SAP Business Connector with Java (material master data)

Hey,
I have a question about the SAP BC. What are the steps I have to do, to use the BC with a Java program?
My task is to create a program which downloads material master datas from SAP.
I just installed the BC, and hope, that I did it correctly
Many thanks in advance!!
Kind regards,
Alex
German Version:
Hey,
wie ich oben schon geschrieben habe, habe ich ein paar Fragen zum SAP BC. Ich habe ein Hochschul-Projekt und muss hierfür Materialstammdaten aus SAP herunterladen und mit einem Java Programm ausgeben lassen.
Kann mir vielleicht jemand weiterhelfen, wie die Schritte hierfür aussehen?! Wie verbinde ich den BC mit meinem SAP System? und wie bekomme ich anschließen die Daten mit einem Java Programm ausgelesen?
Ich habe bereits den BC installiert und konnte mich meines Wissens auch richtig anmelden;-)
Ich hoffe, dass mir jemand weiterhelfen kann und bedanke mich schon im Voraus für eventuelle Antworten!!!
Viele Grüße
Alex
Edited by: Rolf Gersbacher on May 19, 2010 10:34 PM

Hi,
I work with SAP BC some time ago... I remember that you configure the connection in SM59 / SICF and the server open a port to "listen" (connect external).
So, your external program can execute functions inside SAP and exchange data.
See some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_Business_Connector
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/6a/3f93404f673028e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
http://www.thespot4sap.com/articles/SAP_XML_Business_Integration.asp
Best regards,
Leandro Mengue

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