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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 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 |
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