• If the user has to work on different PCs the configuration of the GuiXT scripts should not depend on the PC but on the SAP-user name 
• Instead of having an individual configuration on each PC a central standard configuration is preferred

Both objectives can be reached by specifying a user catalog (command "UserCatalog" in guixt.ini).  Please follow the steps below:

1 Divide the users of your SAP system into groups associated with different scripts. To do so, simply create a text file (name could be for example usercatalog.txt), in which the groups and the specific script directories are specified.
Example:

// User groups:
// make correspondence to 1-4 script directories
M1        \\P5008\GuiXT\General     \\P5008\GuiXT\M1 
M2        \\P5008\GuiXT\General     \\P5008\GuiXT\M2 
MX        \\P5008\GuiXT\General
TEST      \\P5008\Guixt\Test
XX        none 


// User:
// make correspondence to one user group

000/Adam         M1
000/Rinaldini    M2
000/Zeno         M1
000/*            MX        // other users in client 000

800/Anton        M1
800/Bertini      M1
800/Cemicz       M2
800/Smythe       M1
800/Mueller      M2
800/Zencke       TEST 

*                XX        // other users, all clients

// Alternative:
// role or profile or reference user specific settings with
// Role=.... or Profile=... or Refuser=...
// (valid for all clients)

Role=SD_FACTORY_SALES   M1
Role=SAP_FI*            M2

PROFILE=Q_ALL  QM

REFUSER=DISPLAY01     MX 

// You can query the value of a user parameter, e.g. parameter ZZGXT = "SALES", using
// the notation Parameter.PID=value
// Example:

Parameter.ZZGXT=SALES    M1
Parameter.ZZGXT=FIN      M2

Format details:

• By using  // you can add comments in your script; spaces are ignored.

• In the first part of the user catalog, 5 user groups are named: M1, M2, MX, TEST, XX. You can associate up to 4 directories for each group. If the names of the directories contain spaces please put them between " ...".
  
  In addition to the script directories you may specify the parameters vbDirectory=, jsLibrary= and vbsLibrary= . They have the same meaning as in guixt.ini. Example:
  M1        \\P5008\GuiXT\General     \\P5008\GuiXT\M1    vbDirectory="\\P5008\GuiXT\M1\VB files"

• In the second part of the user catalog you can specify exactly one group for each client/user. At the end of each client you can specify the correspondence for all remaining users by using client/*. You can also specify a client independent association by specifying * at the end of the catalog.

• Sorting the users by alphabetical order is not necessary but it probably gives a better overview.

• The specification none means that no directory is active. In this case, even directories specified directly will not be active.

2 Specify the user catalog in your GuiXT profile.

For a centralized administration we recommend the use of a central .ini file, for exemple in the SAP MIME Reporitory:

• On each individual PC you have the same standard guixt.ini file in the SAP GUI directory, for example:
  
  IgnoreRegistry  Yes
  RfcUser      xxxxx    
  RfcPAsswwordEnc  xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  RfcCurrentclient   Yes
  SwitchTo     SAPMR:SAP/BC/BSP/SAP/GUIXT/GUIXT.INI
  

• The file SAPMR:SAP/BC/BSP/SAP/GUIXT/GUIXT.INI contains the GuiXT options and the specification of a central user catalog.
  Example:
  
  IgnoreRegistry     Yes
  StartHidden        Yes
  Component          GuiXT
  Component          InputAssistant
  Component          Controls
  Key                mycompany.P60.ibfqwexljnlt
  Key                mycompany.Q60.kmrqodxljnlt
  Licensefile        SAPMR:SAP/BC/BSP/SAP/GUIXT/guixtlicensefile.txt
  UserCatalog        SAPMR:SAP/BC/BSP/SAP/GUIXT/UserCatalog.txt

   

Questions & answers about the user catalog:

Q: Is it possible to put the user catalog on a webserver?
A: Yes, in this case just indicate the URL of the file, example:

UserCatalog    http://www.mycompany.com/guixt/usercatalog.txt

Q: We are working with two productive systems C60 and HR2. Is it possible to specify a different user catalog for each system?
A: If you store the user catalog in the SAP MIME Repository using SAPMR:... this is automatically the case. When storing on a file server or web server, you can use the variable &database when specifying the UserCatalog, e.g.:

UserCatalog    \\P5003\GuiXT\&database\usercatalog.txt

In C60 the user catalog \\P5003\GuiXT\C60\usercatalog.txt will be used, in HR2 the user catalog \\P5003\GuiXT\HR2\usercatalog.txt.

Q: Which script directory will be used for the logon screen?
A: The user catalog is only read in after the logon screen. If specified, the directories named in the local guixt.ini apply to the logon screen.

Q: What happens when the user cannot be found in the user catalog?
A: If an  *-indication exists the corresponding user group will be associated. Otherwise the given directories will be used.

Q: When do modifications in the user catalog become active?
A: Modifications are not immediately active, but only at the next logon to SAP.