INSERT - Insert text elements

Basic form

INSERT TEXTPOOL prog ...FROM itab ...LANGUAGE lg.

Effect

Assigns the text elements in the internal table itab to the program prog and the language lg and inserts them in the library. The line structure of the table itab is described in the section Text elements .

Example

The following program uses the internal table TAB to set the text elements of the program PROGNAME .


DATA: PROGRAM(8) VALUE 'PROGNAME',
      TAB LIKE TEXTPOOL OCCURS 50 WITH HEADER LINE.

TAB-ID = 'T'. TAB-KEY = SPACE.  TAB-ENTRY = 'Sales'.
APPEND TAB.
TAB-ID = 'I'. TAB-KEY = '200'.  TAB-ENTRY = 'Tax'.
APPEND TAB.
TAB-ID = 'H'. TAB-KEY = '001'.  TAB-ENTRY = 'Name   Age'.
APPEND TAB.
TAB-ID = 'S'. TAB-KEY = 'CUST'. TAB-ENTRY = 'Customer'.
APPEND TAB.
TAB-ID = 'R'. TAB-KEY = SPACE.  TAB-ENTRY = 'Test program'.
APPEND TAB.

SORT TAB BY ID KEY.
INSERT TEXTPOOL PROGRAM FROM TAB LANGUAGE SY-LANGU.

Notes

As in the example, the internal table should be sorted by the components ID and KEY to enable faster access to the text elements at runtime. However, this is not obligatory.
The component LENGTH (see text elements ) for the length of a text element does not have to be set explicitly. In this case - as in the example - the actual length of the text element is used.
The value of LENGTH cannot be smaller than the text to which it applies. If your length specification is too short, it is ignored by INSERT and the actual length is used instead.
On the other hand, larger values are allowed and can be used to reserve space for texts that may be longer when translated into other languages.
Related DELETE TEXTPOOL , READ TEXTPOOL

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