CONVERTER Element
Use
You use the
CONVERTER element to download a MIME object from the R/3 System (or other external system) to an application.You always define the
CONVERTER element within a MODULE element.Description
The RFC function module, BAPI, or other module defined in the
MODULE element makes the data available for download.The
CONVERTER element requires a type attribute and a list of attribute/value pairs that provide additional information for the conversion.
In this example, the function module my_mime_download makes the table data available. This table contains a column called rawdata , which contains data that is converted to GIF format.
<state name="myState">
<module name="my_mime_download" type="RFC">
<converter type = "load"
input = "data-rawdata"
format = "GIF">
</converter>
</module>
</state>
Attributes of the
CONVERTER element:Attribute |
Description |
Required |
type |
Specifies the conversion type. |
Yes |
input |
Specifies a table of data to be retrieved from R/3 (or other external system). This attribute value may include a suffix appended after a hyphen (for example, <table>-<suffix> ).
|
Yes |
format |
Specifies the MIME type of the data. At present, the formats .ppt , .gif and .jpeg are supported. |
Yes |
At present,
LOAD is the only conversion type supported.
In future releases, the formats