RFC Server - Can't get to work

[Former Member]

I will prefice this by saying I am an ABAP developer with very little VB.Net experience. Basically I am trying to write an application that will be called from SAP, perform a routine and return some values back to SAP. In order to prepare for this I am trying to do the sample tutorial that came with the SAP .Net Connector documentation (called "How to Build a Simple RFC Server in .NET"). I have gotten to step 4 without many problems, but I am having trouble finding out where to put the "Command Line Arguments" in the "Set Logon Parameters for your SAP Server" step. If I go to "ConsoleApplication1" properties pages under "Configuration Properties" there is a place for command line arguments (it is under "Debug"). Is this where I am to put my arguments? When I run the console do these arguments get executed? Also, what is the best way to deploy this to the application server?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

When you run the exe file from server, you have to pass those paramters in the command line only.

For Example:

C:\>ConsoleApplication1 -a<registerd name> -g<servername> -x<Gateway Service>

We have created a batch file (.BAT) with the above command line parameters. You should make sure that this exe file run always.

I have read somewhere, it says EXE file can be converted into windows services and deploy it. I have not used this. Let me know if you get this.

Thanks & Regards,

Govind.

[Former Member]

Thanks Govind this is a great start. I am still running into problems. When launch my executable (c:\temp\ConsoleApplication1.exe -aTest_App -gServer1 -xsapgw00) I get the following messages:

Create RFC Server SAPProxy1Impl Instance 0

Create RFC Server SAPProxy1Impl Instance 1

Create RFC Server SAPProxy1Impl Instance 2

Create RFC Server SAPProxy1Impl Instance 3

Start RFC Server SAPProxy1Impl instances

Then when I go to transaction SMGW to see if the program has registered itself I don't see it.

Any ideas?