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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I forgot to mention the release (thanks
Mike!) – which is ECC 5.0, hence the existing <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">OSS</st1:City></st1:place> notes on this aren’t valid. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The problem is caused by the byte
restriction of 75 bytes, which notes for earlier releases increase this to 132.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s logged with <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">OSS</st1:place></st1:City> and if I get a resolution, I’ll
keep you posted!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Hill, Anna</st1:PersonName> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 01 December 2005 15:03<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">sap-wug@mit.edu</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Executing URL from work
item</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello WUGers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a problem here which is slowly driving me insane so
I’m hoping someone else has also experienced this and can help….
I’ve searched the archives but haven’t managed to find anything
(although I recall similar things have been posted?). Anyway… <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m including a URL to call a BSP in the task
description of my work item but when this is called, somewhere along the way,
some extra characters are added to the string and the BSP is not called
correctly. I’m splitting my url container into 2 components, url1 and
url2 (this worked perfectly when my url’s were a bit shorter) and calling
them as follows (using a SAPscript comment line /*):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=1 color=black
face="Arial monospaced for SAP"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial monospaced for SAP";
color:black'><A HREF ="&URL1&&URL2&"
TARGET="_blank"> Display Form </A></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Say url1 =
https://ipd.wdf.sap.corp/sap/bc/bsp/sap/zbsp_shs_c_fine/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>And url2 = 123456789ABCDEFGHIJK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>When the link is executed, the url ends up as <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>https://ipd.wdf.sap.corp/sap/bc/bsp/sap/zbsp_shs_c_fine/123456789<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>%20%20</&/></span></b>ABCDEFGHIJK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>where <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>%20%20</&/>
</span></b>has been added due to a truncation. If display the work item
(technical view), I can see:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><A HREF ="<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HTTPS://IPD.WDF.SAP.CORP/SAP/BC/BSP/SAP/ZBSP_SHS_C_FINE/12345<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6789AB<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CDEFGHIJK"
TARGET="_blank"> Display Fine<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So the problem is occurring between B and C (note NOT
between the end of url1 and the beginning of url2), so I think it’s
something to do with the lengths of how the string is stored in the work item
at run time, as when the BSP is being called, it’s filling what it sees
as gaps with %20%20 etc. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Does anyone know how to prevent this from happening?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:gray'>SAP (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>)
Ltd</span></font><span lang=EN-GB><br>
</span><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=1 color=gray
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:gray'>Clockhouse Place</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=1 color=gray face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:gray'>,</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on"><font color=gray><span style='color:gray'>Bedfont Road</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
color=gray><span style='color:gray'>,<br>
Feltham, Middlesex TW14 8HD</span></font></span></font><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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