Version info 2008

previous years: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

GuiXT Availability Description

2008 Q4 5

November 19, 2008

Corr SetCursor command in list screens not working with SAP GUI 7.10 PL9 and above and SAP ECC6.
Corr Cursor position on wrong field in some situations after SAP error message
Corr Setting radiobuttons could cause ABAP dump if several radiobutton groups exist in different subscreens
Corr Added GuiXT elements not shown in background if popup screen is active on SAP navigation screen

2008 Q4 4

October 30, 2008

Corr Deleting the first tab in a tabstrip aborted the transaction with message "Erroneous data received from server" (Error occurs with previous version 2008 Q4 3 only)

2008 Q4 3

October 24, 2008

Corr System variable [_listline] not correct (SAP GUI 7.10 PL10 and above)
Corr Some transactions can abort with error popup "Erroneous data received from server". The error  can occur in versions 2008 Q4 1 and 2008 Q4 2 (rolled out with SAP GUI 7.10 PL10).
Corr Doubleclick on text displayed with "Comment" statement could produce error "invalid gui data"

2008 Q4 2

September 9, 2008

Corr Error message "Invalid GUI input data" could occur in following situation: "enter" is pressed while cursor is within a scrollable entry field,  the field content is larger than the displayed field length, the field is scrolled, and there is a "pos" command in the script for this field

2008 Q4 1

August 20, 2008

Corr Shortcut logon could produce error message "Make an entry in all required fields" (password)
Correction requires SAP GUI 7.10 PL9 or above

2008 Q3 3

July 27, 2008

Corr Correction for InputAssistant (search help)

2008 Q3 2

July 10, 2008

New Enhancement for InputAssistant (Call statement)

2008 Q3 1

June 25, 2008

Corr Sporadic error popup "GuiXT lock situation"

2008 Q2 3

June 1 2008

Corr Profile dialog: RFC connection string translated to lower case, but some options need uppercase, e.g. /H/
Corr Profile dialog: some icon ids not accepted, entry field too small
Corr File... alias= not working for SAPWR in some situations  (Version 2008 Q2 1 and 2008 Q2 2 only)

2008 Q2 2

May 11, 2008

Corr Language key and user name not set in ITS Patch 29
Corr GuiXT Setup in unattended mode (option /s) used installation directory C:\GuiXT
Corr Icon command: further script lines not processed
Corr Maximum number of options in script line increased from 32 to 64

2008 Q2 1

April 2, 2008

New Profile option CheckAllDirectories  Yes: Files specified in script commands like include, process=, image,... are searched in all profile directories (Default is  No = search files in current script directory only)
New NoAreaResize suppresses the automatic resizing of internal subscreen areas by GuiXT. Needed in rare cases of complex screens only

2008 Q1 3

March 11, 2008

Corr TextBox content in Unicode systems now in UTF-8 codepage
If ANSI codepage needed for a textbox in a Unicode system, use 
ProcessingOption TextboxUtf8="off"

2008 Q1 2

January 17, 2008

Corr System variable V[_user] not correct if SAP 4.6C + GuiXT 2008 Q1 1

2008 Q1 1

January 14, 2008

Corr Wrong language key 'E' could occur in in AS/400 environment
InputAssistant Availability Description

2008 Q4 5

November 19, 2008

Corr Screensize not correct in some cases after InputScript processing (e.g. additional scrollbars shown)

2008 Q4 4

October 30, 2008

Corr Deleting the first tab in a tabstrip aborted the transaction with message "Erroneous data received from server" (Error occurs with previous version 2008 Q4 3 only)

2008 Q4 3

October 24, 2008

Corr CopyText .. toScreen=.. not working for text controls in popup screens

2008 Q4 2

September 9, 2008

Corr EnableSystem list not always checked after Remote Call into a different SAP system

2008 Q4 1

August 20, 2008

Corr Shortcut logon could produce error message "Make an entry in all required fields" (password)
Correction requires SAP GUI 7.10 PL9 or above

2008 Q3 3

July 27, 2008

Corr Search help for own InputFields does not return value (change in SAP ECC support package)

2008 Q3 2

July 10, 2008

New New option for "Call" statement for text-only tables: table.tname(type:character)   (RFC codepage conversion)

2008 Q3 1

June 25, 2008

New GetFieldAttribute M[...] protected=  text=  fcode=   retrieves menu item attributes
New ProcessingOption rfcCodepage="nnnn" sets the SAP codepage number used in RFC Call, e.g. "1160"
New System variables V[_codepage] (SAP codepage) and V[_extcodepage] (external codepage id)

2008 Q2 3

June 1, 2008

Corr Changed table column order not active after matchcode selection in certain situations
Corr 12 output parameters in searchhelp command supported instead of 9

2008 Q2 2

May 11, 2008

Corr CopyText ... toScreen=...: problem with Japanese half size kana charactrers

2008 Q2 1

April 2, 2008

Corr Call with -currentuser option: upper case translation of password removed
Corr SetCursor not working for own InputFields if they are on a deleted table area
Corr Enter in a GuiXT script in conjunction with SetCursor for a deleted field could cause error message "invalid sapgui data"

2008 Q1 3

March 11, 2008

New Checkbox command: option techname= allows F1-Help for own checkboxes as well
New SetLeftTab  sets the first visible tab. Example: SetLeftTab P[Display]
Corr Return ... -statusline  in InputScript started from popup screen: message not always shown
Corr Title of input value window in Unicode systems: special characters (e.g. Umlauts, Japanese characters) not correctly displayed
Corr Link command for checkboxes not working correctly
Corr Tab command did not handle drop-down boxes correctly

2008 Q1 2

January 17, 2008

Corr System variable V[_user] not correct if SAP 4.6C + GuiXT 2008 Q1 1

2008 Q1 1

January 14, 2008

Corr Adding columns in a table control in conjunction with error message could produce ABAP dump "TALEVIEW_DUP_COLUMN_INDEX"
Corr Image positions not correct after returning from a popup screen if window scrolled vertically
Designer Availability Description

2.9 (Build 173)

August 13, 2008

Corr “Apply” button does not activate when click “Relative to” in control property.
Corr Checkbox and radiobutton shrink because white space be truncated.
Corr Position, dimension, and text in status window keep blinking during file open.
Corr Inputfield doesn’t retain “-required” & “-readonly” flags.
Corr Inputfield coordination shift when perform copy/paste.
Corr Text control shrink when toggle between design mode and script mode.
Corr Image/View control disappear when image file name does not specify.
Corr Groupbox will not set the position relative to itself.
Corr Set relative position for Edit control cause PntCtl.dll crash.
Corr Pinnacle.dll crash when displaying image.
Corr Garbage display on the table screen frame.

2.9 (Build 169)

March 11, 2008

New Start from this version, Designer has new screen view
New Added support for input of Korean characters into various property dialog boxes in WYSIWYG mode (when SAP codepage is UTF-8)
Corr When running saplbus_locator.e3000.txt, Designer display empty dialogbox with OK button
Corr Groupbox label fill with black color when theme is Streamline
Corr When system set to high resolution(eg.1280x1080), and DPI is 125, the characters will go out of the control boundary in Designer
Corr Designer does not render screen correctly when two controls have same label, but the types are different
Corr For pushbutton that has an icon, Designer will increase button width when one toggles back and forth from WYSIWYG mode to script mode
Corr Designer generates additional commands when one opens the script file and edits it in Designer
Corr Screens that contained DIAG_DGOTYP_CHILDCONTROL type controls were not displaying correctly
Viewer Availability Description

2008 Q4 2

September 9, 2008

New Parameter id="..."  in View command keeps state of View-window for next View with this id
Script Editor Availability Description

2008 1

March 6, 2008

Corr Corrections for syntax colouring