Howto Make BEX aware of SAPUILandscapeGlobal.xml

Question

Hello,
I am working on the deployment of sapgui740 and want to use a central configuration file on a server using the SAPUIlandscapeGlobal.xml file.
BEX and NWBC seem to be  unaware of this file, and the only workaround (not very elegant!) I  found for BEX yet is to create a dummy saplogon.ini file in the %appdata%/SAP/common directoryw ith the entries for the source systems,
Does anyone know how to make BEX aware of the SAPUILAndscape.files and architecture ?
NWBC 5 seems to be only aware of the local SAPUILandscapeGlobal file
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Paul Courtet.
Mondelez International
Technology CoE

Answer 1

Hi
as workaround put in the services the message Server.
sapmsxx 36xx/tcp
you can rollout over SAPGui-Installation-Server with Script. "On Installation Start" on Package BeX
'================================
' Add Line for <SID> in "SERVICES"
'================================
NwEngine.Context.Log.Write "Event: Add Line for <SID> in SERVICES"
strFile = NwEngine.Variables.ResolveString( "%WinSysDir%\drivers\etc\services" )
Set objTextFile = CreateObject("NwSapSetupATLCommon.TextFileParser")
If objTextFile.Parse( strFile ) Then
NwEngine.Context.Log.Write "Event: Modify the file " & Chr(34) & strFile & Chr(34)
If objTextFile.DoesStringExist( "sapms<SID> 36xx/tcp" ) Then
objTextFile.ReplaceLineEx "sapms<SID> 36xx/tcp", "sapms<SID> 36xx/tcp"
Else
objTextFile.AppendLine "sapms<SID> 36xx/tcp"
End If
objTextFile.Save( strFile )
Else
NWEngine.Context.Log.WriteWarning "Event: Could not open the file " & Chr(34) & strSalFile & Chr(34)
End If
Harald