Windows scripting

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Windows scripting

With Windows scripting, which is enabled through GUI scripting, TRANSACTION records the Windows file selector dialog box in transactions that allow files to be attached. The file location can be mapped to an Excel location. When you run the transaction, the file is selected from the specified location and the attachment is created.

To upload an attachment, the field must still be mapped to the Excel column you want in the mapper. The file path is Windows_Dialog_file with the default value as untitled. TRANSACTION sees only the dialog box; the name is added from the corresponding field in the Excel file.

A file name field is always recorded in the mapper, whether a file was chosen in the dialog box or not. If you don’t want to upload a file, disable the dialog box fields. If you want to upload a file, map the field to an Excel column.

Limitations:

Windows scripting works only with GUI scripting.
The file is not attached if the button click that creates the attachment is not recorded by TRANSACTION and SAP.
The dialog box is recorded even if you click Cancel. You must disable the Windows dialog box control that was recorded in the TRANSACTION script.
Ensure that you close other instances of SAP.

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