Unicode and download to BIN where not compatible

[former_member210563]

Hi,

I have an internal table like this from older vers. 4.6C:

*Used in the Excel macro download

data: begin of bin_tab occurs 1,

record(1000) type x,

end of bin_tab.

The old WS_DOWNLOAD has been changed to GUI_DOWNLOAD.

The new table to download to is the described one from the doc:

Data:

gs_dataline type c,

new_data_tab LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF gs_dataline.

The filetype parameter in GUI_DOWNLOAD is set to BIN.

When I want to loop the new one into the old one, I get this message:

BIN_TAB is not type-compatible with format parameter DATA_TAB.

Any good ideas ?

Any help is appreciated.

[Former Member]

Hi Peter ,

Declare a workarea like this

DATA: BEGIN OF line_bin,

data(1024) TYPE X,

END OF line_bin.

DATA: data_tab_bin LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF line_bin.

• Binary download

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

EXPORTING

FILENAME = fullpath

FILETYPE = 'BIN'

IMPORTING

FILELENGTH = length

TABLES

DATA_TAB = data_tab_bin

EXCEPTIONS

FILE_WRITE_ERROR = 1

NO_BATCH = 2

GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER = 3

INVALID_TYPE = 4

Please reward if useful.

[uwe_schieferstein]

Hello Peter

Please note that the function module GUI_DOWNLOAD has been marked as <i>obsolete</i> (see fm documentation) because it is not unicode-enabled. Instead use the static method <b>CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>GUI_DOWNLOAD</b> (and GUI_UPLOAD).

Regards

Uwe