SAPgui

SAP GUI version 6.40

SAPgui is the GUI client in SAP R/3's 3-tier architecture of database, application server and client. It is software that runs on a Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh or Unix desktop, and allows a user to access SAP functionality in SAP applications such as mySAP ERP and SAP Business Information Warehouse (now called SAP Business Intelligence).

[edit] SAP GUI family

SAP GUI for the Windows environment
SAP GUI for the Java(TM) environment
SAP GUI for HTML / Internet Transaction Server (ITS)
- Requires Internet Explorer as a browser; other browsers such as Firefox are not officially supported by SAP.

Release	Release date	Features
1.0	–	First "GUI" for SAP software; no graphical elements like checkboxes, radiobuttons and icons
1.1	–	Field length indicated by background colors; fast paths in menus
2.0	–	New GUI for Windows 3.1; System and Application Toolbar added; icons in System Toolbar
2.1	–	New graphical elements: checkboxes, radiobuttons, group boxes and push buttons on screen
3.0	–	Table control introduced; icons added to buttons
3.1	–	Windows95-look with flat buttons; tabstrip control and ABAP List Viewer (ALV) introduced
4.0	–	Screens contain more information to reduce navigation
4.5	–	Active X elements introduced; ALV is now based on grid control
4.6D	July 2000	GUI is re-designed; multiple-areas are introduced to reduce need for screen changes
6.10	July 2001	–
6.20	March 2002	–
6.40	June 2004	Unicode support extended; accessibility and usability improved