using the wsmessage command.
The 'wsmessage' command is entered into the transaction field and is used to display various attributes relating to the current build of WS. It can also be used to encrypt the RFC password. The syntax is as follows:
/wsmessage(parameters)
Once entered, the resulting attributes will be displayed at the bottom of the SAP GUI window as shown below:
Parameters
The wsmessage command takes several parameters. These are as follows.
- _builddate
-
Displays the actual date the build was made. See the following example:
/wsmessage(_builddate)
- encrypt
-
Excrypts the RFC password for WS. See the following example:
/wsmessage(encrypt('password'),1)This results in a window on the SAP screen containing the newly-encrypted password as shown below:
Note: You then enter the password into appropriate the place in the guixt.sjs file as explained in the rfcConnect section. - _guixtdll
-
Displays the full path, including the filename, to the currently active GuiXT engine. There are three parallel builds of WS that can be running - Desktop, Server and Access. For Desktop, the path will point to the guixt.dll file. For Server, it will point to the sapproxy.exe file and for Access it will point to the guixt4web.dll file. An example is shown below:
/wsmessage(_guixtdll)
The path displays as shown below:
- _guixtsjs
-
Displays the full path, including filename, to the SJS profile file being used. An example is displayed below:
/wsmessage(_guixtdll);
The path displays as shown below:
- _version
-
Displays the version number of the current GuiXT WS build. An example is shown below:
/wsmessage(_version)
The version displays as in the following example.
