Release Notes - Missing Features
Release 7.50 rev 6 (April 9, 2019)
The following list contains features that are supported
by the SAPGUI for the Windows Environment, but which are
not yet available for the SAPGUI for the Java
Environment..
-
Office-Integration
with regard to embedding Office documents
inside the SAP GUI screen or controling Office programs by
automation is not supported. However downloading and opening
documents is possible, opening of course depends on the installed
Office products on the client.
- Some ActiveX-controls part of SAP GUI for
Windows used for special purposes are not available as
JavaBean in SAP GUI for Java, for example
-
- Search Help Control is not supported (the
old style F4 help window is used instead, offering the
same functionality).
- CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES: Some methods of
this class are not functional using SAP GUI for Java
because they are not appropriate for a Java application
(like "current directory"), required resources (like
the Windows Registry) or Java APIs are not
available.
-
Html Control: Rendering XML as a tree is currently not supported.
Text outside the XML Tags is displayed, but XML tags and content of attributes are not shown.
There is a feature request at Oracle.
- Graphical Screen Painter is not available.
The alphanumeric layout editor is supported.
- Gantt (ABAP class CL_GUI_BARCHART) and Net (ABAP
class CL_GUI_NETCHART) Graphics are not available
as in SAP GUI for Windows, where these components are
available as ActiveX controls.
- Graphics Add-ons and GMUX are no longer part
of SAP GUI for Java. For details see SAP
Note 1418688.
- Archive Link Viewer support is not yet fully
integrated into the GUI. Currently, it is only possible
to control external viewers by means of WS_EXECUTE
calls.
- Front-End Printing needs to be done using
access method 'G', the new printing architecture for
all platforms supported by SAP GUI for Java. See SAP
Note 821519 for details.
- eCATT is not supported.
- Chart Control: copy/paste is not yet
available.
- Writing Systems: Languages requiring
bidirectional text input/output are not supported.
Transaction Classification: For information, on
whether a specific transaction can be used with SAP GUI for
Java, refer to the transaction classification (transaction
SE93).