CODEPAGE_NOT_FOUND_ON_HARDDISK SAP ABAP Runtime Error codepage not found on harddisk

CODEPAGE_NOT_FOUND_ON_HARDDISK is an ABAP runtime error which you may come across when using or developing within an SAP system. See below for the standard details explaining what it means and how you can avoid or fix this runtime error.

Short Dump Classification: F - Installation Errors

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CODEPAGE_NOT_FOUND_ON_HARDDISK ABAP Runtime Error

Check whether environment variable PATH_TO_CODEPAGE was set to a valid path when the SAP system was started, and whether file <runtime parameter> exists there.
The error occurred either because the file does not exist or because the path is wrong (PATH_TO_CODEPAGE must end with a / or a \).

If the file does not exist, you have to create it. The name of the file is <runtime parameter>. The file contains 256 HEX entries, separated by blanks or CR.
Example:
0x00 0x01 0x02 0x03 0x9c 0x09 0x86 0x7f
0x08 ...
....
Position-specific character substitution is performed. In the above example, the character with character code 7 is replaced by the 7th character with code 0x7f.
The tables are not supplied by SAP. You have to define them yourself.

If changes are made, the SAP system must be restarted. File '<runtime parameter>' could not be loaded from the hard disk. Please see installation error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

The current ABAP program had to be terminated because file <runtime parameter>, which is required for the codepage conversion, could not be found.

When the SAP System was started, environment variable PATH_TO_CODEPAGE was set to the following path: <runtime parameter>. This informed the codepage conversion that there are conversion files there.
An attempt was made to open file <runtime parameter><runtime parameter><runtime parameter>.CDP, which contains a table for converting characters with format <runtime parameter> to format <runtime parameter>. Please see installation error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

File <runtime parameter> is required for condepage conversion but could not be found.