E-Mail — Send a Table as XLSX Attachment
A mail with an .xlsx attachment, sent with cl_bcs_mail_message - recipient, subject and text from the screen, the attachment written with the XCO XLSX library
Z2UI5_CL_SMPS_APP_023
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Excel & E-Mail
UI5 1.71
needs a system
needs a system. This sample is listed here because a sample somebody cannot find is worse than one they cannot run: the XCO XLSX library; outbound mail for the mail sample. The ABAP is below; installed on a system that has what it needs, it runs there.
The facts
- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples-stack
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMPS_APP_023- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smps_app_023.clas.abap↗- Category
- Excel & E-Mail
- Minimum UI5
- 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
- In the playground
- needs a system — it opens for reading instead
- Runs on
- Cloud + Standard ≥ 7.58 (2023)
Keywords: email, mail, send, attachment, xlsx, excel, cl_bcs_mail_message, smtp
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.Input
- sap.m.Label
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.OverflowToolbar
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.m.Text
- sap.m.TextArea
- sap.m.ToolbarSpacer
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.layout.form.SimpleForm
Read out of the builder chain by the abap2UI5 linter, not from the category this sample is filed under — which is what makes “which samples build one of these” a question the catalogue can answer at all.
Libraries
The ABAP
z2ui5_cl_smps_app_023.clas.abap — 162 lines, on branch 13-excel-email
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" @keywords email mail send attachment xlsx excel cl_bcs_mail_message smtp
" @summary A mail with an .xlsx attachment, sent with cl_bcs_mail_message - recipient, subject and text from the screen, the attachment written with the XCO XLSX library
"! <p class="shorttext synchronized">E-Mail - Send a Table as XLSX Attachment</p>
"! cl_bcs_mail_message is the mail API of ABAP Cloud:
"!
"! DATA(mail) = cl_bcs_mail_message=>create_instance( ).
"! mail->set_sender( sender ).
"! mail->add_recipient( recipient ).
"! mail->set_subject( subject ).
"! mail->set_main( cl_bcs_mail_textpart=>create_text_plain( text ) ).
"! mail->add_attachment( cl_bcs_mail_binarypart=>create_instance(
"! iv_content = xlsx
"! iv_content_type = mime_type
"! iv_filename = `products.xlsx` ) ).
"! mail->send( IMPORTING ev_mail_status = DATA(status) ).
"!
"! The mail leaves the system through its outbound mail configuration - on
"! ABAP Cloud a communication arrangement for SAP_COM_0548, on-premise SMTP
"! in transaction SCOT. Without one the send fails, and the app says why.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smps_app_023 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
DATA sender TYPE string.
DATA recipient TYPE string.
DATA subject TYPE string.
DATA text TYPE string.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS mail_send.
METHODS view_display.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smps_app_023 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
subject = `Products as XLSX`.
text = |Hello,\n\nthe current product list is attached.\n\nSent from an abap2UI5 app.|.
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( `SEND` ).
mail_send( ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD mail_send.
IF sender IS INITIAL OR recipient IS INITIAL.
client->message_box_display( text = `Sender and recipient are both needed` type = `error` ).
RETURN.
ENDIF.
" the attachment - written exactly as z2ui5_cl_smps_app_022 writes it
DATA(xlsx) = z2ui5_cl_smps_xlsx=>write( VALUE #(
( a = `Product` b = `Quantity` c = `Price` d = `Currency` )
( a = `Notebook` b = `2` c = `899.00` d = `EUR` )
( a = `Docking station` b = `2` c = `189.50` d = `EUR` )
( a = `Headset` b = `5` c = `79.90` d = `EUR` ) ) ).
TRY.
DATA(mail) = cl_bcs_mail_message=>create_instance( ).
mail->set_sender( CONV #( sender ) ).
mail->add_recipient( CONV #( recipient ) ).
mail->set_subject( CONV #( subject ) ).
mail->set_main( cl_bcs_mail_textpart=>create_text_plain( text ) ).
mail->add_attachment( cl_bcs_mail_binarypart=>create_instance(
iv_content = xlsx
iv_content_type = CONV #( z2ui5_cl_smps_xlsx=>mime_type )
iv_filename = `products.xlsx` ) ).
" the send hands the mail to the outbound queue - the status says
" whether it left already or is still waiting there
mail->send( IMPORTING ev_mail_status = DATA(status) ).
client->message_box_display( text = |Mail handed over to the mail system, status { status }| type = `success` ).
CATCH cx_bcs_mail INTO DATA(error).
" an invalid address, or no outbound mail configured on this system
client->message_box_display( text = error->get_text( ) type = `error` ).
ENDTRY.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory(
)->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
)->a( n = `displayBlock` v = `true`
)->a( n = `height` v = `100%`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns:form` v = `sap.ui.layout.form` ).
DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - E-Mail - 23 Send a Table as XLSX Attachment`
)->a( n = `showNavButton` b = client->check_app_prev_stack( )
)->a( n = `navButtonPress` v = client->_event_nav_app_leave( ) ).
page->tag( `MessageStrip`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Sends a mail with the product list as .xlsx attachment through cl_bcs_mail_message. The ` &&
`system needs outbound mail configured - a communication arrangement for SAP_COM_0548 ` &&
`on ABAP Cloud, SMTP in SCOT on-premise.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
page->ele( n = `SimpleForm` ns = `form`
)->a( n = `title` v = `cl_bcs_mail_message`
)->a( n = `editable` b = abap_true
)->ele( n = `content` ns = `form`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `From`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( sender )
)->a( n = `type` v = `Email`
)->a( n = `placeholder` v = `a sender address your mail configuration allows`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `To`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( recipient )
)->a( n = `type` v = `Email`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Subject`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( subject )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Text`
)->tag( `TextArea`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( text )
)->a( n = `rows` v = `6`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Attachment`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `products.xlsx - four products, written with XCO` ).
page->ele( `footer`
)->ele( `OverflowToolbar`
)->tag( `ToolbarSpacer`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `SEND` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `Send`
)->a( n = `icon` v = `sap-icon://email`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Emphasized` ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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