SAP ABAP Message Class PT Message Number 018 (Format is not wide enough for this character representation)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-ABA-LI (Application Component) List Processing
     ⤷ SABP_LIST (Package) Lists

Attribute

Message class	PT
Short Description	Messages for ABAP print functions
Message Number	018
Documentation status		Space: object requires documentation
Authorization check Error Message	☐
Changed On	20130531

Message Text

Format is not wide enough for this character representation

Help Document

Diagnosis

You have chosen a Unicode output mode (character format) that can require twice as much space on paper. This can occur when the printed list contains a large number of double-width characters, which take up twice as much space in the printout.

In the standard output mode (character format with fixed output length), the width of the expression is determined by the print parameter "LINE-SIZE". Any surplus double-width characters are truncated as soon as the output width is exceeded.

This truncation does not occur in the chosen output mode, which means that up to twice as much space may be required.

System Response

Procedure

Choose a wider format.

Procedure for System Administration

History

Last changed on/by	20140121	SAP
SAP Release Created in