METHOD read_text. DATA: lines TYPE TABLE OF tline, header TYPE THEAD, lt_text TYPE soli_tab. CALL FUNCTION 'READ_TEXT' EXPORTING id = 'ST' language = sy-langu name = "Textname" object = 'TEXT' IMPORTING header = header TABLES lines = lines EXCEPTIONS id = 1 language = 2 name = 3 not_found = 4 object = 5 reference_check = 6 wrong_access_to_archive = 7 OTHERS = 8. IF sy-subrc <> 0. ENDIF. CALL FUNCTION 'INIT_TEXTSYMBOL'. CALL FUNCTION 'SET_TEXTSYMBOL' EXPORTING name = '&MATNR&' value = '00000001' replace = 'X'. CALL FUNCTION 'REPLACE_TEXTSYMBOL' EXPORTING endline = lines( lines ) startline = 1 TABLES lines = lines. CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_ITF_TO_STREAM_TEXT' EXPORTING language = sy-langu TABLES itf_text = lines text_stream = lt_text. ENDMETHOD.