Initial Configuration Settings for Web Dynpro ABAP

After you have installed the system and before you start developing Web Dynpro applications, components, and interfaces, the configuration settings described below must be made.

Initial Configuration Settings

To ensure Web Dynpro for ABAP applications can be smoothly created and operated, some additional configuration settings are necessary for areas underlying the Web Dynpro programming model (the Internet Communication Manager (ICM), Internet Communication Framework (ICF), and the View Designer). These settings are also necessary to comply with the security requirements.

ICM	HTTP or HTTPS must be set in the ICM. Check as below: Enter Tcode SMICM. On the initial screen of the ICM Monitor  or  Goto  Services , to display the services configured in the ICM.
ICF	ICF services must be activated. If a service is not activated by default, you can activate it from the SAP Implementation Guide (IMG). In transaction SPRO, choose Display SAP Reference IMG. The path in the Implementation Guide for SAP NetWeaver is:  Application Server  Internet Communication Framework  Activate HTTP Services  or Activate Services in Installation. More information: Active Services in SICF and SAP Note 1088717 . When a Web Dynpro application is created, a node for it is automatically created in the ICF tree. Note that the system performs a check against theAuthorization Object when an ICF node is created. Administration of (ICF) server functions(authorization assignment): Server Function Administration Administration of (ICF) client functions (creation of RFC destinations, and so on): Client Function Administration
View Designer	For the layout editor in the View Designer, all the services specified in Active Services in SICF for Web Dynpro ABAP must be activated. More information: SAP notes 1009930  and 1008689 .
SSO	SSO must be set up on the relevant application server. More information: Configuring AS-ABAP for Supporting SSL. For more information about security for Web Dynpro ABAP application, see Security Aspects for Web Dynpro for ABAP.
Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN)	Avoid shortened FQDN.

Configuration Settings Depending on Requirements

Depending on which Web Dynpro for ABAP functions you use, additional configuration settings may be necessary.

Using	Configuration Settings
Portal Integration	If you want to run your Web Dynpro ABAP application in thePortal, the prerequisites described in Portal Integration: Prerequisites must be fulfilled. Note For security reasons, we recommend that you use SAP logon tickets or X.509 certificates for portal integration. Other logon procedures are not fully supported.
Integrating Forms	The conditions described under Form Integration Prerequisites apply for the integration of PDF documents.
UI elements Gantt and Network	When using UI elements Gantt or Network in your applications, keep in mind the following: A standard browser and a Java runtime in the form of the Sun plug-in must be installed on the front end. The Java version should be 1.5. Windows and Linux are supported.
FlashIsland UI Element	To integrate Adobe Flash Islands using UI elementFlashIsland the prerequisites described in Adobe Flash Islands Integration apply.
SilverlightIsland UI Element	To integrate Microsoft Silverlight Islands using UI elementSilverlightIsland the prerequisites described in Microsoft Silverlight Islands Integration apply.
UI elements AcfUpDownload and AcfExecute	A valid whitelist is required for the two UI elementsAcfExecute und AcfUpDownload.
OfficeControl UI Element	To use the OfficeControl, you need: Whitelist as for AcfExecute and AcfUpDownload Installation of Microsoft Office For more information about the Microsoft Office versions supported by SAP see note 892638 . ActiveX must be activated in the browser. For more information, see notes 766191 , 1016683 ,846952 , 892638 , and 949770 .
BIApplicationFrame UI Element	To use BI Application Frame you need a connection to a BI system or to have the relevant BI data in your system.
GeoMap UI Element	The GeoMap UI element can only be used with a special software component that is provided by the geographical maps. This software component, which you can use to expand theInternet Graphics Service (IGS), is not delivered with AS-ABAP. It must be purchased from a third-party provider. The GeoMap UI element cannot be displayed without this complementary software component. See also SAP Note994568 .
SAP List Viewer (ALV)	No additional configuration settings are required to use theSAP List Viewer in Web Dynpro for ABAP. The following IMG activities enable you to make different settings for the ALV when required and to set up ALV printing. In SAP Reference IMG (Implementation Guidelines) for SAP NetWeaver choose node SAP List Viewer (ALV).
Help integration	To integrate Help Texts from Knowledge Warehouse, as well as the info objects for the help texts themselves, to create help texts you need an AIO_FOR_HELP_LINKS RFC connection to your Knowledge Warehouse system. To display help texts in a Web Dynpro ABAP application you need to use the help processor. You can find information about installing and configuring the help processor in the relevant guides at the SAP Service Marketplace (http://service.sap.com/installnw70), under  Installation & Upgrade Guides  Other Documentation  SAP Library  Note Note that to configure help texts, help type PlainHtml must be defined for the Web Dynpro ABAP help linking (and not HtmlHelpFiles). To activate the display of the Help Center in the portal environment, proceed as described in Activating and Configuring the Help Center for SAP Applications. More information: Making Information Available to Users in the Help Center

Additional Information

Details of the concepts and functions that the Web Dynpro programming model offers for the ABAP area can be found in the Web Dynpro for ABAP documentation.