Upload Tab delimited file from PC into ABAP internal table

ABAP code for uploading a TAB delimited file into an internal table. See code below for structures. The code is base on uploading a simple txt file.

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Report  ZUPLOADTAB                                                  *
*&                                                                     *
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Example of Uploading tab delimited file                             *
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
REPORT  zuploadtab                    .
PARAMETERS: p_infile  LIKE rlgrap-filename
                        OBLIGATORY DEFAULT  '/usr/sap/'..
*DATA: ld_file LIKE rlgrap-filename.
DATA: gd_file type string.
*Internal tabe to store upload data
TYPES: BEGIN OF t_record,
    name1 LIKE pa0002-vorna,
    name2 LIKE pa0002-name2,
    age   TYPE i,
    END OF t_record.
DATA: it_record TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF t_record INITIAL SIZE 0,
      wa_record TYPE t_record.
*Internal table to upload data into
DATA: BEGIN OF it_datatab OCCURS 0,
  row(500) TYPE c,
 END OF it_datatab.
*Text version of data table
TYPES: BEGIN OF t_uploadtxt,
  name1(10) TYPE c,
  name2(15) TYPE c,
  age(5)  TYPE c,
 END OF t_uploadtxt.
DATA: wa_uploadtxt TYPE t_uploadtxt.
*String value to data in initially.
DATA: wa_string(255) TYPE c.
CONSTANTS: con_tab TYPE x VALUE '09'.
*If you have Unicode check active in program attributes then you will
*need to declare constants as follows:
*class cl_abap_char_utilities definition load.
*constants:
*    con_tab  type c value cl_abap_char_utilities=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.
************************************************************************
*AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR P_INFILE.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN ON VALUE-REQUEST FOR P_infile.
  CALL FUNCTION 'WS_FILENAME_GET'
       EXPORTING
            def_filename     = p_infile
            mask             = ',*.txt.'
            mode             = 'O'
            title            = 'Upload File'(078)
       IMPORTING
            filename         = p_infile
       EXCEPTIONS
            inv_winsys       = 1
            no_batch         = 2
            selection_cancel = 3
            selection_error  = 4
            OTHERS           = 5.
************************************************************************
*START-OF-SELECTION
START-OF-SELECTION.
  gd_file = p_infile.
  CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
    EXPORTING
      filename                = gd_file
      has_field_separator     = 'X'  "file is TAB delimited
    TABLES
      data_tab                = it_record
    EXCEPTIONS
      file_open_error         = 1
      file_read_error         = 2
      no_batch                = 3
      gui_refuse_filetransfer = 4
      invalid_type            = 5
      no_authority            = 6
      unknown_error           = 7
      bad_data_format         = 8
      header_not_allowed      = 9
      separator_not_allowed   = 10
      header_too_long         = 11
      unknown_dp_error        = 12
      access_denied           = 13
      dp_out_of_memory        = 14
      disk_full               = 15
      dp_timeout              = 16
      OTHERS                  = 17.
    IF sy-subrc NE 0.
      write: 'Error ', sy-subrc, 'returned from GUI_UPLOAD FM'.
      skip.
    endif.
* Alternative method, where by you split fields at each TAB after you
* have returned the data. No point unless you dont have access to
* GUI_UPLOAD but just included for information
*
*  CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
*       EXPORTING
*            filename        = gd_file
*            filetype        = 'ASC'
*       TABLES
*            data_tab        = it_datatab  "ITBL_IN_RECORD[]
*       EXCEPTIONS
*            file_open_error = 1
*            OTHERS          = 2.
*  IF sy-subrc NE 0.
*  ELSE.
*    LOOP AT it_datatab.
*      CLEAR: wa_string, wa_uploadtxt.
*      wa_string = it_datatab.
*      SPLIT wa_string AT con_tab INTO wa_uploadtxt-name1
*                                      wa_uploadtxt-name2
*                                      wa_uploadtxt-age.
*      MOVE-CORRESPONDING wa_uploadtxt TO wa_record.
*      APPEND wa_record TO it_record.
*    ENDLOOP.
*  ENDIF.
************************************************************************
*END-OF-SELECTION
END-OF-SELECTION.
*!! Text data is now contained within the internal table IT_RECORD
* Display report data for illustration purposes
LOOP AT it_record INTO wa_record.
  WRITE:/     sy-vline,
         (10) wa_record-name1, sy-vline,
         (10) wa_record-name2, sy-vline,
         (10) wa_record-age, sy-vline.
ENDLOOP.

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