PRINT_CONTROL_BUFFER_OVERFLOW SAP ABAP Runtime Error print control buffer overflow

PRINT_CONTROL_BUFFER_OVERFLOW 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.

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PRINT_CONTROL_BUFFER_OVERFLOW ABAP Runtime Error

It is not allowed to put out more than 2^32-1 control characters or index rows on one list page. Buffer overflow of print controls. Please see abap error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

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The ABAP statement PRINT-CONTROL inserts control characters or index characters into the printed list. When the list is given out, a buffer is created for the control characters and index rows respectively. One of these buffers has overflown, which means that more than 2^32-1 entries were written into it.