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createdbyArunaKumaraKonMar4,201412:01PM,lastmodifiedbyArunaKumaraKonMay5,20147:20AM

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ThisdocumentexplainshowscreenshotofSAPGUIscreencanbetakenandsendsitas
mailattachmentbyABAPprogram.
Requirement:TakingscreenshotofGUIscreenlikeshownbelowandsenditasmail
attachmentsthroughABAP.(NoteIhaveenhancedstddemoprogram
GRAPHICS_GUI_CE_DEMOtodemonstratescreenshotfeature).

Approach
UsefrontendGUIserviceclasstotakescreenshotMethodGET_SCREENSHOT
ofCL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES.
Whenyoucalledthismethod,systemwilltakescreenshotofactivescreenand
returnscreenshotdatainternof
hexadecimalvalues(xstring).

Asshowninabovecode,screenshotdataisimportedbyimageparameter.
ConvertxstringdataintobinarydatatosenditasattachmentUsemethod
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XSTRING_TO_SOLIXofclassCL_BCS_CONVERT

LT_DOC_CONTENTcontainsbinarydatawhichwillbeusedlatertosendas
attachmentinmail.

SendscreenshotasmailattachmentUseclassCL_BCStosendmailwith
attachment.
a)CreatepersistentobjectoftypeCL_BCSforamailsendrequest

b)CreateMaildocumenttoincludebody,attachmentetc.Maildocumenttype
CL_DOCUMENT_BCS

AbovecodeMailsubjectasProjectStatusInfo.MailbodycanbeinI_TEXT
parameter.ForthisexampleInotused
anymailcontent.
c)Addscreenshotasanattachmenttomaildocument.screenshotcanbePNG,
BMP,GIF,JPGetc.Notewhateverthe
screenshotdatatakeninpreviousstep1and2attachedasdocumenthere

BinarycontentofscreenshotdataLT_DOC_CONTENTwhichpreparedinstep1
andstep2
passedtoI_ATT_CONTENT_HEX.
d)Attachmaildocumentobjecttosendrequest.

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e)Attachsenderandrecipientaddress.Addsender,TO,CC,BCaddresstosend
request.

f)SendMailCallsendmethodtosendmailwithattachment

Result:
Whenuserclickonscreenshotbuttonthensystemtakesscreenshotandsenditasemail
attachment.

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