Initial System-Wide Configuration Settings for Web Dynpro ABAP

Use

After you have installed the system and before you start developing Web Dynpro applications, components, and interfaces, the configuration settings described below must be made.

Prerequisites

You have installed the Application Server ABAP (AS ABAP). You can find more information at Internet address http://service.sap.com/instguidesnw70Information published on SAP site.

You can find more information about the required system landscape in the Master Guide for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 at http://service.sap.com/installNW70Information published on SAP site.

As well as installing the AS-ABAP, you must also configure it correctly. You can find information about AS ABAP configuration in the SAP Reference IMG (Implementation Guide) under Application Server or in the SAP Solution Manager under Business Process Repository (transaction SOLAR_LIBRARY) in area Start of the navigation pathSolutions Next navigation step Basic Configuration Next navigation step Configuration Structures Next navigation step SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (2004s) Next navigation step Usage Type AS-ABAP.End of the navigation path

Initial Configuration Settings

To ensure Web Dynpro for ABAP applications can be smoothly created and operated, some additional configuration settings are necessary for areas underlying the Web Dynpro programming model (the Internet Communication Manager (ICM), Internet Communication Framework (ICF), and the View Designer). These settings are also necessary to comply with the security requirements.

ICM

HTTP or HTTPS must be set in the ICM (see also Displaying and Changing Services).

ICF

  • ICF services must be activated.

    If a service is not activated by default, you can activate it from the SAP Implementation Guide (IMG). In transaction SPRO, choose Display SAP Reference IMG. The path in the Implementation Guide for SAP NetWeaver is: Start of the navigation pathApplication Server Next navigation step Internet Communication Framework Next navigation step Activate HTTP ServicesEnd of the navigation path or Activate Services in Installation.

    More information: Active Services in SICF and SAP Note 1088717 Information published on SAP site.

    When a Web Dynpro application is created, a node for it is automatically created in the ICF tree.

    Note that the system performs a check against the Authorization Object when an ICF node is created.

  • Administration of (ICF) server functions (authorization assignment): Server Function Administration

  • Administration of (ICF) client functions (creation of RFC destinations, and so on): Client Function Administration

View Designer

For the layout editor in the View Designer, all the services specified in Active Services in SICF for Web Dynpro ABAP must be activated. More information: SAP notes 1009930 Information published on SAP site and 1008689 Information published on SAP site.

SSO

SSO must be set up on the relevant application server. More information: Configuring AS-ABAP for Supporting SSL. For more information about security for Web Dynpro ABAP application, see Security Aspects for Web Dynpro for ABAP.

Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN)

Avoid shortened FQDN.

Configuration Settings Depending on Requirements

Depending on which Web Dynpro for ABAP functions you use, additional configuration settings may be necessary.

Using

Configuration Settings

Portal Integration

If you want to run your Web Dynpro ABAP application in the Portal, the prerequisites described in Portal Integration: Prerequisites must be fulfilled.

Integrating Forms

The conditions described under Form Integration Prerequisites apply for the integration of PDF documents.

UI elements Gantt and Network

When using UI elements Gantt and Network in your applications, keep in mind the following:

  • A standard browser and a Java runtime in the form of the Sun plug-in must be installed on the front end.

  • The Java version should be 1.5. Windows and Linux are supported.

FlashIsland UI Element

To integrate Adobe Flash Islands using UI element FlashIsland the prerequisites described in

Adobe Flash Islands Integration apply.

SilverlightIsland UI Element

To integrate Microsoft Silverlight Islands using UI element SilverlightIsland the prerequisites described in

Microsoft Silverlight Islands Integration apply.

UI elements AcfUpDownload and AcfExecute

A valid whitelist is required for the two UI elements AcfExecute und AcfUpDownload.

OfficeControl UI Element

To use the OfficeControl, you need:

  • Whitelist as for AcfExecute and AcfUpDownload

  • Installation of Microsoft Office

    For more information about the Microsoft Office versions supported by SAP see note 892638 Information published on SAP site.

  • ActiveX must be activated in the browser.

For more information, see notes 766191 Information published on SAP site, 1016683 Information published on SAP site, 846952 Information published on SAP site, 892638 Information published on SAP site, and 949770 Information published on SAP site.

BIApplicationFrame UI Element

To use BI Application Frame you need a connection to a BI system or to have the relevant BI data in your system.

GeoMap UI Element

The GeoMap UI element can only be used with a special software component that is provided by the geographical maps.

This software component, which you can use to expand the Internet Graphics Service (IGS), is not delivered with AS-ABAP. It must be purchased from a third-party provider. The GeoMap UI element cannot be displayed without this complementary software component. See also SAP Note 994568 Information published on SAP site.

SAP List Viewer (ALV)

No additional configuration settings are required to use the SAP List Viewer in Web Dynpro for ABAP.

The following IMG activities enable you to make different settings for the ALV when required and to set up ALV printing. In SAP Reference IMG (Implementation Guidelines) for SAP NetWeaver choose node SAP List Viewer (ALV).

Help integration

To integrate Help Texts from Knowledge Warehouse, as well as the info objects for the help texts themselves, to create help texts you need an AIO_FOR_HELP_LINKS RFC connection to your Knowledge Warehouse system.

To display help texts in a Web Dynpro ABAP application you need to use the help processor. You can find information about installing and configuring the help processor in the relevant guides at the SAP Service Marketplace (http://service.sap.com/installnw70Information published on SAP site), under Start of the navigation pathInstallation & Upgrade Guides Next navigation step Other Documentation Next navigation step SAP LibraryEnd of the navigation path

To activate the display of the Help Center in the portal environment, proceed as described in Activating and Configuring the Help Center for SAP Applications.

More information: Making Information Available to Users in the Help Center

Additional Information

Details of the concepts and functions that the Web Dynpro programming model offers for the ABAP area can be found in the Web Dynpro for ABAP documentation.