R3TR'
               WI_E071_OBJECT    = 'PROG'
               WI_E071_OBJ_NAME = LC_OBJ_NAME
               WI_TADIR_DEVCLASS = '$TMP'
          EXCEPTIONS
               EXIT              = 3
               OTHERS            = 4.
     IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
*-- Create Report
       INSERT REPORT FSTR_TRDIR-NAME FROM FTAB_PROGRAM_SOURCE.
*-- Create Texts
       INSERT TEXTPOOL FSTR_TRDIR-NAME FROM FTAB_PROGRAM_TEXTS
              LANGUAGE SY-LANGU.
*-- Save Documentation
       CALL FUNCTION 'DOCU_UPDATE'
            EXPORTING
                 HEAD    = FSTR_THEAD
                 STATE   = 'A'
                 TYP     = 'E'
                 VERSION = '1'
            TABLES
                 LINE    = FTAB_PROGRAM_DOCUMENTATION
            EXCEPTIONS
                 OTHERS = 1.
     ELSE.
       WRITE: / 'Error updating the TADIR entry' COLOR COL_NEGATIVE,
                'Program' COLOR COL_NEGATIVE INTENSIFIED OFF,
                FSTR_TRDIR-NAME, 'was not loaded into SAP.'
                   COLOR COL_NEGATIVE INTENSIFIED OFF.
     ENDIF.
   ELSE.
     WRITE: / FSTR_TRDIR-NAME COLOR COL_NEGATIVE,
              'was not uploaded into SAP. Action cancelled by user'
                  COLOR COL_NEGATIVE INTENSIFIED OFF.
   ENDIF.
ENDFORM.                               " INSERT_NEW_REPORT
      FORM GET_NAME                                                 *
--> VALUE(F_FIELD)                                                *
--> F_NAME                                                        *
FORM GET_NAME USING VALUE(F_FIELD)
            CHANGING F_NAME.
   DATA: LTAB_FIELDS LIKE DYNPREAD OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
         LC_PROG LIKE D020S-PROG,
         LC_DNUM LIKE D020S-DNUM.
   TRANSLATE F_FIELD TO UPPER CASE.
   refresh ltab_fields.
   LTAB_FIELDS-FIELDNAME = F_FIELD.
   append ltab_fields.
   LC_PROG = SY-REPID .
   LC_DNUM = SY-DYNNR .
   CALL FUNCTION 'DYNP_VALUES_READ'
        EXPORTING
             DYNAME     = LC_PROG
             DYNUMB     = LC_DNUM
        TABLES
             dynpfields = ltab_fields
        EXCEPTIONS
             OTHERS     = 01.
   read table ltab_fields index 1.
   IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
     F_NAME = LTAB_FIELDS-FIELDVALUE.
     refresh ltab_fields.
   ENDIF.
   CALL FUNCTION 'F4_USER'
        EXPORTING
             OBJECT = F_NAME
        IMPORTING
             RESULT = F_NAME.
ENDFORM.                               " GET_NAME
This is the entire program.hope it helops you.
Reward if useful
Regards
divya

Getting correct field length when creating formats for delimited flat files

Using Data Services 3.2 to pull in tsv and Excel source files.
When creating a new format for each file, DS tries to intelligently set the field size for each column. However, it seems to sample only a portion of the file. The end result is that it often determines too short a length for a field.
Is there a way to force it to scan an entire file before it sets the field length? Or alternatively, how to get it to at least throw an error instead of silently truncating my data?

I am not aware of any way to force DS to scan the whole file, or to log a warning when it truncates. The field sizes DS sets by using a sample of the data is only really to give you a starting point, you need to try and determine the maximum possible lengths preferably from someone who understands the source of the data or through profiling. But the profiling method will obviously only be based on the data you have at the time of profiling, new data added to the source later could exceed the field lengths. The way I prefer to handle this is to set all the field lengths to longer than expected, eg. varchar(999) and then use a validation transform immediately after reading the file to check for any fields that exceed the maximum allowed for the target system and send these to an error file/table.

Best Format for Archiving Video Files

I am importing old VHS and 8mm family videos for my cousin, to both burn them to DVD, and to archive the movies in case he wants to edit them later.
I am planning on purchasing for him, a "write once," external HDD, probably firewire, (though I am open to suggestions), to put both the backup Video TS folders on, as well as the Quicktime movies themselves.
My guess is, the best format for the QT movies would be their original DV-NTSC, but at around 13GB an hour, this can add up pretty fast.
The h264 .mov codec looks great, takes forever to render, and it seems the file size difference to DV-NTSC is nominal at best.
Obviously the future is some kind of HD, so these movies will never look great years from now, but I want them to be preserved for him at the best quality possible, at the smallest file size, if it will not compromise the quality too much.
I know I can render them significantly smaller as h264 .mp4 files, or as DIVX, (which also takes a long time), but I imagine they are of significantly reduced quality that would be visible in future video editing he might do.
If DV-NTSC is the only way to go, so be it. But if not, then any suggestions for what other format I could use to save these QT files, without visible loss of quality is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for all the advice. And I mean everyone.
Here is my latest dilemma.
Though 15 years old, the original Vhs's play beautifully. Aside from some (expected) glitches in the beginning or end of some of the shots, the video has not degraded appreciably. This is great news, as my cousin wanted to make back ups before degradation begins.
First, I captured the Vhs movies and corrected some bad color, mostly due to poor white balancing, and on the computer, they looked great in comparison. I burned DVD's and they looked terrible in comparison with the originals. Now I know I am going to lose some resolution when going to DVD, but it seemed harsh, so I ran some tests.
I burned a DVD of the original capture, with no color correction, just the raw footage and the DVD did not look much better, so it wasn't the color correction.
Not satisfied, I made a copy from the FCP timeline straight to Vhs, (I should note, through the ADVC-110.) This looked significantly degraded as well.
Finally, I made a straight dub from Vhs to DVCam, figuring that had to look good, and that also looked significantly degraded, compared to the, (now looking pristine), Vhs original.
As the original Vhs looks so good, what good would a TBC do? Or a proc amp?
Is there some secret to capturing and exporting Vhs that I am missing? Or, will it always look significantly degraded, even straight to DVCam?
+David Murray wrote: There is an industrial way to get good VhS copies but it is extremely expensive+
I don't know what this is, but I am sure it is clearly out of our league, but David M., if you are still following this thread, I'm curious, would this ultra expensive method actually result in a dub that looks like the original? I am actually really shocked at how bad the straight DVCam dub looks. It really does not look much better than the color corrected, computer exported version.
The Vhs tapes of my cousins daughter are as precious to him as anything he has.
As they date back 15 years, he is concerned about the longevity of the tapes.
As there are over forty hours of them, he wants them to be in an editable format, so later he or his daughter can make a highlight reel, or whatever. So thus the QT movie archive/backup on HD.
Whether as Finalcutter said, that this drive, even if unused, and put in a cool dry safe, might not function years down the line, makes it iffy, but what other choice is there for editable versions, unless I break the QT movies up into 20 minute chunks and archive them to over a hundred DVD's instead. Perhaps that is the safest solution, though certainly time consuming.
As failure of the HDD somewhere in the future is likely, though not certain, I am still not sure that the HDD holding all his QT movies for future editing is the wrong way to go.
As it is a digital version, and not an analog copy, I get that a DVCam backup of the originals is the best option. I will suggest to him that we do this as well, even though he does not have DVCam himself. But again, is there something I am missing here? Why does the Vhs to DVCam copy look so degraded? Is there anything I can do to keep the original quality, or will it die with his original Vhs as it slowly degrades over time?

XML design/suggestions - common format for multiple xml files?

Hi,
I'm working on a project where I need to collect data from different XML files. The format of these xml files differs from eachother, but all information I need can be found in each xml file. (date, time, name, etc..), but the elements have different names. Also the files contains redundant information that I don't need.
So, what is the best method to use if I want to summarize all the data and create a common format for the information?
I would be happy if I could convert to a commom format so, I will basically have all information in one single xml-file.
Many thanks,
-- beachen

Yep, use XSLT to transform them all into the same format.

Wrong metadata shown for some local files

As shown in the first attachment, I have some mp3s for a japanese artist, and one of the tracks spotify wrongly associates it with a completely different track. the title of the track isn't even the same (it is "Please Please", all other details are the same as the surrounding tracks). This I could put up with no problem as it still plays the mp3, the annoying thing for me is that it scrobbles the wrong track to last.fm when i listen to it. The 2nd attachment shows another smaller issue, as they actually match to the correct tracks (even though the spotify linked ones are singles rather than the album) but also provides the same scrobbiling issue since the artist and album names are in english rather than japanese like I have in the id3 tags. An advanced option to prefer local file metadata over spotify metadata would be king here!

Some files when imported into the timeline were shown shorter, because the frame rate that was deduced from the file was way too high. The fix targets this scenario.In fact, there could be cases where the frame rate displayed could be as absurd as 500 fps from a mobile phone camera which is not capable of capturing at that high rate.
So if someone has reported such issues, they could benefit from this. The fix is for both Windows and MAC

URI format for using XSL document function.

Hi Tim,
>>but I am not able to figure out where I should place the xml file. What are best practices for choosing a location for the xml file?
You can place the xslt code and xml file in a single folder, zip it an import it into PI as an external definition. I think this should work
Regards
Suraj

Thank you for your reply. But my requirements are such that they need to be independent, and not be in the same imported archive (ie ZIP file). In my case the XSLT code is a standard product that is the same across multiple installations, but each installation may required some installation specific cross reference values that would be maintained in the XML file. So I need them separated so if I make updates to my XSLT and distribute it, I do not wipe out the installation specific settings that have been made to the XML file.

Common URL format for sharing file paths between Mac and Windows?

Hi -
I have to integrate several Macs into a Windows environment. We need to be able to copy and paste file paths to share between all machines. Is there a common URL format that can be used between the platforms?
On Windows, I have:
\\server\share\file
On the Mac:
smb://server/share/file
Thank you for your help,
Steve

On Windows you have what is known as a "UNC".
On the Mac, you have a "URL". It starts with the protocol to use "smb" then gives the path to the item using standard conventions.
UNC is Microsoft mainly.
The only way I know for Windows to use a URL is with an application like a web browser or ftp client.
On the Mac, you can use UNCs but they must be modified as follows.
In Terminal:
smbclient \\\\servername\\sharename\\filename -U username
And enter a password if prompted.
Notice that you must double up the slashes. This is due to how UNIX shells treat the backslash.
You will connect to the share, but it will only be in Terminal.

Hard drive format for sharing

I've trying to set up a Mac and PC network using an Airport Extreme Base Station. What hard drive format is supported by both Windows and Mac OS? I'm switching over from a PCs so most my extermal hard drives are NTFS, but it seems that Airport Extreme isn't able to share this format over the network.

I've found that many people have similar questions, but I still haven't seen the direct answer.
In particular, I want to know which format is easiest for the Airport Extreme to share over a network, which both PCs and Macs will have access.
I would like to share my iTunes library over the network, as well as DIVX films, plus I will have InDesign files that I need to work on both on the PC (running Windows 7) and Macs.

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In what format do I specify username and password in a file that I can use for
the -vcusersfile command line option?

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