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 TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_dbf_record,

         field1 TYPE char10,   " Char

         field2 TYPE n LENGTH 5, " Numc (Always numeric char internally)

         field3 TYPE d,        " Date (DBF saves dates as 'YYYYMMDD')

         field4 TYPE p DECIMALS 2, " Dec (Maps to plain decimal string)

         " Define all remaining 60 fields here in identical data sequence

       END OF ty_dbf_record.

DATA: lt_target_table TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_dbf_record,

      ls_target_row   TYPE ty_dbf_record.

DATA: lv_filepath   TYPE string VALUE '/usr/sap/trans/yourfile.dbf',

      lv_header_bin TYPE x LENGTH 32,

      lv_header_len TYPE i,

      lv_record_len TYPE i,

      lv_raw_record TYPE string. " Record container

" 1. Open the file strictly in binary mode to accurately handle byte structures

OPEN DATASET lv_filepath FOR INPUT IN BINARY MODE.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

  MESSAGE 'Failed to open application server file.' TYPE 'E'.

ENDIF.

" 2. Read the first 32 bytes to dynamically capture file boundaries

READ DATASET lv_filepath INTO lv_header_bin.

" Extract Header Length from Bytes 8-9 (Convert Little-Endian Hex to ABAP Integer)

lv_header_len = lv_header_bin+8(1) + ( lv_header_bin+9(1) * 256 ). 

" Extract Record Length from Bytes 10-11

lv_record_len = lv_header_bin+10(1) + ( lv_header_bin+11(1) * 256 ).

" 3. Skip past the rest of the metadata header directly to record start

SET DATASET lv_filepath POSITION lv_header_len.

" 4. Loop to process 70,000 lines line-by-line (Zero impact on heap memory)

DO.

  " Read one precise record package at a time using its length property

  READ DATASET lv_filepath INTO lv_raw_record MAXIMUM LENGTH lv_record_len.

  IF sy-subrc <> 0.

    EXIT. " End of file reached smoothly

  ENDIF.

  " Skip records flagged as deleted (First byte is '*')

  IF lv_raw_record+0(1) = '*'. 

    CONTINUE.

  ENDIF.

  " 5. Populate your fields using offset mapping (+Position(Length))

  " NOTE: Remember offset 0 is the deletion flag, so field 1 starts at 1

  ls_target_row-field1 = lv_raw_record+1(10).  " Mapping a 10-char text field

  ls_target_row-field2 = lv_raw_record+11(5).  " Mapping a 5-digit NUMC

  ls_target_row-field3 = lv_raw_record+16(8).  " DBF Dates 'YYYYMMDD' map perfectly to DATS

  ls_target_row-field4 = lv_raw_record+24(12). " ABAP natively casts raw decimals '1540.50' to P/DEC fields

  

  " ... map remaining 56 fields based on your DBF field specifications ...

  APPEND ls_target_row TO lt_target_table.

  CLEAR ls_target_row.

ENDDO.

CLOSE DATASET lv_filepath.