How To Fix W8200 - Internal error in HTML generation: Line length exceeded (&)

W8200 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: W8 - Workflow: Expressions, data flow

• Message number: 200

• Message text: Internal error in HTML generation: Line length exceeded (&)

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W8200 - Details

• SAP Error Message:
  W8200 Internal error in HTML generation: Line length exceeded (&)
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs during the generation of HTML output in SAP when a line exceeds the maximum allowed length. SAP's HTML generation engine has a limit on the length of a single line in the generated HTML code. If this limit is exceeded, the system raises this internal error.
  Common scenarios causing this include:
  
  Very long strings or URLs without breaks.
  Large amounts of data concatenated into a single line.
  Custom code or standard SAP programs generating HTML output with very long lines.
  Long text fields or data dumps being output directly into HTML without proper formatting or line breaks.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, consider the following approaches:
  
  
  Check and Modify the Code Generating HTML:
  
  Identify the program or report generating the HTML output.
  Insert line breaks or split long strings into smaller chunks before output.
  Use appropriate formatting functions to ensure no single line exceeds the length limit.
  
  
  
  Use