AW: RSWUWFML - with attachment to launch user's SAP inbox

[Rickayzen, Alan]

Phil,
 
>> A version of RSWUWFML that can do this is expected soon.
>> (Cue Alan....)
 
Note 627397 has just been released, describing the alternative =
solution. It might take a day before it has been fully replicated. The =
translation of the english version into other languages usually takes a =
day or two, too.
 
Alan
 
-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
Von: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] Im Auftrag von =
Soady, Phil
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. November 2003 01:33
An: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Betreff: Re: RSWUWFML - with attachment to launch user's SAP inbox
 
 
The file cmd is not the intended use of SAPGUI shortcutz.
 
As an attachment with no logon details. Just the object/tcode to be =
launched.
The user is the prompted for logon.
 
SAPGUI Shortcutz already support the piggy back on SSO2 ticket when =
used
in the portal environment. You "just" need to generate the shortcut =
properly.
 
A version of RSWUWFML that can do this is expected soon.
(Cue Alan....)
 
For more details on SSO and Shortcutz see the Security papers on the =
Portals website
at SAP.
 
I don't recommend people send shortcutz externally.
(Mail firewall should remove them on outgoing mail) .
 
If people are supposed to logon with a the WN32 gui to SAP from outside =
the extranet,
then perhaps this ok.  But I would look to have this start as an open =
document command
not as an explicit file://cmd.exe
 
WebGUI is more common is such scenarios. But if you must send the =
shortcut externally,
and use WN32 gui, then if the user has a gui, surely his PC should =
recognise the shortcut
as it does .doc or .pdf
Surely the short cut can be opened in the same manner a pdf ?
Perhaps I misunderstood something here but I don't see why it is
necessary to use a URL instead of an attachment.
 Is it necessary to use a URL ?
 
I feel uncomfortable with URL that commences file://cmd.exe
 
regards
Phil
 
Phil Soady
Senior Consultant - Business Technologies
Professional Services
SAP Australia
Level 1, 168 Walker Street, North Sydney 2060, Australia.
M   +61 412 213 079
E   phil.soady at sap.com
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of =
Nicholas Brand
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:00 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: RSWUWFML - with attachment to launch user's SAP inbox
 
 
Ramki,
 
Thanks for the reply, however this won't/doesn't work because the URL =
then has spaces in which the browser doesn't like.
 
 
Kind regards,
Nicholas Brand
 
 
 
 
 
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Nichloas,
 
Try making the URL exactly what you pasted into the DOS prompt. (Remove =
the file:///cmd.exe and the quotes)
 
 
Regards,
Ramki Maley
Workflow Developer, USCBP.
248-613-1287 (C)
 
In a message dated 11/25/2003 8:02:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, =
nicholas.n.brand at uk.ibm.com writes: Hello,
 
A quick question on the email notification program.
 
We're using SAP v4.7.
 
Here's what we want to happen:
 
Users get notified by email when they have new workitems - the email =
has an attachment or URL that when executed launches SAP, after logging =
on the user is taken directly to his Business Workplace.
 
We've copied RSWUWFML and made some additions to it.
We can send an email with a url to the user's MSOutlook address. The =
URL looks like this: <file:///cmd.exe "c:\Program =
Files\SAP\FrontEnd\sapgui\SAP\FrontEnd\sapgui\sapshcut.exe" =
-user=3Dnberkland -language=3Den -system=3DSRD -client=3D140 =
-sysname=3DR/3 DEV -command=3DSO01>
 
The <> enclosing the URL means MSOutlook interprets the whole string as =
a URL.
 
If we click the URL from MSOutlook we get the message 'Cannot find =
file...followed by the parameter list'
 
This URL does not work; yet if we paste part of it into a DOS prompt it =
does work - i.e. "c:\Program =
Files\SAP\FrontEnd\sapgui\SAP\FrontEnd\sapgui\sapshcut.exe"
-user=3Dnberkland -language=3Den -system=3DSRD -client=3D140 =
-sysname=3DR/3 DEV -command=3DSO01
 
Our ABAP developer assumed the <file:///cmd.exe command was an http =
command to execute a file.
 
So, the question is how can we launch the same program (the SAPGUI
shortcut) from a URL, including passing the necessary parameters (e.g.
userid) from MSOutlook.
 
Can anyone provide the missing link? Hmmm
 
 
Kind regards,
Nicholas Brand