Creating XML file with UTF-8 format

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have written the below code to download an XML file. but ia m able to in UTF-16 format.how do i download in UTF-8 format.

can somebody send i sample code for UTF-8 format.

types: begin of x_mara,

matnr type matnr,

mtart type mtart,

end of x_mara.

TYPES: BEGIN OF ttab,

record(50000) TYPE c,

END OF ttab.

data: t_mara type standard table of x_mara.

DATA: xml_out TYPE string,

xml_table type table of ttab.

select matnr

mtart

from mara up to 10 rows

into table t_mara.

CALL TRANSFORMATION id

SOURCE output = t_mara

RESULT XML xml_out.

append xml_out to xml_table.

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

EXPORTING

• BIN_FILESIZE =

FILENAME = 'C:\Users\sirishac\Desktop\Siri.xml'

FILETYPE = 'BIN'

• APPEND = ' '

• WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR = ' '

• HEADER = 'BCWEB'

• 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 = ' '

• WRITE_LF_AFTER_LAST_LINE = ABAP_TRUE

• IMPORTING

• FILELENGTH =

TABLES

DATA_TAB = xml_table

• 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

.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

Thanks in Advance,

Neha

[Former Member]

Hi Neha,

Try specifying CODEPAGE = UTF-8.

Regards,

Chester

[Former Member]

Hi chester,

its not working when i pass UTF-8 to the code page.i am still getting the file downloaded in UTF-16 format.

[Former Member]

Hi Neha,

Are you sure you removed the comment * ?

Seriously,

Chester

[Former Member]

hi

good

go through this link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/bc/bb79d6061007419a081e58cbeaaf28/content.htm

thanks

mrutyun^

[Former Member]

Hi

data:gc_encoding TYPE string

MOVE 'UTF-8' TO GC_ENCODING.

append to internal table. before appending the XML data

Thanks & Regards.

Gangadhar.S