This file provides important information you should read before using the webMethods SAP Adapter 6.5.
Documentation about how to install the webMethods SAP Adapter is located in the webMethods SAP Adapter Installation Guide. For a complete list of SAP Adapter documentation, see section 7.0 Documentation in this readme.
For release information about the SAP Adapter, see the webMethods SAP Adapter Release Notes 6.5. For release information about webMethods Fabric, see webMethods Fabric Release Notes 6.5. For information about technical support, see the General Support Statement for webMethods Fabric.
2.0 Known Issues
3.0 Usage Notes
5.0 Deprecated Items
6.0 Globalization
6.1 Localization and Certification
6.2 Configuration
6.3 Known Globalization Issues
7.0 Documentation
7.1 Major Documentation Changes
7.2 Known Documentation Issues
10.0 Viewing the readme for the Previous Version
For late-breaking critical information, refer to the Critical Information area on the webMethods Advantage Web site.
1-11ZW4D
When you define the input/output signature for an adapter service or RFC
notification, fields of type byte [ ] will have no wrapper type assigned.
1-11237F
When synchronizing a document to the Broker, you will receive an error indicating
that the field name beginning with “@” is invalid on the Broker. You can
proceed with the synchronization, and the document will be processed by the
adapter correctly.
1-ZTAP7
When updating the RFC in an RFC notification (synchronous), the signature of
the notification changes as expected, but the request document does not clear
out the old input values when a different RFC is selected.
1-11SVVP
After creating a new adapter service, the request fields in the Use column are
unselected. When you run the service, all the fields are displayed for the user
to input values.
For other known issues and troubleshooting information about SAP Adapter, go to the webMethods Advantage Knowledge Base.
- When creating a new adapter service, the user should never select the connection named wm.sap.internal.cs:emptyConnection.
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webMethods SAP Adapter conforms to the international standards of webMethods, which require: operation in any country, locale, or language configuration as listed in the webMethods Installation Guide; support for character encodings; and proper formatting, display, and validation of data (such as number and date formats). These features have been tested in this release and any known issues are listed below.
webMethods SAP Adapter is provided with an English user interface, messages, and documentation. Language packs containing support for other languages, when available, can be installed at any time using the webMethods Installer. webMethods SAP Adapter 6.5 supports simultaneous multi-locale operation.
webMethods SAP Adapter was tested with non-ASCII data using various Unicode and non-Unicode encodings. It was tested in Far East Asian locales and is supported for operation in any locale provided by your operating environment. The tested environments included Japanese Windows 2003 against a Japanese SAP R/3 4.6C system.
If you expect to display non-English data in your webMethods tools, make sure an appropriate font is installed in your operating environment. If you see hollow boxes or black squares where you expect to see non-English data, modify your JRE font.properties file to reference an appropriate font. For information on modifying your font.properties file, go to Sun's Java website. For instructions, see:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/intl/fontprop.html
http://www.unicode.org/help/display_problems.html
The configuration of the database you use with webMethods SAP Adapter affects the characters the database can contain. If you select a non-Unicode encoding for the database, characters from outside that encoding will be lost when you store data in the database. webMethods recommends that you use the most appropriate Unicode encoding for your database character set. See the webMethods Installation Guide and your database vendor's documentation for instructions on choosing and setting the character encoding for your database and environment.
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For webMethods SAP Adapter 6.5 technical documentation, go to the <Integration_Server_Directory>/packages/WmSAP/pub/doc directory or the webMethods Advantage Bookshelf. These manuals are provided as PDF files:
- webMethods SAP Adapter Installation Guide
- webMethods SAP Adapter User's Guide
To view the documentation, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later.
The webMethods SAP Adapter User’s Guide describes how to configure SAP Adapters using the common framework provided by the WmART package.
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webMethods Access, webMethods Administrator, webMethods Broker, webMethods Dashboard, webMethods Developer, webMethods Fabric, webMethods Glue, webMethods Installer, webMethods Integration Server, webMethods Mainframe, webMethods Manager, webMethods Modeler, webMethods Monitor, webMethods Optimize, webMethods Portal, webMethods Servicenet, webMethods Trading Networks, and webMethods Workflow are trademarks of webMethods, Inc. webMethods and the webMethods logo are registered trademarks of webMethods, Inc.
All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2006 by webMethods, Inc. All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
Java (TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition, Version 1.4 Licensed material - Property of IBM (c) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1996-2004. All rights reserved.
Authorized technical support contacts can reach webMethods Customer Care for support via:
Web: webMethods Advantage webMethods online support center
E-mail: support@webMethods.com
Phone:
Japan
0120-979-762 (Toll Free in
or +81-3-6229-3751
In addition, self-service support is available in the webMethods Advantage Knowledge Base and in the webMethods Advantage Customer Forums.
To view information about the previous release of webMethods SAP Adapter, see the previous readme on the webMethods Bookshelf.
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