Integrating WebDynpros to WebUI - impossible?

Question

Hello Experts,
My client is upgrading from PCUI (CRM 5.0) to WebUI (CRM 5.2). We have a WebDynpro (using ABAP) application that lists out sales orders for various customers. On clicking a Sales order #, the application used to pull up the PCUI view of the sales order. We would like to retain the WebDynpro and integrate it with the WebUI framework to accomplish the same functionality. (i.e to deploy the WebDynpro within the WebUI framework and have the ability to navigate in and out Sales order WebUI component from the WebDynpro).
My developers tell me that there is no simple means to integrate the WebDynpro to the WebUI framework and that we will have redevelop the entire application in WebUI from scratch. I find this hard to believe.
Is this experience or is there a pragmatic solution to integrate WebDynpros with WebUI? If so, what is the technical solution? I did search this forum and internet but could not find any answers so far.
Cheers,
Arun K

Answer 1

Arun,
I would disagree with your developers that they would need to redo everything.  However I do have a few catches:
1.  You have SSO established between all applications.
2.  You will need to "rewrite" the part of the WDA application that "links" to the sales order
3.  I believe there is a way to call up documents through navigation links and parameters in the webui.
4.  You can always link in the WDA application to the webui menu via an URL transaction launcher.
So the answer is it could be done.  I know there are "parameterized" links, because in business workflow in the webui it can launch a detail view via the BOR display methods.
The abap code below proves my point about remote launching.
DATA lv_bor_object_key TYPE swo_typeid.
lv_bor_object_key = object-key-marketingproject.
cl_crm_uiu_mkt_obj_mapper=>show_bor_object_in_ui(
iv_bor_object_key  = lv_bor_object_key
iv_bor_object_type = object-_objecttypename
iv_ui_action       = cl_crm_uiu_mkt_obj_mapper=>co_ui_action_edit ).
Further look at the code in the static method call.  Now this is CRM 2007 code, but basically they are building an URL dynamically with the parameter of the object type + actual object.
Take care,
Stephen