SAPgui

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SAP GUI for Windows version 6.40
SAP GUI for Windows 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)

[edit] SAP GUI for Windows releases

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
7.10 February 2007 Support for Microsoft Vista and Office 2007; new "Tweak SAP GUI" tool; new ABAP front-end editor

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