how to convert SAPFTPA from Unicode to Non-Unicode?

[former_member765136]

Dear All,

I am trying to change the target system to Non-Unicode to get Character size as 1 but still it is showing as Character size 2 bytes and target system as Unicode(even after conversion).

Screen shot attached for reference.

Please help, its very urgent.

Thanks in adv

Deepak

[gouravkumar64]

Hi,

At first See sap notes 547444-RFC enhancement for solution.

Then also check notes 1156948.

At last check sap help for this

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/3f/7ffb40ef74f923e10000000a155106/content.htm

Hope it will helpful For u.

Thanks

Gourav.

[former_member765136]

Hi Gourav,

None of these notes are helpful for me. Coz, I have upgraded version 720 of SAP and in that there's no such option of MDMP.

And nor any explicit code page allocation is proving any help to me.

Regards,

Deepak

[raymond_giuseppi]

Why do you want, this destination is usually generated (it is the AS itself) ?

Do not confuse this RFC destination with the acttual FTP server called next (FTP_CONNECT).

Regards,

Raymond

[former_member765136]

Hi Raymond,

Yes, I know that SAPFTPA is self generated using program RSFTP005 for file transfer in background.

But, on using RFCDES-RFCDEST VALUE 'SAPFTPA', my file being transferred is having extra padding of blank characters after each character. And that extra padding is due to the Unicode character conversion(which takes 2-bytes unlike Non-Unicode).

Am attaching a part of my code which represents the ftp connection and file transfer.

***************************************************************

IF it_ftpwbse IS NOT INITIAL.

       CLEAR: ws_slen.

       ws_slen = STRLEN( pwdvmi ).

       CALL FUNCTION 'HTTP_SCRAMBLE'

         EXPORTING

           SOURCE      = pwdvmi

           sourcelen   = ws_slen

           key         = mi_key

         IMPORTING

           destination = pwdvmi.

*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*

*--Connect to FTP Server

*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*

       CALL FUNCTION 'FTP_CONNECT'

         EXPORTING

           user            = p_usr

           password        = pwdvmi

           host            = p_dhost

           rfc_destination = dest

         IMPORTING

           handle          = dhdl

         EXCEPTIONS

           not_connected   = 1

           OTHERS          = 2.

       DESCRIBE TABLE it_ftpwbse LINES x.

       blob_length = x * 25.

*------------------------------------------------------------------*

*--Place the file in the FTP server

*------------------------------------------------------------------*

       CALL FUNCTION 'FTP_R3_TO_SERVER'

         EXPORTING

           handle         = dhdl

           fname          = wbsefile

           blob_length    = blob_length

*        CHARACTER_MODE = ' '

         TABLES

           blob           = it_ftpwbse

         EXCEPTIONS

           tcpip_error    = 1

           command_error  = 2

           data_error     = 3

           OTHERS         = 4.

******************************************************************

Regards,

Deepak

[Former Member]

Hi,

If you replace sapftp in kernel folder with non-unicode version then SAPFTPA destination will be non-unicode.

Regards,

Alex

[former_member765136]

Hi Alex,

We have already updated our kernel with latest version and hence is not advisable by our basis guy to get down to lower one.

I have got the solution anyways..

So thanks.