New Features in Release 4.5 (SAP Library - SAP Automation GUI Interfaces (BC-FES-AIT))

New Features in Release 4.5

Release 4.5A

The SAP Automation GUI now uses GUILib to communicate with R3 instead of the Merlin interface.

The GUI Component is available as an OLE control as well as an out-of-process executable server.

The GUI Component now supports early IDispatch binding, thus allowing type-safe binding from Visual Basic.
Both the GUI Library and the GUI Component now support the ability to get an event from Front. This means that you can capture end-user actions on the standard SAPGUI Front directly, as shown in the following illustration:

To take advantage of this feature, use the GV_GETFRONTEVENT flag of the It_GetEventEx function when using the GUI Library, or use the GetEventFront method of the SapEvent object when using the GUI Component.

Multiple sessions are supported by the GUI Library and by the OCX version of the GUI Component. See the topic Using Multiple Sessions for the GUI Library and for the GUI Component.

SAP’s /H/S/ style host name specifications are now supported.

Message and OK Code help are now supported.

Scrolling without scrolling keys is now supported.

Hotspot and UppercaseInput styles are now supported.

New SapEvent properties: Client, DataColumns, DataColumnScreenSize, DataColumnStart, DataRows, DataRowScreenSize, DataRowStart, GetAllMenus, Menus, MenuToSend, MessageHelpFlag, ModalLeft, ModalHeight, ModalTop, ModalWidth, OKHelpFlag, R2, ScrollColumnToSend, ScrollRowToSend, SendScrollColumnsFlag, SendScrollRowsFlags, SetSizeFlag, Username.

New SapEvent methods: Connect, TableEntry.

New SapControl properties: Area, Block, Container, Group, Has3D, HotSpot, TableControlInfo, UppercaseInput.

New SapKey properties: Info, Order, Toolbar, ToolbarHasIcon, ToolbarIconCode, ToolbarIconName, ToolbarIconText.

New SapMenu properties: Active, Child, Expanded, Flags, Name, Next, Parent, Popup, PopupRequested.

New SapTableControlInfo properties: Columns, ColumnSelectionType, ControlOKCode, DataRows, FixedColumns, Flags, Rows, RowSelectionType, ScrollOKCode, StartColumn, StartRow.

New SapTabStripControlInfo properties: GetNumButtons, GetNumLocalButtons, GetLeftButton, GetActiveButton, SetActiveButton, GetNumButtonRows, GetButtonHeight, GetTabOrientation, GetScrollArrowPos, GetTextOritentation, GetTabStyle.

Release 4.5B

GUI Library

New It_SendEventEx function expands the functionality of the It_SendEvent function, by allowing you to specify a flag, SV_SENDTOFRONT, with which you can send an event to the SAPGUI Front, instead of to the R/3 application server. See the topic Using the Event Structure.

New It_AbortGetEvent function allows you to abort the operation of getting an event.

New It_SetDelSessionHook function allows you to register a callback watching for a deletion of a session.

New ItEv_GetSessionCount function gives you the number of active sessions.

In previous versions if you ran SAPGUI Front alongside an application using the GUI Library you had to use the same release of SAPGUI Front. Now you can use GUI Library applications alongside SAPGUI Front of any R/3 releases starting with release 3.1H or higher.

GUI Component

The EXE version of the GUI Component now supports multiple sessions

New SendEventToFront method of SapEvent allows you to send an event to the SAPGUI Front, instead of to the application server.

New NewServerConnectionEx method of SapEvent allows you to connect to a specific aspplication server.

GUI Code Generator

The GUI Code Generator is now able to render Tab strip controls.