Help with starting point for "proof of concept" integration

We are a third party application provider and are attempting to figure out how to do a "proof of concept" integration with SAP. We are not looking for "certification". Our product does not appear to fit any of the standard certifications for integration and our experience integrating with other systems indicates that no two integration will be identical.
We are looking to do a simple integration scenario with an SAP system so we have some basic experience doing it, can say 'Yes" when asked if we have done it, and can create a video showing a transaction being done in SAP and our system also updating (and ideally the reverse).
Our starting point with respect to SAP knowledge is "0".
Our basic task list (we think) goes something like
1. Figure out the version and modules of SAP with which we should be integrating
2. Get access to an SAP system (do we rent, is there a developer/evaluation, ...)
3. Put some data in the test system (is there a "sample data" set?)
4. Figure out the SAP transactions that map to the business process in which we are interested (moving goods in and out of a distribution center/ware house - are there some "standard business process guides")
5. Integrate (we are a .NET web based application so we are guessing this means use the ".Net Connector")
Could anyone point out any resources (white papers, links, people, places to find people,...) that might be a good starting point?
Thanks,
John

Athol,
We are looking to recieve notifications out of SAP as tractor trailers at a dock are filled as proof on concept. The actual integration scenarios we do are more complex and do not match well with any of the pre-packaged certification scenarios. The real world integration scenarios actual vary substantially from customer to customer in terms of the integration points between systems.
As we have become more marginally knowledgable about SAP, I think we will end up receiving and sending "IDOC" messages from SAP but have no idea what those IDOC messages are or where to start looking for what a "standard" (if there is one) message SAP would generate in reaction to whatever the "trailer is loaded" transaction is.
To figure out what the transaction is, I assume we need to identify what version of SAP we should be targeting for a simple integration. Are there any could references on what the commonly integration methods are and to which versions they apply?
Something like "hey, if you do an integration with a IDOCs in with SAP Netweaver 2004 then that would good proof you could integrate with 90% of the installed SAP base". Of course, any links explaining what the versions of SAP are and where they are in there lifecycle and what people are actually using would be helpful.
John

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                         System.out.print("\nPlease enter another number you want to do the calculation with and hit <ENTER>: ");
                         num2 = br2.readLine();
                         double n2 = Double.parseDouble(num2);
                         System.out.println("\nThe second number you have entered is: " + n2);
                         System.out.println("\nYour numbers are: " + num1 + " and " + num2);
                         inputCorrect = true;
                    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                         System.out.println("You did not enter a valid number: " + "\""+ num2 + "\" is not a number!!");
                         inputCorrect = false;
                    return num2;
     public int Calculator() {
          int choice2 = (int) Double.parseDouble(choice1);
          switch (choice2) {
                    case 1 :
                         Add();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " + " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 2 :
                         Subtract();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " - " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 3 :
                         Multiply();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " * " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 4 :
                         Divide();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " / " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         Modulus();
                         System.out.print(" and the remainder is " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 5 :
                         maximumValue();
                         System.out.println("The maximum number between the numbers " + num1 + " and " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         minimumValue();
                         System.out.println("The minimum number between the numbers " + num1 + " and " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 6 :
                         Squareroot1();
                         System.out.println("The squareroot of value " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         Squareroot2();
                         System.out.println("The squareroot of value " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 7 :
                         absoluteNumber1();
                         System.out.println("The absolute number of " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         absoluteNumber2();
                         System.out.println("The absolute number of " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 8 :
                         octalEquivalent1();
                         System.out.println("The octal equivalent of " + num1 + " is: " + octalEquivalent1());
                         octalEquivalent2();
                         System.out.println("The octal equivalent of " + num2 + " is: " + octalEquivalent2());
                         hexadecimalEquivalent1();
                         System.out.println("\nThe hexadecimal equivalent of " + num1 + " is: " + hexadecimalEquivalent1());
                         hexadecimalEquivalent2();
                         System.out.println("The hexadecimal equivalent of " + num2 + " is: " + hexadecimalEquivalent2());
                         break;
                    case 9 :
                         Round1();
                         System.out.println("The rounded number of " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         Round2();
                         System.out.println("The rounded number of " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 0 :
                         if (choice2 == 0) {
                              System.exit(1);
                         break;
               return choice2;
          public String anotherCalculation() throws IOException {
               boolean inputCorrect = false;
               while (inputCorrect == false) {
                         try {
                              BufferedReader br3 = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                              System.out.print("\nWould you like to do another calculation? Y/N ");
                              more = br3.readLine();
                              String s1 = "y";
                              String s2 = "Y";
                              if (more.equals(s1) || more.equals(s2)) {
                                   inputCorrect = true;
                                   while (inputCorrect = true){
                                        inputNumber1();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        calculatorChoice();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        inputNumber2();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        Calculator();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        anotherCalculation();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        inputCorrect = true;
                              } else {
                                   System.out.println("\n" + nameSurname + " thank you for using this program, you have used this program for: " + decimals.format(programRuntime()) + " seconds");
                                   System.out.println("the program will now exit, Goodbye.");
                                   System.exit(0);
                         } catch (IOException ex){
                              System.out.println("You did not enter a valid answer: " + "\""+ more + "\" is not in the list!!");
                              inputCorrect = false;
          return more;
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
          Project p1 = new Project();
          p1.insertNameAndSurname();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.inputNumber1();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.calculatorChoice();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.inputNumber2();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.Calculator();
               System.out.println("");
               p1.anotherCalculation();
               System.out.println("");
{code}
*Can you please run my code for yourself and have a look at how this program is constructed*
*and give me ANY feedback on how I can better this code(program) or if I've done anything wrong from your point of view.*
Your help will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Smirre wrote:
Now my question is this: How can I restrict the user to only enter 'letters' (and spaces of course) but allow NO numbers for his/her surname??You cannot restrict the user. It is a sad fact in programming that the worst bug always sits in front of the Computer.
What you could do is checking the input string for numbers. If it contains numbers, just reprompt for the Name.
AND you might want to ask yourself why the heck a calculator needs to know the users Name.

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Hi there - i've spent half my life trying to sort this and it's in vain. There's only 9 hits in google for the below error message and half of those are in Japanese. Not much help therefore. So any advice to be gratefully received!
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Cheers...
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Operation EM Deploying is in progress.
Operation Unlocking Passwords and Out of Box setup is in progress.
Operation Configuring OMS is in progress.
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Performing installation of CLI services for client.
Operation Restarting OPMN Processes is in progress.
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Performing free port detection on host=BTN-WKS-STRAUSS.RDFGROUP.COM
Securing the agent
Performing targets discovery and agent configuration
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INFO: Configuration assistant "Agent Configuration Assistant" failed "

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echo '</item>'
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