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To generate HTML source code, the ITS merges context data sent from SAP system into an HTML template.

The Web browser, however, can handle several different types of data. For example, you could develop an application that displays all the items in your SAPoffice inbox using HTML alone, but e-mails can also contain file attachments in different formats. For this reason, the ITS is also capable of sending arbitrary MIME types and data to the Web browser.

To send a Microsoft Excel attachment to the Web browser, the application uses the MIME type application/excel instead of text/html. If the Web browser can handle this type, it automatically displays all the data received from the ITS.

The following graphic shows how the ITS processes a request that exports MIME data from the SAP system to a Web browser:

  1. At PBO, the application exports MIME data from the SAP system.

  2. The ITS passes the MIME data to a helper application in the Web browser.

    If the transaction has exported MIME data for an OLE-enabled product, and the Web browser is the Microsoft Internet Explorer, the helper application is started within the Web browser.