input history directory , how to retrieve with sap standard ?

[former_member186143]

I have always thought that the sapworkdir was the directory that was selected in the input history field under the options of the sap gui.

Now I am testing the new sap gui 7.30 and I have also read the note

Note 1442303 - SAP GUI 7.20 - replacement of SAPWORKDIR

but now I am confused what and how I can retrieve the directory that is set in input history in a sap standard way ?

none of the methods in cl_gui_frontend_services return this directory.

A few years ago I made a function that directly reads a registry key with the right directory. in sap gui 7.30 this is luckily still functioning.

but now I am curious if there is also a sap standard function that can retrieve the input history and also curious if I was always wrong in my assumption that the input history = sapworkdir ?

   CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>registry_get_value
     EXPORTING
       root                 =  '1'
       key                  =  'Software\SAP\SAPGUI Front\SAP Frontend Server\LocalData'
       value                =  'DataPath'
      IMPORTING
       reg_value            = E_SAPWORKDIR
     EXCEPTIONS
       get_regvalue_failed  = 1
       cntl_error           = 2
       error_no_gui         = 3
       not_supported_by_gui = 4
       others               = 5
           .
   IF sy-subrc <> 0.
*   MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*              WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
   ENDIF.

kind regards

arthur

[former_member186143]

changed it to our own sapworkdir function.

[jude_bradley]

Hello Arthur,

In 7.10, the history was saved in the sapworkdir,but with 7.20 onwards, this had changed as per

the note.

In 64-bit Windows OS,the registry path for the history is

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SAP\SAPGUI Front\SAP Frontend Server\LocalData

In a 32-bit OS, this would be

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SAP\SAPGUI Front\SAP Frontend Server\LocalData

[former_member186143]

Thanks for the confirmation, but it is rather strange to see that sap doesn't provide any function to retrieve input history while it is quite an important directory if you want to write data . 

[Former Member]

Hello,

The function you require is not included in the SAP standard system.

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Thanks

Olakunle