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Help required to Email attachments

Former Member
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Hi,

I have to pick up an excel file (having data in multiple sheets) from a shared drive and email it as an attachment.

Please let me know how can this be done.

Thanks,

Mathangi

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abdul_hakim
Active Contributor
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hi mathangi,

use Amit's code it is really excellent.I have used before to solve my emailattachment issues..

Cheers,

Abdul Hakim

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Former Member
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Hi mathangi,

1. There is some trick involved

in the binary files.

2. I have made a program (and it works fantastic)

ONLY 6 LINES FOR EMAILING

BELIEVE ME

ITS A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.

IT WILL WORK LIKE OUTLOOK EXPRESS !

3. The user is provided with

a) file name

b) email address to send mail

and it sends ANY FILE (.xls,.pdf .xyz..)

Instantaneously !

-


4. Make two things first :

1. Include with the name : ZAMI_INCLFOR_MAIL

2. Report with the name : ZAM_TEMP147 (any name will do)

3. Activate both and execute (2)

4. After providing filename, email adress

5. Code for Include :

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  • 10.08.2005 Amit M - Created

  • Include For Mail (First Req F16)

  • Modification Log

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*

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  • Data

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DATA: docdata LIKE sodocchgi1,

objpack LIKE sopcklsti1 OCCURS 1 WITH HEADER LINE,

objhead LIKE solisti1 OCCURS 1 WITH HEADER LINE,

objtxt LIKE solisti1 OCCURS 10 WITH HEADER LINE,

objbin LIKE solisti1 OCCURS 10 WITH HEADER LINE,

objhex LIKE solix OCCURS 10 WITH HEADER LINE,

reclist LIKE somlreci1 OCCURS 1 WITH HEADER LINE.

DATA: tab_lines TYPE i,

doc_size TYPE i,

att_type LIKE soodk-objtp.

DATA: listobject LIKE abaplist OCCURS 1 WITH HEADER LINE.

*----


  • FORM

*----


FORM ml_customize USING objname objdesc.

*----


Clear Variables

CLEAR docdata.

REFRESH objpack.

CLEAR objpack.

REFRESH objhead.

REFRESH objtxt.

CLEAR objtxt.

REFRESH objbin.

CLEAR objbin.

REFRESH objhex.

CLEAR objhex.

REFRESH reclist.

CLEAR reclist.

REFRESH listobject.

CLEAR listobject.

CLEAR tab_lines.

CLEAR doc_size.

CLEAR att_type.

*----


Set Variables

docdata-obj_name = objname.

docdata-obj_descr = objdesc.

ENDFORM. "ml_customize

*----


  • FORM

*----


FORM ml_addrecp USING preceiver prec_type.

CLEAR reclist.

reclist-receiver = preceiver.

reclist-rec_type = prec_type.

APPEND reclist.

ENDFORM. "ml_customize

*----


  • FORM

*----


FORM ml_addtxt USING ptxt.

CLEAR objtxt.

objtxt = ptxt.

APPEND objtxt.

ENDFORM. "ml_customize

*----


  • FORM

*----


FORM ml_prepare USING bypassmemory whatatt_type whatname.

IF bypassmemory = ''.

*----


Fetch List From Memory

CALL FUNCTION 'LIST_FROM_MEMORY'

TABLES

listobject = listobject

EXCEPTIONS

OTHERS = 1.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

MESSAGE ID '61' TYPE 'E' NUMBER '731'

WITH 'LIST_FROM_MEMORY'.

ENDIF.

CALL FUNCTION 'TABLE_COMPRESS'

  • IMPORTING

  • COMPRESSED_SIZE =

TABLES

in = listobject

out = objbin

EXCEPTIONS

OTHERS = 1

.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

MESSAGE ID '61' TYPE 'E' NUMBER '731'

WITH 'TABLE_COMPRESS'.

ENDIF.

ENDIF.

  • -----------

  • Header Data

  • Already Done Thru FM

  • -----------

  • -----------

  • Main Text

  • Already Done Thru FM

  • -----------

  • -----------

  • Packing Info For Text Data

  • -----------

DESCRIBE TABLE objtxt LINES tab_lines.

READ TABLE objtxt INDEX tab_lines.

docdata-doc_size = ( tab_lines - 1 ) * 255 + STRLEN( objtxt ).

CLEAR objpack-transf_bin.

objpack-head_start = 1.

objpack-head_num = 0.

objpack-body_start = 1.

objpack-body_num = tab_lines.

objpack-doc_type = 'TXT'.

APPEND objpack.

  • -----------

  • Packing Info Attachment

  • -----------

att_type = whatatt_type..

DESCRIBE TABLE objbin LINES tab_lines.

READ TABLE objbin INDEX tab_lines.

objpack-doc_size = ( tab_lines - 1 ) * 255 + STRLEN( objbin ).

objpack-transf_bin = 'X'.

objpack-head_start = 1.

objpack-head_num = 0.

objpack-body_start = 1.

objpack-body_num = tab_lines.

objpack-doc_type = att_type.

objpack-obj_name = 'ATTACHMENT'.

objpack-obj_descr = whatname.

APPEND objpack.

  • -----------

  • Receiver List

  • Already done thru fm

  • -----------

ENDFORM. "ml_prepare

*----


  • FORM

*----


FORM ml_dosend.

CALL FUNCTION 'SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1'

EXPORTING

document_data = docdata

put_in_outbox = 'X'

commit_work = 'X' "used from rel. 6.10

  • IMPORTING

  • SENT_TO_ALL =

  • NEW_OBJECT_ID =

TABLES

packing_list = objpack

object_header = objhead

contents_bin = objbin

contents_txt = objtxt

  • CONTENTS_HEX = objhex

  • OBJECT_PARA =

  • object_parb =

receivers = reclist

EXCEPTIONS

too_many_receivers = 1

document_not_sent = 2

document_type_not_exist = 3

operation_no_authorization = 4

parameter_error = 5

x_error = 6

enqueue_error = 7

OTHERS = 8

.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

MESSAGE ID 'SO' TYPE 'S' NUMBER '023'

WITH docdata-obj_name.

ENDIF.

ENDFORM. "ml_customize

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  • FORM

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FORM ml_spooltopdf USING whatspoolid.

DATA : pdf LIKE tline OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.

*----


Call Function

CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_OTFSPOOLJOB_2_PDF'

EXPORTING

src_spoolid = whatspoolid

TABLES

pdf = pdf

EXCEPTIONS

err_no_otf_spooljob = 1

OTHERS = 12.

*----


Convert

PERFORM doconv TABLES pdf objbin.

ENDFORM. "ml_spooltopdf

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  • FORM

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FORM doconv TABLES

mypdf STRUCTURE tline

outbin STRUCTURE solisti1.

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Data

DATA : pos TYPE i.

DATA : len TYPE i.

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Loop And Put Data

LOOP AT mypdf.

pos = 255 - len.

IF pos > 134. "length of pdf_table

pos = 134.

ENDIF.

outbin+len = mypdf(pos).

len = len + pos.

IF len = 255. "length of out (contents_bin)

APPEND outbin.

CLEAR: outbin, len.

IF pos < 134.

outbin = mypdf+pos.

len = 134 - pos.

ENDIF.

ENDIF.

ENDLOOP.

IF len > 0.

APPEND outbin.

ENDIF.

ENDFORM. "doconv

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CODE FOR PROGRAM

5.

REPORT zam_temp147 .

INCLUDE zami_inclfor_mail.

*----


  • DATA

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DATA : itab LIKE tline OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.

DATA : file_name TYPE string.

data : path like PCFILE-PATH.

data : extension(5) type c.

data : name(100) type c.

*----


  • SELECTION SCREEN

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PARAMETERS : receiver TYPE somlreci1-receiver lower case.

PARAMETERS : p_file LIKE rlgrap-filename

OBLIGATORY.

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  • AT SELECTION SCREEN

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AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR p_file.

CLEAR p_file.

CALL FUNCTION 'F4_FILENAME'

IMPORTING

file_name = p_file.

*----


  • START-OF-SELECTION

*----


START-OF-SELECTION.

PERFORM ml_customize USING 'Tst' 'Testing'.

PERFORM ml_addrecp USING receiver 'U'.

PERFORM upl.

PERFORM doconv TABLES itab objbin.

PERFORM ml_prepare USING 'X' extension name.

PERFORM ml_dosend.

*----


SUBMIT rsconn01

WITH mode EQ 'INT'

AND RETURN.

*----


  • FORM

*----


FORM upl.

file_name = p_file.

CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'

EXPORTING

filename = file_name

filetype = 'BIN'

TABLES

data_tab = itab

EXCEPTIONS

file_open_error = 1

file_read_error = 2

no_batch = 3

gui_refuse_filetransfer = 4

invalid_type = 5

no_authority = 6

unknown_error = 7

bad_data_format = 8

header_not_allowed = 9

separator_not_allowed = 10

header_too_long = 11

unknown_dp_error = 12

access_denied = 13

dp_out_of_memory = 14

disk_full = 15

dp_timeout = 16

OTHERS = 17.

path = file_name.

CALL FUNCTION 'PC_SPLIT_COMPLETE_FILENAME'

EXPORTING

complete_filename = path

  • CHECK_DOS_FORMAT =

IMPORTING

  • DRIVE =

EXTENSION = extension

NAME = name

  • NAME_WITH_EXT =

  • PATH =

EXCEPTIONS

INVALID_DRIVE = 1

INVALID_EXTENSION = 2

INVALID_NAME = 3

INVALID_PATH = 4

OTHERS = 5

.

ENDFORM. "upl

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regards,

amit m.

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Thanks for the code Amit.

I have the data in all 3 sheets of the Excel file. How will it pick up data from all the 3 sheets?

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Hi again,

1. it will not pick any data from excel file.

2. it will attach the file

(as an attachment)

and send it.

regards,

amit m.

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Hi Amit,

Good Program.

But have another requirement. I need to attach multiple documents.

Kindly advise

Seshu.

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Hello all,

I need help for the same problem with Amit. I need to send mail with three excel files as attachments. is it possible, if so, how can i do that?

regards,

Murat Kaya

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you can use CL_BCS class for sending multiple attachments.

search in the forum once. also refer the sample BCS_EXAMPLE_5

former_member188685
Active Contributor
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abdul_hakim
Active Contributor
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hi mathangi,

use Amit's code it is really excellent.I have used before to solve my emailattachment issues..

Cheers,

Abdul Hakim