SAP GUI for JAVA installation and configuration
Recently, I was doing some RnD on SAP GUI for JAVA, and thought to share some knowledge and experience on same.
As we know Microsoft Windows has dominated over the past decades in the field of desktop OS. We use this OS in our daily work in offices or in home. However Windows in not only the desktop OS on market, but also there are other OSes available such as Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora etc. All these OSes are of Linux variants.
By looking into this SAP has developed SAP GUI for JAVA specially meant for Linux OS. However the best thing is, one can install in Windows OS also.
Before using SAP GUI for JAVA let me remind you that, there are few drawbacks or limitations assiciated with it. Such as below. For more details you can refer to SAP note 454939
- Office Integration with regard to embedding Office documents inside the SAP GUI screen or controling Office programs by automation is not supported (note 509690). However downloading and opening documents is possible, opening of course depends on the installed Office products on the client.
- Search help control is not supported (the old style F4 help window is used instead, offering the same functionality).
- Graphical Screen Painter is not available. The alphanumeric layout editor is supported.
- Front-End Printing needs to be done using access method ‘G’, the new printing architecture for all platforms supported by SAP GUI for Java.
- eCATT is not supported.
- Chart control : copy/paste is not available yet.
In this document I am going to demonstrate how to install and configure SAP GUI for JAVA 7.40 in Windows and Linux desktops.
Before installing, we need to download the installation files and manage some pre-requisites.
Pre-requisites are as follows
Hardware according to the requirements of the Linux/Windows distribution
RAM: 4GB recommended for better performance
Oracle Java SE 8 32- or 64-bit (update 40 or newer)
Visual C++ Libraries VS 2012 11.0.60610 (x86 resp. x86_x64) – for Windows
Supported Windows OS:
Windows 7 32- or 64-bit (Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise Edition)
Windows 8 32- or 64-bit (Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise Edition)
Windows 8.1 32- or 64-bit (Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise Edition)
Supported Linux distributions:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 and 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and 12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
A) Downloading required softwares from SMP.
- The latest version avaiable in SMP is SAP GUI for JAVA 7.40. Go to the link and click on “SAP GUI FOR JAVA”.
- Now click the link based on your OS
- Click on link with the latest patch (here patch 3). The patch files are cumulative in nature. This will download the installation files.
B) Installation Procedure in Linux OS
java -jar PlatinGUI—S.jar install
For uninstallation type the below command
java -jar PlatinGUI—S.jar uninstall
2. Go to the installation directory and type ./guilogon to open logon pad.
C) Installation Procedure in Windows OS
java -jar PlatinGUI—S.jar install
For uninstallation type the below command or run the uninstall.bat batch file present in installation directory
java -jar PlatinGUI—S.jar uninstall
2. Go to the installation directory and under bin directory run guilogon.bat to open logon pad or double click on the shortcut created.
D) Configuring for Connection settings (valid for Windows & Linux)
- On the logon pad click on new connection
- Give description and click on “Advanced” tab. Here we have to set the connection string.
- Check the “Expert Mode” and put the string in the following syntax
That’s it. All done.
Sap java add in
Release 3.1.7 of the SAP Java Connector includes fixes and new functionality as described in SAP Note 3276799. It also contains all fixes and enhancements of previous patch releases: 3204567, 3115707, 3036882 and 2947370.
SAP Note 2786882 describes which operating systems and versions with which JDKs/JREs are supported by the SAP Java Connector 3.1, and when the SAP Java Connector 3.1 maintenance and support period will end.
The SDK package of SAP Java Connector 3.1 includes the software, documentation, and examples. The SAP Java Connector 3.1 requires a JDK/JRE 8, 11 or 17. SAP Java Connector 3.1 running on Windows operating systems requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 C/C++ runtime libraries to be installed on the system. See SAP Note 2786882.
Notes
- The SDK archives for Windows and macOS of the SAP Java Connector are shipped as a ZIP file embedded in a ZIP file.
The SDK archives for the Unix versions of the SAP Java Connector are shipped as a TGZ file embedded in a ZIP file. - Extract the nested archive variant from the downloaded archive first. In case you have installation instructions from some other component, they usually refer to the nested archive.
- After extracting the content from the nested archive, further installation instructions can be found in the file /javadoc/installation.html.
Note on 32-bit versus 64-bit versions:
You only need the 64-bit version of the SAP Java Connector if you are using a 64-bit Java VM. If you have to use a 32-bit Java VM on a 64-bit platform, download and use the 32-bit version of JCo. The 64-bit variant should always be preferred on 64-bit platforms.
Some JVMs offer both modes: 32-bit as well as 64-bit. In this case you need to start the JVM with an additional start-up parameter to specify the mode. Usually these are options -d32 and -d64; please consult the JVM documentation for further details.
| Operating system | Processor | Release date | File size (KB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows and Windows Server | 32-bit | December 21, 2022 | 5,694 |
| 64-bit x86* | December 21, 2022 | 5,837 | |
| Linux for Intel compatible processors | 64-bit x86* | December 21, 2022 | 4,321 |
| Linux for IBM PowerPC processors | 64-bit LE** | December 21, 2022 | 4,496 |
| Linux for IBM eServer zSeries | 64-bit | December 21, 2022 | 4,452 |
| Apple macOS | 64-bit ARM | December 21, 2022 | 4,307 |
| 64-bit x86* | December 21, 2022 | 4,489 | |
| HP-UX | 64-bit Itanium | December 21, 2022 | 7,207 |
| IBM AIX | 64-bit | December 21, 2022 | 5,049 |
| IBM i (OS/400 PASE) | 64-bit | December 21, 2022 | 19,266 |
| IBM z/OS | 64-bit | December 21, 2022 | 4,331 |
| Oracle Solaris (SunOS) | 64-bit SPARC | December 21, 2022 | 5,677 |
| 64-bit x86* | December 21, 2022 | 5,153 |
* «64-bit x86» refers to Intel EM64T and AMD64 processors.
** «64-bit LE» refers to IBM PowerPC 64-bit processors running in little-endian mode.
In case of problems with the SAP Java Connector, create a support case under component BC-MID-CON-JCO.
Download SAP Java Connector 3.0 SDK
Release 3.0.21 of the SAP Java Connector includes fixes and new functionality as described in SAP Note 3001078. It also contains all fixes and enhancements of previous patch releases: 2738207, 2629118, 2531996, 2442840, 2361127, 2301211, 2245017, 2155739, 2015561, 1919773, 1748457, 1671480, 1643299, 1572431, 1467969, 1438294, 1405464, 1385673, 1310832 and 1264236.
The maintenance and support period for SAP Java Connector 3.0 ended on October 31, 2020.
SAP Note 1077727 describes which operating systems and versions with which JDKs/JREs are supported by the SAP Java Connector 3.0.
The SDK package of SAP Java Connector 3.0 includes software, documentation, and examples. The SAP Java Connector 3.0 requires a JDK/JRE 5, 6, 7, 8 or 11. SAP Java Connector 3.0 running on Windows operating systems requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 C/C++ runtime libraries to be installed on the system. See SAP Note 1077727.
Notes
- The SDK archives for Windows and macOS of the SAP Java Connector are shipped as a ZIP file embedded in a ZIP file.
The SDK archives for the Unix versions of the SAP Java Connector are shipped as a TGZ file embedded in a ZIP file. - Extract the nested archive variant from the downloaded archive first. In case you have installation instructions from some other component, they usually refer to the nested archive.
- After extracting the content from the nested archive, further installation instructions can be found in the file /javadoc/installation.html.
Note on 32-bit versus 64-bit versions:
You only need the 64-bit version of the SAP Java Connector if you are using a 64-bit Java VM. If you have to use a 32-bit Java VM on a 64-bit platform, download and use the 32-bit version of JCo. But the 64-bit variant should always be preferred on 64-bit platforms, if feasible.
Some JVMs offer both modes: 32-bit as well as 64-bit. In this case you need to start the JVM with an additional start-up parameter to specify the mode. Usually these are options -d32 and -d64; please consult the JVM documentation for further details.
| Operating system | Processor | Release date | File size (KB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows and Windows Server | 32-bit | December 17, 2020 | 5,520 |
| 64-bit Itanium | December 17, 2020 | 6,396 | |
| 64-bit x86* | December 17, 2020 | 5,587 | |
| Linux for Intel compatible processors | 32-bit | December 17, 2020 | 3,638 |
| 64-bit Itanium | December 17, 2020 | 4,687 | |
| 64-bit x86* | December 17, 2020 | 3,811 | |
| Linux for IBM PowerPC processors | 64-bit BE** | December 17, 2020 | 4,468 |
| 64-bit LE** | December 17, 2020 | 3,730 | |
| Linux for IBM eServer zSeries | 64-bit | December 17, 2020 | 4,028 |
| Apple macOS (OS X) for Intel processors | 32-bit | December 17, 2020 | 3,864 |
| 64-bit x86* | December 17, 2020 | 3,899 | |
| HP-UX | 64-bit PA-RISC | December 17, 2020 | 4,508 |
| 64-bit Itanium | December 17, 2020 | 5,700 | |
| IBM AIX | 64-bit | December 17, 2020 | 4,180 |
| IBM i (OS/400 PASE) | 64-bit | December 17, 2020 | 11,745 |
| IBM z/OS | 64-bit | December 17, 2020 | 3,769 |
| Oracle Solaris (SunOS) | 64-bit SPARC | December 17, 2020 | 4,332 |
| 64-bit x86* | December 17, 2020 | 3,878 |
* «64-bit x86» refers to Intel EM64T and AMD64 processors.
** «BE» and «LE» refer to IBM PowerPC 64-bit processors running in big-endian or little-endian mode.
In case of problems with the SAP Java Connector, create a support case under component BC-MID-CON-JCO.