Basis Errors and Solutions

WD ABAP FileUpLoad dumps if filename contains special chars

July 3, 2009 at 2:18 am

[/1WDA/CASTANDARD] [abap] [crash dumps] [down in the dumps] [Dump] [dumps] [FileUpLoad] [fm2008 crash dumps] [STRING_OFFSET_NEGATIVE] [wd]

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Symptom

Using the WD ABAP UI Element FileUpLoad leads to the runtime error (dump) STRING_OFFSET_NEGATIVE “Invalid access of string with negative offset” in the ABAP class /1WDA/CASTANDARD. This happens if the filename contains special characters (e.g. Umlaute, Accents, etc.) and the backend is a non-unicode system.
Other terms

WD ABAP, FileUpLoad, dump, STRING_OFFSET_NEGATIVE, /1WDA/CASTANDARD
Reason and Prerequisites

Coding error
Solution

Please apply the attached correction instructions or update to the appropriate service pack.

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