A new menu item allows you to create a blank XML document template for use with IDocs. The menu item is: File à Blank XML doc. for IDoc Type. However, this feature is useful mainly in the context of using XML documents instead of IDocs, which is the purpose of the IDoc Connector for XML product . See the documentation of this feature in the IDoc Connector for XML product.

• The Code Generator can now generate code for RFC functions (in addition to business objects)
• The Code generator now allows you to generate code for COM-compatible languages, such as Visual Basic, using the code generator that comes with the SAP DCOM Connector. You use the SAP Assistant code generator feature to invoke this code generator.
• The user interface for generating code changed again to simplify its use and to accommodate the above features.

For details, see the topics under Code Generation for Business Objects and RFC Functions.