title: Custom Search Help from Application Server Directory ABAP
body: <p>I have requirement to provider customer search help for user and data to be retrieved from application server directory.</p>
  
  <p>Following is the detail of directory and File type.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><strong>Application Server Directory:</strong> /usr/sap/tmp/</li>
  <li><strong>File type extension .txt</strong> should only be available in search help.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Custom Search help should display Directory Name and File having extension .txt.<br>
  Users should not be able to select files from any other directory.</p>
  
  <p>Example of Search help output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Directory Name    File Name
  --------------    --------------
  /usr/sap/tmp/     file_name1.txt
  /usr/sap/tmp/     file_name2.txt
  /usr/sap/tmp/     file_name3.txt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Following links are helpful but my requirement is not fulfilled.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://archive.sap.com/discussions/thread/285999" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://archive.sap.com/discussions/thread/285999</a></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>F4_FILENAME</li>
  <li>cl_gui_frontend_services=>directory_browse</li>
  <li>/SAPDMC/LSM_F4_SERVER_FILE</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><a href="https://archive.sap.com/discussions/thread/715635" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://archive.sap.com/discussions/thread/715635</a></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>F4_DXFILENAME_TOPRECURSION</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>is there any one who has better solution?</p>
  
  <p>regards,</p>
  
  <p>Umar Abdullah</p>