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PCK Download and Approach Question

Former Member
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Hello,

I am relatively new to SAP and I wanted to download a trial version of the PCK. Can the PCK be downloaded by itself or is it only available as a part of the Netweaver download? I have found the Netweaver trial download here:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/nw-downloads

Is this what I should download to get started? Also, what would you recommend as introductory reading for the using the PCK to pass data (purchase orders, invoices, supplier data etc.) from a non SAP suply management application written in Java to SAP 4.6c. Would there be an approach that is considered best for this?

Thanks,

Glenn

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MichalKrawczyk
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hi,

>Can the PCK be downloaded by itself or is it only available as a part of the Netweaver download?

you can only download PCK from service.sap.com/swdc

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>>from a non SAP suply management application written in Java to SAP 4.6c.

you cannot do that with a PCK as PCK can only ack as an "adapter" for XI/PI

so PCK does not have IDOC/RFC adapters that can communicate with SAP

Regards,

Michal Krawczyk

http://mypigenie.com - XI/PI FAQ

Former Member
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Michal,

Thanks for your reply. So the PCK would likely not be of much help in this case. Would the best way to do what I was describing would be to send the message as XML or something similiar to XI/PI which has the idoc/RFC adapters that can send the information to SAP?

Is there an example on the web with sample code that uses this type of approach?

Thanks,

Glenn

MichalKrawczyk
Active Contributor
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hi,

>>Would the best way to do what I was describing would be to send the message as XML or something similiar to XI/PI which has the idoc/RFC adapters that can send the information to SAP?

you can use business connector - it's very simple to learn/free to install

(service.sap.com/connectors)

you can install it on your machine as it's very small

and can send to SAP ERP via IDOC/RFC

Regards,

Michal Krawczyk

http://mypigenie.com - XI/PI FAQ

henrique_pinto
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Hi Michal,

but RFC Adapter is on Java Adapter Engine and, as such, is part of PCK.

On http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/25/76cd3bae738826e10000000a11402f/frameset.htm, you can read:

The RFC adapter enables you to process and execute RFCs (Remote Function Calls) using the Integration Engine and the PCK.

As for the IDOC, it's ABAP based and hence is not available on PCK.

On http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/ab/bdb13b00ae793be10000000a11402f/frameset.htm, you can read:

The IDoc adapter enables you to process IDocs (Intermediate Documents) using the Integration Engine.

Regards,

Henrique.

Former Member
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If you have only one Java application which needs to be connected to SAP, the easiest solution is to use the SAP Java Connector. It is a library which you can use in your Java application. The library offers methods for creating, sending and receiving Idocs, for example.

That is easier to setup and maintain compared to using an external middleware like XI or BC. Use middleware only if you have several applications/partners which connect via this middleware. Otherwise its not worth the effort.

CSY