List display in Repository Info System terminates with dump

July 2, 2009 at 3:07 am

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Symptom
You search for objects, for example, screens or matchcode objects, in the Repository Info System. The list is displayed. When you now select the display of the entire list, a short dump occurs in the program of the list viewer SAPLKKBL.
The following runtime errors may be issued:
OBJECTS_NOT_CHARLIKE and GETWA_NOT_ASSIGNED
Other terms
ALV, SAPLKKBL
Reason and Prerequisites
The [...]

MDI: Method getDescription for data elements terminates

June 30, 2009 at 3:15 pm

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Symptom
Calling the MDI method getDescription() for a data element leads to a NullPointerException.
You receive the following stack traces:
java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sap.mdi.ddtypes.DDDataelement.getDescription(
DDDataelement.java:305)
at com.sap.dictionary.types.mdi.util.TextServices.getDescription(
TextServices.java:165)
or
com.sap.dictionary.types.mdi.util.TextServices.getQuickInfo(
DdDataType.java:219)
or the following SAP Java Connector (JCo) exception:
com.sap.mw.jco.JCO$Exception: (104) RFC_ERROR_SYSTEM_FAILURE:
The function module “DD_DTEL_GET” cannot be used for ‘remote’ calls.
In addition, the method getReptext() may also be affected.
Other terms
MetaDataInterface, DDDataelement, Dictionary metadata, getDescription
Reason and Prerequisites
A [...]