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SAP and Visual Studio 2005

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I wrote in a previous blog entry that the design-time of the SAP Connector for Microsoft .NET does not work in Visual Studio 2005. Work-arounds are possible using Visual Studio 2003 to generate the proxies or using SAP Web Services via Exchange Infrastructure (XI) or directly from SAP NetWeaver Application Server are possible.

You can also use the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 with the Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for mySAP Business Suite to access SAP backend systems from Visual Studio 2005. The adapter offers code-free access to SAP systems. You can access every BAPI, RFC or IDoc from within Visual Studio 2005 with this adapter. In addition, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 enables you to publish your BizTalk application as a Web Service; a wizard helps you with the steps. The resulting Web Service can be used in your Visual Studio 2005 project and so no additional connector for accessing your SAP system is necessary.

Another alternative is to use third-party adapters such as the Sitrion iQL Studio 2006. This tool from the German based company Sitrion Systems enables rapid deployment and development of Microsoft-SAP based scenarios and .NET-based SAP Composite Applications. The iQL Studio works in Visual Studio 2005 without any restrictions. You can access all SAP instances and Business Entity-Repositories. You have access to RFCs, BAPIs, Queries, and also to Workflows in SAP. In addition you have the testing functionality of SAP transaction SE37 in Visual Studio and you can start the SAP ABAP Debugger from within Visual Studio. Sitrion also offers business entities and applications based on iQL Studio 2006 such as Travel Management, HR Manager Self Service, Employee Self Service, Sales Opportunity Management and a few more. For more information about the iQL Studio see www.sitrion.com.

- Juergen

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  • Anonymous
    April 24, 2006
    Hello, using Biztalk server sounds a complex solution.

    I preffer something inside VStudio 2005.

    Is it valid to extract some clases from SAP.Connector.Design to create this addin?

    Regards

  • Anonymous
    September 05, 2006
    There is available a SAP Explorer Connector for Visual Studio 2005. This is an Add-in that generate proxies for RFC's and BAPIs.
    This Add-In is based on the SAP.Connector's XSLT files, which allows itself to create the same code that the SAP.Connector  for Visual Studio .NET 2003. Current version works perfectly for almost any kind of C# project: Web sites, Console Projects, Windows Applications and Class Libraries.
    For more details please read the following tutorial http://www.softwise.com.ar/files/SoftwiseSAPExplorerTutorial.pdf

  • Anonymous
    June 05, 2009
    There's a new version of the proxy generator available: <a href="http://www.softwise.com.ar/products.php">SAP&reg; Explorer &amp; Proxy Generator for Visual Studio Team System&reg; 2008</a>. It has many new features with a very competitive license price.

  • Anonymous
    June 05, 2009
    There's a new version of the SAP® Explorer & Proxy Generator for Visual Studio Team System® 2008 available: http://www.softwise.com.ar/products.php. It has many new features with a very competitive license price.