Enable support for SAP GUI for Windows

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Prerequisite: Make sure that SAP GUI Scripting is installed

When you install your SAP GUI for Windows application, select the SAP GUI Scripting installation option. If you did not select this option when you installed the SAP GUI for Windows application, it is essential that you reinstall it and select this option before setting the other configuration options described in this section.

SAP provides a range of security mechanisms that enable the administrator to limit the use of SAP GUI Scripting by system, by group, by user, and by scripting functionality. To test SAP GUI for Windows applications, you must ensure that these security mechanisms are not activated. For details on the various security options, see the online SAP GUI Scripting Security Guide at the SAP Service Marketplace.

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Enable scripting on the SAP application (server-side)

1. Confirm that you have the proper support package and kernel patch levels installed:

   Software Component	Release	Support Package	Kernel Patch Level
   SAP_APPL	31I	SAPKH31I96	Kernel 3.1I level 650
   SAP_APPL	40B	SAPKH40B71	Kernel 4.0B level 903
   SAP_APPL	45B	SAPKH45B49	Kernel 4.5B level 753
   SAP_BASIS	46B	SAPKB46B37	Kernel 4.6D level 948
   SAP_BASIS	46C	SAPKB46C29	Kernel 4.6D level 948
   SAP_BASIS	46D	SAPKB46D17	Kernel 4.6D level 948
   SAP_BASIS	610	SAPKB61012	Kernel 6.10 level 360

   Note: This table shows the minimum required versions and levels. You must have these versions and levels or higher.

   For details, see SAP OSS note # 480149.

2. Enable scripting on your SAP application. (By default, scripting is disabled.) You do this by entering the Maintain Profile Parameters window with administrative permissions and setting the sapgui/user_scripting profile parameter to TRUE on the application server.

   • To enable scripting for all users, set this parameter on all application servers.

   • To enable scripting for a specific group of users, set the parameter only on application servers with the appropriate access restriction settings.

   • If you want to record on SAP GUI or on an SAP NWBC client running SAP GUI, you may need to set the sapgui/nwbc_scripting profile parameter to FALSE in transaction rz11.

   For more details, see Enable scripting on the SAP application (server-side).

Note: If you connect to a server on which scripting is disabled, an error message displays when you try to record on your SAP GUI for Windows application.

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Enable scripting on the SAP application (client-side)

You can do this on your SAP client only if the SAP GUI Scripting option is installed. If this option is not installed, reinstall your SAP GUI for Windows application and be sure to select the SAP GUI Scripting check box. For details, see your SAP GUI for Windows documentation.

Eliminate warning messages

By default, you regularly receive two warning messages when using UFT One with an SAP GUI for Windows application:

• When UFT One connects to the Scripting API, the following warning message is displayed: A script is trying to attach to the GUI.

• When UFT One opens a new connection using the Scripting API, the following warning message is displayed: A script is opening a connection to system <system_name>.

We recommend disabling these warning messages in the SAP GUI for Windows application when working with UFT One.

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Check the connection speed on the SAP server

Confirm that the Low speed connection option is NOT selected for the server to which you are connecting before recording and running GUI tests.

This is because when you log on to SAP using the Low speed connection option to communicate with the server, the SAP server does not send sufficient information for UFT One to properly record and run tests. (UFT One displays an error message if the Low speed connection option is selected.)

For details, see SAP OSS note #587202.

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Set F1 Help to use the modal dialog box mode

Confirm that the modal dialog box option is selected. This enables UFT One to record the display of F1 Help in your tests. (The F1 Help in your SAP GUI for Windows application can be displayed using either the Performance Assistant or as a modal dialog box.)

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Set F4 Help to use the dialog display mode

Confirm that your client is set to load F4 Help screens in Dialog mode. (The SAP GUI for Windows application cannot load F4 Help screens in Control mode when using the SAP GUI Scripting API (Enable Scripting option.)

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