I was wondering if folks have found a reliable way to inject text into an existing string. Some context, I'm writing data to a string indicator formatted like a table, and I wanted to inject values into so they maintain a specific format, spacing-wise. Writing to a table would definitely be easier, however I am porting a legacy program and wanted to provide familiarity to the end user.
Essentially, I want to do the equivalent of typing into a .txt file with the INSERT function enabled, where it just overwrites the content already in the string. Example below (dashes added to show spacing) of how it is currently looking when I inject the values with hard coded spacing:
Time---value---avg. value---result
60------10---------20---------PASS
120------11---------20---------PASS
180------9---------15---------FAIL
I'd prefer it to look more lined up, like below:
Time---value---avg. value---result
60------10---------20---------PASS
120-----11---------20---------PASS
180-----9--------- 15---------FAIL
Writing my application using LabVIEW 2019
Edit: Header will obviously not change, only each subsequent line where the values can result in entries not looking lined up
What about "Replace Substring" function (https://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361R-01/glang/replace_substring/)? Doesn't it meet your requirements?
The diagram below outputs 01234999990123PASS890123456789. The values of the integer and the word PASS are added replacing characters in the existing string, exactly like overstrike would do.
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Really just a curious question.
Here are a few examples of the same concern that I have since they are being exported to the FM "REUSE_ALV_GRID_DISPLAY" for parameter "it_fieldcat".
ls_fieldcat-seltext_l = 'Material number'(052).
ls_fieldcat-seltext_m = 'Material'(053).
ls_fieldcat-seltext_s = 'Mat.'(054).
I tried removing the numbers on the right and executed the program but I didn't see any differences and I also tried to see what happens inside debug mode but it only fills the field with the string value, am I missing something or is there something that I wasn't able to notice?
I've been tasked to create a copy of a program which originally joins multiple tables and filters them according to the Parameters from the SELECTION-SCREEN and then shows the results in an ALV Grid Report, but for the use case of the copy it should instead populate a table in ECC that we will then be replicating to BW side. I have successfully copied and modified it accordingly but I can't seem to understand what the numbers beside the strings are doing.
Can someone please explain what their use is, would be very grateful to see a few examples.
Thanks!
The number in the brackets is a text symbol defined as a part of the text elements of the program. Using the syntax 'Literal'(idf) replaces these literals in the program if the symbol is in the currently loaded text pool.
I did try using the RS_VARIANT_CONTENTS and RS_VARIANT_VALUES_TECH_DATA, it did show the values of the variant except the values of the name space, interface and interface version in which I also need to retrieve. I also searched the VARI* and TVARC tables but I didn't found it there.
I think it has something to do with the program name and screen number. Do you have any ideas or other way that I can retrieve all those values, whether using FM or select?
Thank you.
Some of the parameters in the transaction /AIF/ERR, the ones you are talking about, vary dynamically based on the value chosen in the Application screen field. They are handled by another AIF program, and they are not saved in the program variant, but in the table /AIF/T_ERR_VARS.
You may call the function module /AIF/ERR_VAR_LOAD to load the missing parameters.
Its usage is shown in the subroutine GET_VAR of the program /AIF/ERROR_HANDLING_TRANS (which is the program behind the transaction /AIF/ERR).
I am a relatively new user of Tabulator so please forgive me if I am asking anything that, perhaps, should be obvious.
I have a Tabulator report that I am able to print and create as a PDF, but the report's formatting (as shown on the screen) is not used in either output.
For printing I have used printAsHtml and printStyled=true, but this doesn't produce a printout that matches what is on the screen. I have formatted number fields (with comma separators) and these are showing correctly, but the number columns should be right-aligned but all of the columns appear as left-aligned.
I am also using Tree View where the tree rows are coloured differently to the main table, but when I print the report with a tree open it colours the whole table with the tree colours and not just the tree.
For the PDF none of the Tabulator formatting is being used. I've looked for anything similar to the printStyled option, but I can't see anything. I've also looked at the autoTable option, but I am struggling to find what to use.
I want to format the print and PDF outputs so that they look as close to the screen representation as possible.
Is there anywhere I could look that would provide examples of how to achieve the above? The Tabulator documentation is very good, but the provided examples don't appear to explain what I am trying to do.
Perhaps there are there CSS classes that I am missing or even mis-using? I have tried including .tabulator-print-table in my CSS, but I am probably not using it correctly. I also couldn't find anything equivalent for producing PDFs. Some examples would help immensely.
Thank you in advance for any advice or assistance.
Formatting is deliberately not included in these, below i will outline why:
Downloaders
Downloaded files do not contain formatted data, only the raw data, this is because a lot of the formatters create visual elements (progress bar, star formatter etc) that cannot be replicated sensibly in downloaded files.
If you want to change the format of data in the download you will need to use an accessor, the accessorDownload option is the one you want to use in this case. The accessors transform the data as it is leaving the table.
For instance we could create an accessor that prepended "Mr " to the front of every name in a column:
var mrAccessor= function(value, data, type, params, column, row){
return "Mr " + value;
}
Assign it to a columns definition:
{title:"Name", field:"name", accessorDownload:mrAccessor}
Printing
Printing also does not include the formatters, this is because when you print a Tabulator table, the whole table is actually rebuilt as a standard HTML table, which allows the printer to work out how to layout everything across multiple pages with column headers etc. The downside of this is that it is only loosely styled like a Tabulator and so formatted contents generated inside Tabulator cells will likely break when added to a normal td element.
For this reason there is also a accessorPrint option that works in the same way as the download accessor but for printing.
If you want to use the same accessor for both occasions, you can assign the function once to the accessor option and it will be applied in both instances.
Checkout the Accessor Documentation for full details.
I want to search all programs - within a package - that use the statement:
modify itab_xyz from wa_itab_xyz
Preferably, the string should be searched with wild cards like itab*
for a range of itab_(values) like itab_abc, itab_def, itab_ghi
etc..
How do i do this in SAP ABAP?
Below is a screenshot of all programs within a package one can search from.
One possibility would be to use program RS_ABAP_SOURCE_SCAN.
You can restrict the selection by package and you can also enter a specific string to search for in the code.
I use the transaction code_scanner (program is afx_code_scanner).
The biggest problem with this program and the RS_ABAP_SOURCE_SCAN provided above is that they won’t find everything. IMO the most important missing component to them is implicit enhancements. They can be very impactful to system functions, and if you are searching for an error message or hard coded value skipping them could mean not finding something critical.
At the time I looked (about 7 years ago), I was unable to find a delivered tool that would actually scan all the code in the system. I ended up enhancing the code_scanner to look for enhancements, WDA components, BSP code, and forms code.
I don’t know if the open source component above includes those. At first glance it doesn’t seem to, but I don’t have time to really dig into it.
You could use a tool from the Galileo-Open Source library. This program searches ABAP Source, OTR-Texts, Message and Textpools for static Text, wildcard patterns or regex patterns.
ABAP-Coding:
https://github.com/galileo-group/galileo-abap-lib/blob/master/%23gal%23devtools_find_text.prog.abap
Textpool:
https://github.com/galileo-group/galileo-abap-lib/blob/master/%23gal%23devtools_find_text.prog.xml
It refers to some additional classes from the library, so you either need to copy these as well or just use ABAPgit to get the whole library. You can also contact me, so I can send you a transport containing the library.
Additional information (October 1, 2020):
I created a version of the report that you can copy/paste to the ABAP editor. It is too long to include it in the response, but you can find it here.
Do not forget to copy the text elements / selection texts.
Required Text Elements:
-----------------------
B00 Scope
B01 Search pattern
H01 Type
H02 Name
H03 Key
H04 Match
Required Selection Texts:
-------------------------
P_CASE Case-sensitive
P_DEVC Package
P_LANGU Language
P_MESS Messages
P_OTR OTR Texts
P_PATT Pattern
P_REGEX Regular expression
P_SOURCE ABAP sources
P_TPOOL Textpools
P_WILDC Wildcard pattern
I will provide some context before I ask my question.
I am attempting to query an SQL Server and create a table within Excel from the data. Because I am not familiar with how to accomplish this in VBA I recorded by using Data -> Get External Data -> From Other Sources -> Microsoft Query. In the dialog box that appears, I chose a .DSN file provided to me by someone else. I then used the Microsoft Query interface to structure the query and import the data onto a worksheet.
The code in the recorded macro looked something like this. I will use generic terms instead of the actual code.
With Sheet2.ListObjects.Add(SourceType:= 0, Source:=Array _
(Array("ODBC;DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=ServerName;UID=userid;Trusted_Connection=Yes;APP=Microsoft Windows Operating System;WSID=SomeString"), _
Array("A;DATABASE=DatabaseName")), Destination:=Range ("Sheet2!$A$1")).QueryTable
I know this is not formatted ideally, which is part of my question below.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb211863(v=office.12).aspx
From the above article, I know that SourceType:= 0 is an xlSrcExternal, or an external data source. This makes sense to me.
My confusion begins to arise when I get to the Source component of the Add method. From the provided article, "When SourceType = xlSrcExternal, an array of String values specifying a connection to the source, containing the following elements:
•0 - URL to SharePoint site
•1 - ListName
•2 - ViewGUID
So to begin with, what exactly is meant by "an array of String values", as the code from the recorded macro does not appear to correspond to what I thought was an array. I know that normally an array is declared something like this Array("string1", "string2", etc.). Or is the array recorded simply an array of one value? In other words Array("string1"). Does anyone know the purpose of passing an "array of string values" as opposed to just passing a string?
Also does anyone know the nuances of why the recorded macro has this particular formatting/syntax? In other words, why does it appear to have this syntax Array(Array("string1"),_ (new line) Array("string2"))? Why not just Array ("string1")? Does it have something to do with the second line being too long?
I have several more questions related to this topic, but this seemed like a good place to start..
Thank you all for any help given.