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I recently found myself needing to write a web application that needed to interact with the attachments stored in Generic Object Services within SAP.  The Generic Object Services are used throughout multiple application areas within SAP and have many features which include document (object) management.  If you have ever seen this icon    while using an SAP transaction, then you have the ability to use the Generic Object Services in the particular business process.  My goal was to be able to create and download the documents from within my web application.  In order to do this, I created some classes to help me.  I will try to describe them below.

Note: You will always need the business object key data regarding which object type you are working with while coding for Generic Object Services.  For example, if you were using Generic Object Services from transaction PA30 (Human Resources), the object key would be BUS1065.  If you were using Generic Object Services in Orders (transaction IW33), the object key would be BUS2088.  This key can easily be determined by placing a break point in class CL_BINARY_RELATION and method READ_LINKS_OF_BINRELS prior to executing the icon above.  Or you can use transaction SWO1 to find Business Objects.

Getting Started:  Create a Class to Build your Methods

First I created the following method:  GOS_GET_FILE_LIST

This method allowed me to show a list of all files currently attached to the object I was working with.  This method could be a wrapper around standard function module: BDS_GOS_CONNECTIONS_GET.  If you call this method with your object key, you will retrieve a listing of all attachments.  I chose to write the following method code instead:

method gos_get_file_list.

  types: begin of ts_key,
           foltp type so_fol_tp,
           folyr type so_fol_yr,
           folno type so_fol_no,
           objtp type so_obj_tp,
           objyr type so_obj_yr,
           objno type so_obj_no,
           forwarder type so_usr_nam,
         end of ts_key,

         begin of ts_attachment,
          foltp type so_fol_tp,
          folyr type so_fol_yr,
          folno type so_fol_no,
          objtp type so_obj_tp,
          objyr type so_obj_yr,
          objno type so_obj_no,
          brelguid type oblguid32,
          roletype type oblroltype,
         end of ts_attachment,

         tt_attachment type table of ts_attachment.

  data: ta_srgbtbrel type standard table of srgbtbrel,
        wa_srgbtbrel type srgbtbrel,
        lta_sood type standard table of sood,
        lwa_sood type sood, ltp_pathin(1000) type c,
        ltp_filename type string,
        ltp_sortfield type char30,
        lta_objcont type soli_tab,
        lta_attachments type tt_attachment,
        lwa_attachments like line of lta_attachments,
        lo_boritem type ref to cl_sobl_bor_item,
        lo_al_item type ref to cl_gos_al_item,
        li_link type ref to if_browser_link,
        ls_option type obl_s_relt,
        lt_options type obl_t_relt,
        ls_key type ts_key,
        ls_attachment type ts_attachment,
        lt_attachment type tt_attachment,
        lt_links type obl_t_link,
        ls_link  type obl_s_link,
        lp_linkid type blnk_inst,
        gs_lpor type sibflporb.

  if not objtype is initial and not objkey is initial.
    select * from srgbtbrel into table ta_srgbtbrel
      where instid_a eq objkey
       and typeid_a eq objtype
       and catid_a  eq 'BO'.

    if sy-subrc eq 0.
      sort ta_srgbtbrel by instid_a typeid_a catid_a.
      delete adjacent duplicates from ta_srgbtbrel comparing instid_a typeid_a catid_a.

      loop at ta_srgbtbrel into wa_srgbtbrel.
        clear: lt_attachment[], lta_attachments[].

        gs_lpor-instid = wa_srgbtbrel-instid_a.
        gs_lpor-typeid = wa_srgbtbrel-typeid_a.
        gs_lpor-catid  = wa_srgbtbrel-catid_a.

        ls_option-sign = 'I'.
        ls_option-option = 'EQ'.

        ls_option-low = 'ATTA'.
        append ls_option to lt_options.
        ls_option-low = 'NOTE'.
        append ls_option to lt_options.
        ls_option-low = 'URL'.
        append ls_option to lt_options.

        try.
            call method cl_binary_relation=>read_links_of_binrels
              exporting
                is_object           = gs_lpor
                it_relation_options = lt_options
                ip_role             = 'GOSAPPLOBJ'
              importing
                et_links            = lt_links.

            loop at lt_links into ls_link.
              case ls_link-typeid_b .
                when 'MESSAGE'.
                  ls_key = ls_link-instid_b.
                  move-corresponding ls_key to ls_attachment.
                  ls_attachment-roletype = ls_link-roletype_b.
                  if ls_link-brelguid is initial.
                    ls_attachment-brelguid = ls_link-relguidold.
                  else.
                    ls_attachment-brelguid = ls_link-brelguid.
                  endif.
                  append ls_attachment to lt_attachment.
                when others.
                  continue.
              endcase.
            endloop.
          catch cx_obl_parameter_error .
          catch cx_obl_internal_error .
          catch cx_obl_model_error .
          catch cx_root.
        endtry.
      endloop.

      lta_attachments[] = lt_attachment[].
      check lines( lta_attachments ) > 0.

      select * from sood into table lta_sood
        for all entries in lta_attachments
        where
          objtp = lta_attachments-objtp  and
          objyr = lta_attachments-objyr  and
          objno = lta_attachments-objno.
      if sy-subrc eq 0.
        t_attachments[] = lta_sood.
        es_return-text = 'SUCCESS'.
      endif.

      data rcode type i.
      data objhead_tab type table of soli.
      data objcont_tab type table of soli.
      data objpara_tab type table of selc.
      data objparb_tab type table of soop1.
      data sood_key type soodk.
      data hex_mode type sonv-flag.
      field-symbols <fs> type line of z_tt_sood.

      loop at t_attachments assigning <fs>.
        if not ( <fs>-objtp is initial or <fs>-objyr is initial or <fs>-objno is initial ).
          concatenate <fs>-objtp <fs>-objyr <fs>-objno into sood_key.

          perform socx_select in program sapfsso0
                              tables objhead_tab objcont_tab
                                     objpara_tab objparb_tab
                              using  sood_key
                                     hex_mode
                                     rcode.
          if rcode eq 0.
            data moff type i.
            data l_param_search type soli-line.
            data l_param_head type soli-line.
            data value type soli-line.
            data wa_objhead_tab like line of objhead_tab.
            data lt_url_tab type table of so_url.
            data ld_url_tab_size type sytabix.
            l_param_search = '&SO_FILENAME'.
            translate l_param_search to upper case.
            loop at objhead_tab into wa_objhead_tab.
              clear moff.
              find '=' in wa_objhead_tab-line match offset moff.
              check sy-subrc = 0.
              l_param_head = wa_objhead_tab-line(moff).
              translate l_param_head to upper case.
              if l_param_head = l_param_search.
                add 1 to moff.
                value = wa_objhead_tab-line+moff.
                if not ( value is initial ).
                  split value at '.' into table lt_url_tab.
                  describe table lt_url_tab lines ld_url_tab_size.
                  if ld_url_tab_size gt 1.
                    read table lt_url_tab index ld_url_tab_size into <fs>-acnam.
                  endif.
                endif.
              endif.
            endloop.
          endif.
        endif.
      endloop.
    else.
      call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
        exporting
          i_code    = '001'
          i_v1      = 'There are no Attachments on this Business Object'
        receiving
          rs_return = es_return.
    endif.
  else.
    call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
      exporting
        i_code    = '021'
        i_v1      = 'No Business Object and/or Key Specified'
      receiving
        rs_return = es_return.
  endif.

endmethod.

Testing This Method:

Here is some report source code to test the method via a program:

report  ztest_file_list.

data: ta_srgbtbrel type standard table of srgbtbrel, wa_srgbtbrel type srgbtbrel,
         lta_sood type standard table of sood, lwa_sood type sood.

parameters: p_key type swo_typeid obligatory default '000030026122',
            p_type type swo_objtyp obligatory default 'BUS2088'.

start-of-selection.

  data: t_st_return type zvnt_st_return.

  call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>gos_get_file_list
    exporting
      objtype       = p_type
      objkey        = p_key
    importing
      t_attachments = lta_sood
    changing
      es_return     = t_st_return.

  if t_st_return-code is initial.
    data dec_kb type p.

    loop at lta_sood into lwa_sood.
      dec_kb = lwa_sood-objlen / 1024.
      if dec_kb < 1.
        dec_kb = 1.
      endif.
      write: / lwa_sood-objdes, dec_kb, 'KB'.
    endloop.
  else.
    message t_st_return-text type 'W'.
  endif.

Second I created the following method:  GOS_ATTACH_FILE

This method allowed me to attach files to the object I was working with. 

method gos_attach_file.

  data: ls_object type borident,
        ls_obj_data type sood1,
        ls_obj_id type soodk,
        ls_fol_id type soodk,
        ld_filename type string,
        lt_url_tab type table of so_url,
        ld_url_tab_size type sytabix,
        ls_folmem_k type sofmk,
        lv_ep_note type borident-objkey,
        ls_note type borident.

  data: it_objhead type standard table of soli.

  ls_object-objtype = objtype.
  ls_object-objkey = objkey.

  if not ls_object-objtype is initial and not ls_object-objkey is initial.
    call function 'SO_CONVERT_CONTENTS_BIN'
      exporting
        it_contents_bin = it_content[]
      importing
        et_contents_bin = it_content[].
    if sy-subrc eq 0.
      call function 'SO_FOLDER_ROOT_ID_GET'
        exporting
          region    = folder_region
        importing
          folder_id = ls_fol_id
        exceptions
          others    = 1.
      if sy-subrc eq 0.
        if not file_name_with_path is initial.
          call function 'SO_SPLIT_FILE_AND_PATH'
            exporting
              full_name     = file_name_with_path
            importing
              stripped_name = ld_filename.
        else.
          call function 'SO_SPLIT_FILE_AND_PATH'
            exporting
              full_name     = file_name_no_path
            importing
              stripped_name = ld_filename.
        endif.

        if sy-subrc eq 0.
          split ld_filename at '.' into table lt_url_tab.
          describe table lt_url_tab lines ld_url_tab_size.
          if ld_url_tab_size gt 1.
            read table lt_url_tab index ld_url_tab_size into ls_obj_data-file_ext.
            read table lt_url_tab index 1 into ls_obj_data-objdes.
          else.
            clear ls_obj_data-file_ext.
            ls_obj_data-objdes = ld_filename.
          endif.
          ls_obj_data-objsns = 'O'.
          ls_obj_data-objla = sy-langu.
          ls_obj_data-objlen = lines( it_content ) * 255.

          data: wa_content type soli.
          clear wa_content.
          concatenate '&SO_FILENAME=' ld_filename into wa_content.
          append wa_content to it_objhead.

          call function 'SO_OBJECT_INSERT'
            exporting
              folder_id             = ls_fol_id
              object_type           = 'EXT'
              object_hd_change      = ls_obj_data
            importing
              object_id             = ls_obj_id
            tables
              objhead               = it_objhead
              objcont               = it_content
            exceptions
              active_user_not_exist = 35
              folder_not_exist      = 6
              object_type_not_exist = 17
              owner_not_exist       = 22
              parameter_error       = 23
              others                = 1000.

          if sy-subrc = 0 and ls_object-objkey is not initial.
            commit work and wait.
            ls_folmem_k-foltp = ls_fol_id-objtp.
            ls_folmem_k-folyr = ls_fol_id-objyr.
            ls_folmem_k-folno = ls_fol_id-objno.
            ls_folmem_k-doctp = ls_obj_id-objtp.
            ls_folmem_k-docyr = ls_obj_id-objyr.
            ls_folmem_k-docno = ls_obj_id-objno.
            lv_ep_note = ls_folmem_k.
            ls_note-objtype = 'MESSAGE'.
            ls_note-objkey = lv_ep_note.

            call function 'BINARY_RELATION_CREATE_COMMIT'
              exporting
                obj_rolea    = ls_object
                obj_roleb    = ls_note
                relationtype = 'ATTA'
              exceptions
                others       = 1.
            if sy-subrc eq 0.
              es_return-text = 'SUCCESS'.
              commit work and wait.
            else.
              call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
                exporting
                  i_code    = '021'
                  i_v1      = 'Error Calling: BINARY_RELATION_CREATE_COMMIT'
                receiving
                  rs_return = es_return.
            endif.
          else.
            call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
              exporting
                i_code    = '021'
                i_v1      = 'Error Calling: SO_OBJECT_INSERT'
              receiving
                rs_return = es_return.
          endif.
        else.
          call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
            exporting
              i_code    = '021'
              i_v1      = 'Error With File Name'
            receiving
              rs_return = es_return.
        endif.
      else.
        call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
          exporting
            i_code    = '021'
            i_v1      = 'Error Obtaining Root Folder ID'
          receiving
            rs_return = es_return.
      endif.
    else.
      call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
        exporting
          i_code    = '021'
          i_v1      = 'Error Converting Table Contents to Binary'
        receiving
          rs_return = es_return.
    endif.
  else.
    call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
      exporting
        i_code    = '021'
        i_v1      = 'No Business Object and/or Key Specified'
      receiving
        rs_return = es_return.
  endif.

endmethod.

Testing:  Here is some sample code for a report program which will test the two methods above.  It attaches a file to the key object specified and shows the before and after results:

report  ztest_file_attach.

parameters: p_key type swo_typeid obligatory default '000030026122',
                    p_type type swo_objtyp obligatory default 'BUS2088',
                    p_file type rlgrap-filename obligatory.

at selection-screen  on value-request for p_file.
  call function 'F4_FILENAME'
    exporting
      program_name  = syst-cprog
      dynpro_number = syst-dynnr
      field_name    = 'P_FILE'
    importing
      file_name     = p_file.

start-of-selection.

  data: g_filename  type string,
        g_attsize   type wsrm_error-wsrm_direction,
        it_content  like standard table of soli.
  data: ta_srgbtbrel type standard table of srgbtbrel, wa_srgbtbrel type srgbtbrel,
        lta_sood type standard table of sood, lwa_sood type sood.
  data: t_st_return type zvnt_st_return.
  data dec_kb type p.

* LIST
  call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>gos_get_file_list
    exporting
      objtype       = p_type
      objkey        = p_key
    importing
      t_attachments = lta_sood
    changing
      es_return     = t_st_return.

  if t_st_return-code is initial.
    loop at lta_sood into lwa_sood.
      dec_kb = lwa_sood-objlen / 1024.
      if dec_kb < 1.
        dec_kb = 1.
      endif.

      write: / lwa_sood-objdes, dec_kb, 'KB'.
    endloop.
  else.
    message t_st_return-text type 'W'.
  endif.

* ATTACH
  move  p_file to g_filename.
  call function 'GUI_UPLOAD'
    exporting
      filename                = g_filename
      filetype                = 'BIN'
    importing
      filelength              = g_attsize
    tables
      data_tab                = it_content
    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.
  if sy-subrc eq 0.
    data: l_file_name_with_path type avwctxcont.

    move g_filename to l_file_name_with_path.
    call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>gos_attach_file
      exporting
        objtype             = p_type
        objkey              = p_key
        folder_region       = 'B'
        file_name_with_path = l_file_name_with_path
        it_content          = it_content
      importing
        es_return           = t_st_return.

    if t_st_return-code is initial.
      message t_st_return-text type 'I'.
    else.
      message t_st_return-text type 'W'.
    endif.
  endif.

* LIST
  call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>gos_get_file_list
    exporting
      objtype       = p_type
      objkey        = p_key
    importing
      t_attachments = lta_sood
    changing
      es_return     = t_st_return.

  if t_st_return-code is initial.
    write: /.
    loop at lta_sood into lwa_sood.
      dec_kb = lwa_sood-objlen / 1024.
      if dec_kb < 1.
        dec_kb = 1.
      endif.

      write: / lwa_sood-objdes, dec_kb, 'KB'.
    endloop.
  else.
    message t_st_return-text type 'W'.
  endif.

Lastly, I created the following method:  GOS_DOWNLOAD_FILE

This method allowed me download an attachment from the object I was working with.  For simplicity, I will show how I downloaded the files from the GUI. 

method gos_download_file.

  data: ex type ref to cx_root, text type string.
  data: ltp_sortfield type char30,
        lta_objcont type soli_tab,
        ltp_pathfile(1000) type c,
        ltp_filename type string,
        ltp_binfilesize type so_doc_len.

  try .
      concatenate attachment-objtp attachment-objyr attachment-objno into ltp_sortfield.
      import objcont_tab to lta_objcont from database soc3(dt) id ltp_sortfield.

      if sy-subrc = 0.
        concatenate file_path '\' attachment-objdes '.' attachment-file_ext into ltp_pathfile.

        replace '\\' with '\' into ltp_pathfile+2.
        translate ltp_pathfile using '/  '.

        ltp_binfilesize = attachment-objlen.

        call function 'SO_OBJECT_DOWNLOAD'
          exporting
            bin_filesize     = ltp_binfilesize
            filetype         = 'BIN'
            path_and_file    = ltp_pathfile
            extct            = attachment-extct
            no_dialog        = 'X'
          importing
            act_filename     = ltp_filename
          tables
            objcont          = lta_objcont
          exceptions
            file_write_error = 1
            invalid_type     = 2
            x_error          = 3
            kpro_error       = 4
            others           = 5.

        if sy-subrc <> 0.
          call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
            exporting
              i_code    = '021'
              i_v1      = 'Error Calling: SO_OBJECT_DOWNLOAD'
            receiving
              rs_return = es_return.
        else.
          es_return-text = 'SUCCESS'.
        endif.
      else.
        call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
          exporting
            i_code    = '021'
            i_v1      = 'Error With Object Import From DB'
          receiving
            rs_return = es_return.
      endif.
    catch cx_root into ex.
      text = ex->get_text( ).

      call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>log_msg
        exporting
          i_code    = '021'
          i_v1      = text
        receiving
          rs_return = es_return.
  endtry.

endmethod.

Testing:  Here is some sample code for a report program which loops through all attachments of an object and downloads them.

report  ztest_file_download.

data: ta_srgbtbrel type standard table of srgbtbrel, wa_srgbtbrel type srgbtbrel,
         lta_sood type standard table of sood, lwa_sood type sood.

parameters: p_key type swo_typeid obligatory default '000030026122',
                    p_type type swo_objtyp obligatory default 'BUS2088'.

start-of-selection.

  data: t_st_return type zvnt_st_return.

  call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>gos_get_file_list
    exporting
      objtype       = p_type
      objkey        = p_key
    importing
      t_attachments = lta_sood
    changing
      es_return     = t_st_return.

  if t_st_return-code is initial.
    data dec_kb type p.

    loop at lta_sood into lwa_sood.
      call method zcl_oh_my_gos=>gos_download_file
        exporting
          file_path  = 'C:\TEMP'
          attachment = lwa_sood
        changing
          es_return  = t_st_return.
      if t_st_return-code is initial.
        dec_kb = lwa_sood-objlen / 1024.
        if dec_kb < 1.
          dec_kb = 1.
        endif.
        write: / lwa_sood-objdes, dec_kb, 'KB'.
      else.
        message t_st_return-text type 'W'.
      endif.
    endloop.
  else.
    message t_st_return-text type 'W'.
  endif.

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