Getting Web Dynpro ABAP to work on NetWeaver Trial 7.03

[afordham]

Hi,

I have installed the SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP 7.03 64-bit Trial successfully and am now trying to get Web Dynpro ABAP to work.  I haven't worked with Web Dynpro before and was hoping to learn it using the trial version.  Unfortunately, I can't seem to get any response from the web server.

I have searched the forums to try and find out what might be wrong.  I have activated a number of services and created a new profile in RZ10 (as described in http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-2372) but this hasn't made any difference.  My problem seems to be more fundamental than those identified in that document however.

I have created a test Web Dynpro ABAP application and the URL that it gives me is http://andrew-think.com:0/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/zajf_wd_test_01  (which looks wrong).  This just gives a 404 in IE. 

I have also tried the following URLs:

andrew-think:0/....

andrew-think:8000/...

andrew-think.com:8000/

192.168.0.15:8000/...

The URLs for port 8000 give me a "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" message rather than the 404.

Does anyone have any idea how to get this working on the trial edition?

Many thanks,

Andrew

[afordham · Accepted solution]

Right, I finally got it up and running by doing the following:

Add the following lines to the file C:\usr\sap\NSP\SYS\profile\DEFAULT.FPL

icm/host_name_full = <machine_name>.com

icm/server_port_0 = PROT=HTTP,PORT=8000,TIMEOUT=3600,PROCTIMEOUT=3600

where <machine_name> is the value that's assigned to existing parameters such as 'rdisp/mshost' and 'SAPDBHOST'.

Add the following line to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

<my_ip_address> <machine_name>.com

where <my_ip_address> can be got from running ipconfig.exe at the command line (or using 10.10.0.10 if you've had to install the MS loopback adaptor thingy)

Also, run the report RSICF_SERVICE_ACTIVATION to set up Web Dynpro services (so you don't need to do it all in SICF), with the following values in 'Technical Name':

WEB DYNPRO ABAP

WEB DYNPRO ABAP TEST APPS

WEB DYNPRO ABAP DESIGN TIME

and activate the following services in SICF:

/default_host/sap/public/icf_info

/default_host/sap/bc/wdvd

/default_host/sap/bc/echo

/default_host/sap/bc/erro

Let's hope this helps someone.

Andrew

[peter_leonhart · Accepted solution]

Hello Andrew,

i had the same problem.

I applied your recommodations and now it works.

Thanks a lot .

Kindly regards

Peter.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello,

I completet all steps... and i get a preview of webdynpros in SAP GUI for Windows,

but when I try to acces them in the IE i get an error....

and antoher thing, when i apply the hostname in DEFAULT.pfl and windows hosts file... i even don't get the preview... can someone help me pls?

Many Thanks.

Philipp

[Former Member]

Hello Andrew,

I had the same problem, I applied your steps and now it works for me.

Thank you for your help.

Kind regards

Dham.

[former_member182680]

This works excellent. However, while inserting the entries

icm/host_name_full = <machine_name>.com

icm/server_port_0 = PROT=HTTP,PORT=8000,TIMEOUT=3600,PROCTIMEOUT=3600

into DEFAULT.PFL, it is extremly important not to insert these lines below this section (rather, before this section starts)

...

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

# SAP Message Server for ABAP

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

...

Otherwise, your WebAS might not be startable as the message server will crash upon startup.

Regards,

Uwe