We have combined the power of a modern PC development environment (comparable to Eclipse™) with the proven functionality of the SAP® ABAP™ Workbench by using the SAP® standard interface SAP® GUI Scripting. Through this interface (available since 2003), a safe integration between the ABAP™ Workbench (SE80) and the CT-Assist was achieved.

Which SAP® systems und which releases are supported?

The CT add-on is suitable for the following SAP® systems: R/3® from release 3.1x up to 4.7 (Enterprise), mySAP™ ERP, mySAP™ CRM, SAP® BW, as well as all further components which are based on SAP NetWeaver® (up to 7.1).

The use of the CT-Assist is independent of the SAP® release. Even older R/3® releases (like 3.1x) can fully benefit from the code completion functions and ABAP™ programming assistants of the CT-Assist .

The installation process depends on the release and takes about 5-10 minutes. Information about the system requirements can be found here.

The CT-Assist uses a modern GUI library (comparable to Eclipse or Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005), which can be fully customized. More than 20 GUI elements (edit windows, search boxes, hit windows, trees, popup windows, control elements, etc.) can be indivdually arranged to build your individual development environment.

The standard interface SAP® GUI Scripting is used to achieve a tight and safe integration with the ABAP™ Workbench is realized:

• Safe update of ABAP™ source code, no direct database access, the ABAP™ source is saved by the ABAP™ Workbench
• complete authority check, lock concept, etc.
• completely where used functionality
• integrated use of the transport system
• Direct call of over 40 transactions and reports
• Direct access to the data dictionary
  

The frequently used 'double-clicking navigation' is also available (realized via Remote Function Call [RFC] ). A click within the CT-Assist automatically invokes the corresponding SAP® transaction (e.g. the data dictionary).

The source code update functions of the CT-Assist (extended mode)

To ensure a safe ABAP™ program update on the SAP® application server the ABAP™ source code is exclusively saved by using SAP® GUI transactions. This is achieved by using the standard interface SAP® GUI Scripting.

Read-only accesses to SAP® application server are not only realized via the SAP® GUI Scripting interfaces but also via an RFC connection (SAP standard interface BC-MID-RFC). Through the RFC connection a function module and several work reports are called to get further information (e.g. where-used lists).

Extended mode diagram:



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The restricted update functionality of the CT-Assist (local mode)

If the use of an editor (e.g. SE38) is restricted in your actual SAP® system (e.g. production system), the CT-Assist can alternatively be used in local mode. The local mode can be chosen as an option during the installation of the CT-Module.

In the local mode the CT-Assist communicates with the application server exclusively ('Read-only'). If an ABAP™ program should be uploaded to the application server, you can use the windows clipboard and the usual upload function.

In the local mode no CT work reports or function modules are installed on the SAP® application server. But you can still benefit from many features of the CT-Assist.