1 Basic Principles of SAP Interface Programming

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1.1 SAP NetWeaver Application Server

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1.1.1 SAP Solutions and SAP NetWeaver

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1.1.2 SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP

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1.1.3 SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java

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1.2 Security

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1.2.1 Security in Heterogeneous Landscapes

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1.2.2 User Management Engine

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1.2.3 KeyStores: Authentication, Signatures, Encryption

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1.2.4 Authentication and Authorization

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1.3 Programming SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP

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1.3.1 ABAP Dictionary

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1.3.2 Authentication and Authorization

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1.3.3 Number Ranges

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1.3.4 Function Modules

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1.3.5 Update Modules

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1.3.6 Application Functions and User Interfaces

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1.4 Overview of SAP Interface Technologies

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1.4.1 File Interface

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1.4.2 Remote Function Call

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1.4.3 BAPIs

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1.4.4 Application Link Enabling

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1.4.5 SOAP

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1.4.6 XI SOAP

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2 Remote Function Call with ABAP

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2.1 RFC Function Modules in ABAP

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2.1.1 Function Modules for Reading

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2.1.2 Call via sRFC

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2.1.3 Function Modules for Deleting and Changing

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2.2 Transactional RFC

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2.3 Queued RFC

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2.3.1 qRFC with Outbound Queue

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2.3.2 qRFC with Outbound and Inbound Queue

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2.4 Business Objects and BAPIs

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2.4.1 Developing Business Objects

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2.4.2 Developing BAPIs

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2.4.3 “Helpvalues” Business Object

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3 Remote Function Call with C

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3.1 C RFC Library

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3.1.1 RFC Software Development Kit

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3.1.2 Connection Tests

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3.1.3 Compiling and Linking

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3.2 Simple RFC Clients and RFC Parameters

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3.2.1 Structure of an RFC Client Program

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3.2.2 Simple Parameters

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3.2.3 Structured Parameters

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3.2.4 Table Parameters

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3.3 More Complex RFC Clients

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3.3.1 Calling BAPIs

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3.3.2 Transactional RFC

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3.3.3 Queued RFC

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3.4 RFC Server

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3.4.1 Logon to Gateway

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3.4.2 Installing and Executing Functions

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3.4.3 Dispatching

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3.4.4 Transactional RFC

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4 Remote Function Call with Java

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4.1 SAP Java Connector

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4.1.1 Installation

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4.1.2 Architecture of SAP Java Connector

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4.1.3 Programming with SAP Java Connector

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4.1.4 Processing Tables and Structures

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4.1.5 Transactional RFC

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4.1.6 Queued RFC

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4.1.7 Metadata Processing

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4.2 Enterprise Connector

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4.2.1 Generating Proxy Classes

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4.2.2 Programming the Client

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4.3 RFC Server

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4.3.1 Server-Side and Client-Side Repository

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4.3.2 Programming a Simple JCo Server

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4.3.3 Registering a Function Handler

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4.3.4 Managing Transactions

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4.4 JCo RFC Provider Service

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4.5 SAP NetWeaver Portal Connector Framework

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4.5.1 Java Connector Architecture

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4.5.2 System Landscape of the Portal

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4.5.3 Introduction to Programming in the Portal

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4.5.4 Application Example of the Connector Framework

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5 IDocs and ALE

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5.1 IDocs

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5.1.1 Developing IDocs

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5.1.2 Creating IDocs

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5.1.3 Inbound Processing of IDocs

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5.2 ALE

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5.2.1 ALE Configuration

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5.2.2 Testing and Monitoring

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5.2.3 ALE Interface for BAPIs

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5.3 IDoc Programming with the C RFC Library

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5.3.1 IDoc Receiver

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5.3.2 IDoc Sender

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5.4 IDoc Programming with Java and JCo

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5.4.1 Preparation for the Use of IDoc Libraries

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5.4.2 Client Application for IDocs

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5.4.3 IDoc Server

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5.4.4 Configuration for the Dispatch of IDocs

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6 Service-Oriented Architecture Protocol

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6.1 Web Services and Clients with SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP

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6.1.1 ABAP SOAP Web Service

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6.1.2 ABAP SOAP Web Client

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6.2 Web Services and Clients with SAP NetWeaver AS Java

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6.2.1 Web Service Infrastructure in SAP NetWeaver AS Java

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6.2.2 Web Service Provider with J2EE

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6.2.3 Web Service Clients

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6.2.4 Adaptive Web Service with Web Dynpro

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6.3 SOAP Programming with Java

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6.3.1 Java API for XML Web Services

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6.3.2 Implementing a Web Service Client

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6.3.3 Implementing a Web Service Provider

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6.4 SOAP Programming with C

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7 SAP NetWeaver Process Integration

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7.1 SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure 3.0

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7.1.1 System Landscape Directory

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7.1.2 Integration Repository

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7.1.3 ABAP XI Proxies

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7.1.4 Java XI Proxies

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7.1.5 Integration Directory

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7.2 SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1

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7.2.1 Service Interfaces

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7.2.2 ABAP SOAP Proxies

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7.2.3 Java SOAP Proxies

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