SAPGUIforJava TechEd2007

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What is the SAP GUI Family?

SAP GUI for Windows SAP GUI for Java SAP GUI for HTML Choosing the Right GUI Other Sessions Summary

Whats New in SAP GUI for Java 7.10 (1/3)


Platforms
! Support of JSE 6.0 where available ! Windows Vista ! Mac OS X 10.5 ! HP-UX 11.31 ! Various Linux Distributions

Features and improvements


! Input history (by far the most requested feature) ! Revised preference panels ! Dynpro Splitter

For details see the release notes

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Whats New in SAP GUI for Java 7.10 (2/3)


Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) / Dynpro Splitter

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Whats New in SAP GUI for Java 7.10 (3/3)


Windows Vista / New Preferences Dialog

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Deployment Options
Manual Installation
! Double-clickable installer ! Involves user interaction ! Performed by end user

Silent Installation
! Run from command-line without any user interaction ! Options and install path are defined in a text file ! Performed by administrator

Web Deployment
! Installer unpacked on a Web server ! Installation triggered by the content of a web page ! Installer runs as a signed applet ! Prepared by administrator, run by end user

For details see chapter Installation inside the manual


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Central Configuration Management


SAP GUI for Java needs configuration information
! List of all available SAP systems (message servers) ! SAP routers ! Needs to be available on all user workstations

Solution: Web-based Configuration ! Keep common configuration information central ! Simple text files on web server ! User needs to enter one URL only New: ready to go installation ! Administrator creates templates for the configuration
URL to central configuration, settings (connection colors, preset options)

! Templates are deployed during installation ! Result: no hand operated configuration required after installation For details see chapter Administration in manual

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Supported SAP Releases and lifetime of SAP GUI for Java versions 46C 6.20 6.40 7.00 7.10

SAP GUI 7.00 SAP GUI 7.10

EOL 31.03.2008

See http://service.sap.com/pam and http://service.sap.com/sapgui-java for details

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Supported Platforms
Operating Systems ! AIX 5.2, 5.3 (32bit JVM) ! HP-UX 11.0, 11.11 (PA-RISC), 11.23 (PA-RISC), 11.31 (PA-RISC) ! Linux RedHat EL4 (32bit JVM) ! Linux RedHat EL5 (32bit JVM) ! Linux SuSE SLES 10 (32bit JVM) ! Linux openSuSE 10.1-10.2, SLED 10 (32bit JVM) ! Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5 (PowerPC / Intel) ! Solaris 8, 9, 10 (SPARC) ! Windows XP Home, Professional (32bit JVM) ! Windows Server 2003 (32bit JVM) ! Windows Vista (Business / Ultimate) (32bit JVM) Java Virtual Machines ! JSE 5 ! JSE 6 (on Linux, Solaris, Windows) See http://service.sap.com/pam and SAP note 954572 for details
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Limitations of the SAP GUI for Java Limitations compared to SAP GUI for Windows
! Office integration into SAP transactions is not available ! Some GUI components like the BEx explorer are not available ! Some controls in SAP GUI for Windows used for special purposes are not available as JavaBean in SAP GUI for Java, for example
SAP SmartForms advanced ABAP Editor Control

! Graphical screen painter is not available ! Translations of built-in texts like in logon window or options menu are not available for all languages SAP supports ! To see if a transaction is supported for use with SAP GUI for Java check in transaction SE93 For detailed information see note 454939

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Further Information

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SAP Public Web: SAP Developer Network (SDN): www.sdn.sap.com Forums in SDN: ! SAP GUI (Windows und Java) Forum ! Internet Transaction Server (ITS) Forum Wiki in SDN: ! Wiki Internet Transaction Server Business Process Expert (BPX) Community: www.bpx.sap.com SAP GUI Family on service.sap.com/sapgui Related SAP Education and Certification Opportunities http://www.sap.com/education/

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