webAS 6.20 problems with IE7

[Former Member]

Hello,

We're testing IE7 with the enterprise portal (NetWeaver04s and SP10) and the EP runs fine, however problems occur with the webAS (6.20). No information is displayed in the portal. The PAM states that webAS 6.20 is not compatible with IE7, is there a solution or one coming up in the near future?

Regards,

Sander de Bruin

[Former Member]

Upgrading the webAS to 7.00 would probably solve the problem however we're not able to do this upgrade. Keep in mind that we're running CRM 4.0 and not 5.0.

[athavanraja]

when you say webas6.20, if you are referring to ABAP engine and SAPGUI, there is a patch available.

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/00ebf59c-4c84-2910-dea9-a4096... [original link is broken]

[Former Member]

Hi,

The 6.40 patch will work fine with the Java components, however it is not suitable for the ABAP components of the webAS. Most components we use are ABAP and not Java.

[former_member185954]

Hi Sander,

I found an SAP Note..

0950975: SAP GUI for Windows: Support for IE7 (Internet Explorer 7)

Summary

Symptom

After upgrading to Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 you encounter issues in SAP GUI for Windows. Some sections or complete pages are not displayed. Instead you see empty sections (e.g. in transaction SE80 and a number of others).

Other terms

HTML Control; Support for IE7; Internet Explorer 7; No display; Empty HTML page; HTML Viewer; IE7; IE 7; IE 7.0; Microsoft;.SAP GUI for Windows; Internet Explorer 7.0;

Reason and Prerequisites

Release 7 of Internet Explorer is not completely compatible to release 6 and since SAP GUI is using the Internet Explorer in the HTML control which is a part of a number of applications we have to adapt our components to the Internet Explorer 7.

Solution

If you encounter issue with missing information after installing Internet Explorer 7 please apply one of the SAP GUI patches mentioned below (or a newer one):

SAP GUI for Windows 6.20 Patchlevel 64

SAP GUI for Windows 6.40 Patchlevel 20

SAP GUI for Windows 7.10

[Former Member]

As far as I can see there is no reference to de webAS in this Note. It only specifies the needs for the EP, not for webAS appl. running within the portal, such as CRM.

Since we're testing it for one of our customers we need to be sure which solution is the appropriate one. Thanks for the information so far.

[former_member185954]

Hi Sander,

there is a related note inside the note I gave, it speaks about WebAS in general.

The crux of the matter is that IE7 is probably not supported by WebAS 6.20 , however SAP says that WebAS 7.00 with some latest patch would support.

Regards,

Siddhesh

[former_member185954]

Also check the following notes:

Note 991449 - Web Dynpro and Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 7.0

[former_member185954]

Hi sander,

Check this utility : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9517db9c-3c0d-47fe-bd04-fad82a9aac9f&Displa...

However it may not be a feasible solution for your problem.

Regards,

Siddhesh

[RichHeilman]

If there is a fix for this, it would be in the latest patch level for 6.20. Check service.sap.com for the latest patch.

Regards,

Rich Heilman