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SAP GUI: Announcing SAP GUI for Windows
7.40
Posted by Melanie Reinwarth Oct 1, 2014
On behalf of the SAP GUI team, I am delighted to announce that SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 will be released
on October 8th. This release offers the following new features:

SAP Blue Crystal Theme
SAP Blue Crystal is a new visual design theme which succeeds Corbu. It is the standard theme of Fiori
applications and has been adapted to the specific needs of SAP GUI. Furthermore, it is fully compatible with
the previous themes and comes with a new color palette and icons which are better scalable. The background
texture has a stroke pattern in white and light blue with a gradient layer. The picture below shows the new Blue
Crystal theme in comparison to the Signature theme which is still the default for SAP GUI for Windows:
SAP NetWeaver Business Client Integration
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As of SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) 5.0, which is delivered on the SAP GUI DVD, SAP GUI for
Windows can be embedded into the NWBC, so that the user has one shell that unifies multiple frontends. One
desktop/taskbar icon consolidates NWBC and SAP GUI sessions, tasks, frequently used links etc. in a tabbed
view NWBC frame as shown in the picture below.


For the integration, you simply install SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 together with the SAP NetWeaver Business
Client (NWBC) 5.0. This has the following advantages:

Easier Configuration: The persisted connection and connection configuration data from SAP GUI
for Windows, SAP GUI for Java and NWBC is unified in a modern and easy way:
There are only two configuration files involved and they are stored in the same directory.
Configuration files can either be stored locally or on a central server or share.
Deployment options pull and push are available.
The configuration files are the same for SAP GUI for Windows, SAP GUI for Java and
NWBC.
This new format is called SAP UI Landscape.
Automatic Data Migration: If SAP GUI has been used already, the connection data will be
migrated automatically into the SAP UI Landscape format.
Embedded and Parallel Use of SAP GUI: When SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 is installed together
with NWBC, by default, SAP GUI and SAP GUI Shortcuts will be launched through NWBC.
However, you have also the possibility to use SAP GUI and NWBC in parallel. To do so, you
merely have so select the new component Install SAP GUI Desktop Icon / Shortcuts even though
NWBC is installed to install the SAP Logon (Pad) Desktop Icon and to register SAP GUI shortcuts
to SAP Logon.
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Note: At the moment, these new configuration features are only available when using SAP GUI together
with NWBC. However, in the long run, this procedure will become the default for all SAP GUI installation and
configuration scenarios.
Thus, with SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 you have the option to either run SAP GUI standalone with the old
configuration files (fully compatible to SAP GUI for Windows 7.30) or run SAP GUI embedded into NWBC with
the new SAP UI Landscape format.

Installation Improvement
Registry values can now be set on installation package level, for example, for the following SAP GUI options:
Accessibility
Path to the SAP GUI branding image
Path to the Central Configuration File (new and old format)
SAP GUI Theme
You will find the whole list on the package configuration tab in NWSAPSetup.

SAP Screenreader Extensions
SAP GUI Screen Reader Extensions (SRX) are now part of the SAP GUI for Windows installation, see note
1139953.
SRX enable the use of SAP GUI together with the screen reader program Jaws for Windows. The Extensions
are Jaws-based scripts that make the SAP GUI accessible via the SAP GUI object model.

And finally a few remarks on the support and maintenance strategy:
End of support of SAP GUI for Windows 7.30 is on October 31st, 2015 (see note 147519).
As of July 15, 2015 the support will already be limited.
SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 is compatible and will be maintained until January 9, 2018.
We urgently recommend to start planning upgrades to 7.40.
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Erick Verbena
Oct 7, 2014 3:58 PM
Greatest... See u tomorrow!!!!
Sean Campbell in response to Tudor Riscutia on page 4
Oct 7, 2014 3:43 PM
And business users dont deserve a nice looking interface ?

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When we have the very people who are meant to be pushing this tech, moving with the times, holding us back
with DynPro.

All Hail the battleship grey interface, its worked for 25 years so why change it now. Just because something
works doesnt mean you shouldn't try and improve it.

Like it or not the world is evolving and end users arent just your technical specialists anymore. The more
people use tech in there daily lives the more those same people will expect a consumer level of interaction,
design and usability, in the business applications they use everyday. With comments like yours above you are
failing to move with the times and if SAP isn't careful it is completely possible that its competition will move
forwards and possibly even surpass us whilst we are standing still and the tech is evolving. (case in point is the
WorkDay HR app)

Coming soon - Rise of the Fiorier
Jean Marcel Acacio de Lima
Oct 7, 2014 3:35 PM
Wow! Sap Community urges for tabbed view!
Marius Becker
Oct 7, 2014 3:17 PM
The blue chrystal theme looks nice. It's always good to have a fresh look from time to time. I also hope for a
tabbed view. Can it be done with NWBC using only SAPGUI tabs?
Michael Howles
Oct 6, 2014 4:40 PM
Cool. Any plans for tabbed GUI windows for us cavemen who still use SAPGUI and not NWBC?
Andrew Gilson
Oct 6, 2014 4:12 PM
Any word on the SAPGUI installation tool with version 7.40? Will there be an upgrade/improvements with that
tool?
Punith _032
Oct 2, 2014 7:26 PM
Good Info, Great...To...Hear....
SAP GUI with "Theme Of FIORI"....
Melanie Reinwarth in response to Joo Lucas Dal Farra on page 4
Oct 2, 2014 12:08 PM
The delivery is planned for December 2014.
Joo Lucas Dal Farra
Oct 1, 2014 10:49 PM
And SAP GUI for java?! When?!?!
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Tudor Riscutia in response to Jean Marcel Acacio de Lima on page 5
Oct 1, 2014 10:07 PM
Very true, yet if you think about it, probably 99% of the SAP users are still hooked on SAPGUI. And even
though UI5 is very cool and is indeed a trend, it will still not replace the classical Dynpro anytime soon. It might
be high-tech and user friendly, but at the end of the day, people use SAP for business purposes.
Jean Marcel Acacio de Lima
Oct 1, 2014 4:42 PM
That's nice. Hope to see tabbed view not only in NWBC but also in SAP GUI in the future. Even though UI5 is a
trend...
cind q
Oct 1, 2014 4:12 PM
...Cheers!

See u 8th Oct.