JAVA GUI window content does not fill out when window is enlarged (Win,Mac)

[richard_gray]

I've been using the SAP JAVA GUI on a Windows XP workstation as well as a couple of MacBooks running OS X over the last year and a half or so, running versions from 7.10 r 7(maybe earlier) thru 7.10 r 10 (installed today.) The GUI has performed generally well on these platforms, but has one major irritation.

When I open certain pop-up windows, such as the SPAD [List of Output Requests > Status Description |http://img171.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20091006at241.png/|screenshot], it usually does not open a large enough window to display all the data - one must scroll horizontally and/or vertically to see the entire window content. The real aggravation is that if [one enlarges the window|http://img101.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20091006at242.png/|screenshot] so as to see more data, the resizing is ignored. The contents of the window are still displayed within the original window boundaries instead of filling out the expanded window. It is not possible to get the entire window contents displayed, it is still necessary to scroll around.

What am I missing here? How can I get window resizing to work correctly? (Or is there a way to make such windows at least open up at a larger initial size??)

I only found one other thread in this forum, , which seemed to be addressing the same problem, but the suggestion was to apply the latest patch to the GUI and get JAVA 1.6. One would think that since that post in 2008, any patches would have made it into the latest revisions. I'm already running Java 1.6.

SAPGUI for Java 7.10 rev 10

(Version ID 071000041000)

Tue Sep 8 09:49:53 MEST 2009

uw1059, 710_REL, 1093492

Java VM: Apple Inc. Version 1.6.0_15

OS: Mac OS X(i386) Version 10.6.1

SAPGUI for Java 7.10 rev 10

(Version ID 071000041000)

Tue Sep 8 09:49:53 MEST 2009

uw1059, 710_REL, 1093492

Java VM: Sun Microsystems Inc. Version 1.6.0_15

OS: Windows XP(x86) Version 5.1

Any suggestions? Anyone else even seeing this?

Thanks!

Rich

[richard_gray · Accepted solution]

I'm now running

SAPGUI for Java 7.10 rev 11

(Version ID 071000041100)

Tue Dec 8 16:04:41 MET 2009

uw1059, 710_REL, 1119101

Java VM: Apple Inc. Version 1.6.0_17

OS: Mac OS X(i386) Version 10.6.2

I've also updated my XP system to 7.10 rev 11 and both continue to display the same failure to resize corrrectly.

Here's a [video capture of this behavior|http://img163.yfrog.com/i/sapresizebug.mp4/].

Given that installs on two separate operating systems have consistently misbehaved like this, I have a hard time believing it is something we are doing. (But not that hard...) I find it hard to believe that is the way these screens present on most SAP sites...

Any comments or suggestions would be welcome!

Rich

[richard_gray · Accepted solution]

Upgraded both platforms to the Java SAPGUI 7.20 rev 5 version.   The problem remains.  Got my hands on the 7.20 Windows native version.  The problem does not exist there, because the window itself is not resizable!  (Another fine example of poor UI design which forces the user to examine a letter sized object through a postcard sized viewing area!)