Function module WWW_ALV_CALL is not released for the Internet

Hi
I am facing this error Function module WWW_ALV_CALL is not released for the Internet and Only user SAP can release the function module.
Best Regards
GAGAN

hi,
This Web based calls are not available anymore in Netweaver 2004s/7.0.
More information in SAP-Note: 910202
Hope this helps
regards
Tobias

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Symptom
The Graphical Layout Editor of the Screen Painter either does not start or terminates.Error message 37527 is displayed in the session in which the call was made (Graphical Layout Editor not available.
Additional key words
() EUNOTE, EUSCREENPAINTER, 37 527
Cause and prerequisites
This note comprises all the common causes for error message 37527 and provides you with information on how to systematically trouble shoot the problem.
1. Windows32 or UNIX/motif?
As of Release 4.6B there is only the program version for 32bit Windows (NT, 95, 98, 2000 ff.).Up to Release 4.6A there was also a version for UNIX/Motif.All of the more current notes (with the exception of Note 45490) refer only to the Windows version.
2. Termination at the start or during use?
The following diagnostic steps refer to the causes of the errors which prevent the Graphical Layout Editor from starting. However, there are also known error causes, which result in the program terminating when the application is being used and which also produce the 37527 error message. This affects -
Rel.4.6C/D: Termination when attempting to read texts in the logon language -> Note 375494
Crash after transferring program and dictionary fields. Termination after transferring program and dictionary fields -> Note 189245
Release 3.1I: Termination after inputting field text -> Note 113318
3. Is the SAPGUI installation correct?
The Graphical Layout Editor is automatically installed during the standard installation of the SAPGUI.If you chose a non-standard installation, then you should have explicitely selected its installation (component "Development Tools - Graphical Screen Painter").
The program executable is called gneux.exe.During the SAPGUI installation it is placed in the same directory as the SAPGUI programms (for example, front.exe) (usually C:\Program Files\SAPpc\sapgui). The following belong to the program:
- An additonal executable gnetx.exe (RFC starter program)
- the DLL eumfcdll.dll
- various eusp* data files (that is, the names all begin with eusp.)
You can check the completeness of the program installation by starting the program gneux.exe locally in the SAPGUI directory (for example, by double-clicking on the program name in the Explorer window).The Layout Editor is displayed with German texts and an empty drawing area for the pseudo screen EUSPDYND 0000.
If the installation is not complete, an error dialog box provides information regarding the cause of the error, for example, sometimes the DLL eumfcdll.dll is missing after reinstalling the SAPGUI. For example, the eumfcdll.dll DLL was sometimes missing after the SAPGUI was reinstalled.
4. System link defined and okay?
The Graphical Layout Editor is a separate program which is started by the Screen Painter Transaction (SE51) on the Frontend machine.
Up to Release 3.0F, the programs communicated with each other via the graphics log of the SAPGUIs (gmux).The definition of the environment variable SAPGRAPH may be the cause for the program not being being found where it is.
As of Release 3.1 G, the programs use a separate RFC link which is set up in addition to the SAPGUI's RFC link.Missing or incorrect definitions of the RFC destination EU_SCRP_WN32 or problems with the creation of the RFC link are the most frequent causes for error message 37527 being displayed.Below you can find the correct settings for the RFC destination EU_SCRP_WN32 (under "Solution").Note 101971 lists all the possible causes for problems with the RFC link set-up. Attention:The Graphical Layout Editor may not be operated through a firewall (for example between the SAP and the customer system) because this does not allow an additional RFC connection in addition to the SAPGUI.
Solution
ad 1 UNIX/Motif
Note 45490 describes possible errors resulting from an incorrect program installation under UNIX/Motif (up to Release 4.6A).
ad 2 Termination when using
The above-mentioned notes may contain options for solving individual problems.However, you usually have to replace the program with an corrected version.You can do this either by downloading a patch from sapservX or by installing a more current SAPGUI.The patch is mentioned in the respective note.
ad 3 Installation
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ad 4 System link
Up to Release 3.0F:you can either delete the environment variable SAPGRAPH or copy all the files of the Graphical Layout Editor into the directory which is specified by SAPGRAPH.
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- Activation type "Start"
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- Description (optional) "Graph. Screen Painter (Windows32)
Start Program gneux.exe using the gnetx.exe starter program."
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If the program gnetx.exe can be found and started, the banner dialog box with logo, release data and version number is displayed briefly.As the Layout Editor itself is not started, the error cause must be in the installation of the Layout Editor program gneux.exe if the connection test was successful.
Release 4.5A to 4.6B: Use with Releases <3.1G>.
The Graphical Layout Editor is downward-compatible as regards the system connection, that is, an RFC-based Layout Editor for example from Release 4.6C can also be used on a non-RFC-based Screen Painter, for example of Release 3.0F.However, the releases mentioned above have a program error which causes a crash due to memory violation in the start phase of the program.Note 197328 describes the solution by installation of the corrected program version.
Important: Trace file dev_euspNNN!
If none of the diagnosis steps leads to the cause of the error and to the solution of the problem via the corresponding note, then you should add the contents of the trace files dev_euspNNN (NNN = process number) to the message for SAP, if possible.You can find this file in the current directory of the SAP System, for example under Windows NT in C:\Winnt\Profiles\<user>\SAPworkdir.If several such trace files can be found there, make sure that you use the file which matches the termination time with respect to date and time of creation.In most cases the ERROR message in the last lines of this trace file provides an important note on the cause of the error.
Source code corrections
Symptom
The graphic layout editor of the Screen Painter cannot be started (RFC version).
Other terms
() EUNOTE, EUSCREENPAINTER
Reason and Prerequisites
This is generally caused by the fact that the RFC connection between the frontend graphics layout editor and the calling screen painter program at the backend cannot be set up.
Possibility 1: Route permission denied
In the trace file dev_eusp<Process Id> of the graphics layout editor you find the entry "ERROR in RFCMgr_accept: not accepted", and in the RFC trace file dev_rfc.trc you have an entry of the form "ERROR route permission denied (<Front-Id> to <BackId>,<Service>)".
If there is a firewall between frontend computer and application
server, you need to decide whether the port for the RFC of the graphical layout editor can be released here (see Solution 1 below).
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Possibility 2: Service 'sapgw<ServiceId>' unknown
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Solution
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For details refer to chapter 4.4 of the attached Note 30289.
ad 2) Include service sapgw<ServiceId> in the service file.
Refer to Note 52959 for details.
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As a workaround, assign RFC authorizations as described in Note 93254.

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ughhhh. Mandrake have always sucked at marketing, they do themselves no favours. IMHO, they're becoming more and more irrelevant with each release. Once upon a time I might have reccomended mandrake to a newbie, but certainly not now. They've got great assets and a good base. The *potential* to become a good distro. But each release, stupid bugs make it through, and the improvements seem negligable.
Once of their better features is their huge repository of packages -- which is horrendously poorly advertised. You'll find nowhere in the GUI's or desktop a place to access their 'contrib' repo which is the equivalent of our extra, and contains a huge amount of packages. Also an important point for mandriva has been mandrakeusers.org/mandrivausers.org, which has been a huge community offering great support for newbies to mandrake, rather than directing them into the expensive mess that is known as the mandriva club. Mandriva have totally ignored this resource, and have made no attempt to support this board, upon which you'll find, I have quite a reasonable post count from back in my early days of Linux (mandriva 8.2 was first distro), and continuing on to now. It also exemplifies their (lack of) decent customer support.
The distro has had countless irritating bugs which pervaded through releases, and all sorts of utterly stupid ones that should never have made it through the testing process. They do little to help themselves with this. I've reported countless bugs, and all of them have been ignored for months. On their last release, they included the old rt2500 module, which at the time, hard locked SMP machines, and made my mandriva unbootable as it was loaded on boot. I filed a bug, marked it as high priority and it was utterly ignored for more than 6 months, so much so I had forgotten about it. Other bugs and emails have suffered a similar fate.
It's GUI tools, have become a complete mess, for example wireless, in 2006 release, was absolutely horrendous to configure, and had no support for WPA -- wpa_supplicant wasnt even on the CD's so people could configure it manually.
It's good to see they're finally ditching their old desktop theme, which they dragged on for far too long. It's always been absolutely hideous.
Their business model emphasises the 'club' far too much, making it difficult to even find a download on their site for the standard version, which has "Free" tacked all over it, as if to try and make you feel like a cheapskate. Doesnt help how they change their release cycle frequently either.
The stupidity of Mandriva just confounds me. PR like this does nothing to help them. They criticise the developers for not providing a 2.6 kernel that is stable. Maybe mandriva should look in their own backyard, and offer a distro that's remotely stable. Last time I used it, it had a horrendously old udev, hotplug, and a very slow hardware detection system. It still used bootsplash, which has been unmaintained for over two years, and included supermount, which Con Kolivas has disowned and again, has abandoned for years. They're hardly doing themselves favours patching their kernels with this out of date crap. Nor do they update them, I dont see mandriva offering updates to newer ones, which would no doubt fix many of the reported issues.
Alternatively they could do what other distros do and pitch in and help. Many of the kernel developers are also employees of other vendors, or have an important part in other distros, such as Daniel Drake and Robert Love. It'd be great for mandrake if they employed a kernel developer, because it's clear THEY are the ones who are the idiots.
I have no idea how they made it out of their bankrupcy, with the lacklustre state of their miserable distro, I think their days are numbered, unless they do something to change around their image and fix their product.
ok, im done.
James

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