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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SAP GUI FOR WINDOWS LIFECYCLE....................................................................................................... 3
PLATFORM SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................... 3
NEW FEATURES IN RELEASE 8.00........................................................................................................... 4
True 64bit version of SAP GUI for Windows ..................................................................................... 4
HTML Control based on WebView2 (Edge) ....................................................................................... 6
Fully usable external browser window....................................................................................... 6
Embedded HTML documents can use ActiveX objects............................................................. 6
Rendering and UI features ................................................................................................................. 7
Modernized rendering in Quartz Themes ................................................................................... 7
Displaying editing mode (“INS” / “OVR”) in Belize and Quartz themes ................................... 7
SAP GUI Scripting: Correct handling of visibility properties for themes as of Belize ............. 7
Branding Image: Images can be configured per SAP system and client ................................. 8
Revised font settings dialog and persistence of font settings per character set .................... 9
SAP Logon .........................................................................................................................................10
Secure Network Connection without Single Sign-On as configurable default........................10
Improvements for sorting and ordering columns.....................................................................10
Language Selection: Checking operating system prerequisites .............................................10
SAP UI Landscape: Backup for user defined files....................................................................10
Usability improvements ....................................................................................................................11
Checkboxes and radiobuttons / radiobutton groups: Improved keyboard navigation ...........11
Dialogbox Container: Improved keyboard navigation ..............................................................11
Table Controls: Improved keyboard navigation .......................................................................12
Combobox Control: Showing keys and sorting by keys ..........................................................12
ALV Grid Control: Copy & Paste with gaps ..............................................................................13
ALV Grid Control: Control characters are no longer pasted into editable ALV ......................14
ALV Grid Control: Improved keyboard navigation for comboboxes .......................................14
Tree Controls: Scrolling indicator .............................................................................................14
Security ..............................................................................................................................................15
Checking the validity of the registration of ActiveX Controls invoked by SAP GUI for
Windows .....................................................................................................................................15
CHANGED FEATURES IN RELEASE 8.00 ................................................................................................16
HTML Control: Edge based on Chromium (WebView2 Control) is now the default browser
control ........................................................................................................................................16
UAC virtualization is no longer enabled....................................................................................16
SAP UI Landscape: Handling for loading server configuration files in case of certificate
errors ..........................................................................................................................................16
NO LONGER SUPPORTED / AVAILABLE.................................................................................................17
KW Add-On for SAP GUI no longer contains HTML editing component .................................17
This document gives you an overview of what is new in release 8.00 of SAP GUI for Windows.

SAP GUI FOR WINDOWS LIFECYCLE

SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 was created with Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 which is in mainstream support by
Microsoft until 12th of January 2027 (see also https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/visual-
studio-2022).
Therefore, SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 is supported until 12th of January 2027.
The chart below shows the lifecycle of SAP GUI for Windows releases 7.60 up to 8.00. For the latest
information refer to SAP Note 147519.

PLATFORM SUPPORT
 Windows 10 32-bit (only Education, Pro, and Enterprise editions)
 Windows 10 64-bit on x64 (AMD) and Intel EM64T (only Education, Pro, and Enterprise editions)
 Windows 11 64-bit on x64 (AMD) and Intel EM64T (only Education, Pro, and Enterprise editions)
 Windows Server 2016 64-bit on x64 (AMD) and Intel EM64T
 Windows Server 2019 64-bit on x64 (AMD) and Intel EM64T
 Windows Server 2022 64-bit on x64 (AMD) and Intel EM64T

SAP Note 66971 provides the latest information on platforms supported by SAP GUI for Windows.

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NEW FEATURES IN RELEASE 8.00

True 64bit version of SAP GUI for Windows

Up to release 7.70, SAP GUI for Windows was only available as a 32bit version with the exception being the
64bit versions of the automation controls (Logon Control, Table Factory Control, BAPI Control and Function
Control).

The 32bit version works well on 64bit operating systems and runs in the so-called “emulation” (see also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winprog64/running-32-bit-applications). However, this has a
couple of drawbacks when it comes to memory utilization and integration with other 64bit processes. The
most important limitation in this area was overcome when we started supporting 64bit Microsoft Office
versions in SAP Desktop Office Integration.

Regardless of this, we keep getting requests for full 64bit support in SAP GUI for Windows and thus decided
to implement, deliver, and support such a version. Therefore, as of SAP GUI for Windows 8.00, the SAP GUI
delivery includes both a 32bit version and a 64bit version. You can decide which version to use (parallel
usage of both versions on the same client PC is not possible).

The 64bit version offers an almost complete feature set with the following differences to the 32bit version:

 No parallel installation of 32bit and 64bit SAP GUI for Windows versions

The SAP GUI for Windows installation prevents a parallel installation of a 32bit and a 64bit version.
You need to decide which version to install before installing. This is required because a parallel
installation would cause massive problems. Due to the Controls technology being used, installations
and uninstallations of a second SAP GUI version would damage the second / remaining version.

 No support for systems older than SAP_BASIS 7.00

The 64bit version of SAP GUI for Windows does not support SAP systems running with older
versions than SAP_BASIS 7.00. Even though all these SAP products are already out of support by
SAP this may still affect you. If you need to use legacy systems, keep using the 32bit version of SAP
GUI for Windows.

When trying to log on to such a legacy system, the user will see a popup with additional information
and the logon attempt will be refused.

 Calendar Synchronization for Microsoft Outlook

This component will not be supplied as a 64bit version. However, the 32bit version can be combined
with a 64bit version of SAP GUI for Windows as long as a 32bit version of Microsoft Office is used.
See also SAP Note 1448739.

 SAP Business Explorer

This component will not be supplied as a 64bit version. However, the 32bit version can be combined
with a 64bit version of SAP GUI for Windows if a 32bit version of Microsoft Office is used. See also
SAP Note 3213997.

 Support for hospital graphic (gnhox.exe)

The hospital graphic can only be used in very old SAP systems and there are technical alternatives.
Therefore, this component is not included in the installation of a 64bit version of SAP GUI for
Windows. See SAP Note 3083686.

 Office Integration / Excel Inplace

Even though the combination of a 64bit SAP GUI for Windows version with a 32bit Office product
works, our recommendation is to use a 64bit version of Microsoft Office together with a 64bit version
of SAP GUI for Windows, because this results in a better performance. However, you must keep in

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 mind that the components "CalendarSynchronization for Microsoft Outlook" and "SAP Business
Explorer" do not support 64bit Office products (see above).

 External components

SAP is not responsible for components which are added to the SAP GUI for Windows installation by
external vendors. We have published our intention to create a 64bit version of SAP GUI for Windows
very early, but it is also up to those vendors to react accordingly and provide 64bit versions of their
software if needed.

See SAP Note 3218166 for the latest updates.

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HTML Control based on WebView2 (Edge)

Fully usable external browser window

SAP GUI for Windows 7.70 introduced an alternative browser control based on Microsoft Edge (WebView2
Control). However, due to technical differences between Internet Explorer and WebView2, the new control
has some disadvantages (see also SAP Note 2901278). With SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 we are closing one
of the most important gaps: When opening an external browser window from within SAP GUI, the browser
window can now offer full navigation features:

This new feature requires the browser extension “SAP GUI connector for Microsoft Edge” which connects
SAP GUI for Windows with the Microsoft Edge browser. The extension will be available in the Microsoft Edge
Add-Ons Store. If the extension is installed and enabled and you have activated the feature on SAP GUI for
Windows side (see SAP Note 3258944), SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 and newer can open a tab in the regular
Edge browser instead of the limited window as you can see above.

Embedded HTML documents can use ActiveX objects

As opposed to the HTML Control based on Internet Explorer, the HTML Control based on WebView2 / Edge
does not allow embedded HTML documents a direct interaction with ActiveX Controls. This is due to a
restriction in Microsoft WebView2.

With the ABAP extensions delivered in SAP Note 3260025 and SAP GUI for Windows 8.00, it is possible to
supply an ActiveX object to an HTML document and allow the interaction between these objects. To benefit
from this new functionality, the respective ABAP application needs to supply information on the object to be
invoked to SAP GUI.

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Rendering and UI features

Modernized rendering in Quartz Themes

The rendering engine used for displaying the Quartz Themes has been completely reworked leading to a
more harmonized display of Quartz (for example the rounded corners look much better). Additionally, this
paves the way for further innovations beyond release 8.00 (potentially for adding custom theming support).

The following screenshot shows two improvements in the Quartz themes:

The OKCode (“command”) field now offers buttons for deleting entries in its history via mouse and the
visualization of the dotted focus has been substantially improved.

Displaying editing mode (“INS” / “OVR”) in Belize and Quartz themes

As opposed to older themes, the Belize and Quartz themes by design did not show the indicator for the
editing mode in the system information area. Based on user feedback we are re-introducing this feature on
an optional basis in SAP GUI for Windows 8.00. The feature can be activated in SAP GUI for Windows
options dialog (page “Theme Settings”) and when activated looks like this:

SAP GUI Scripting: Correct handling of visibility properties for themes as of Belize
Starting with the Belize theme, the objects in the SAP GUI window have been re-arranged. For example, the
GUI Toolbar (also “System Toolbar”) and the Application Toolbar have been merged into the so-called
“Header Toolbar”. This had an impact on the SAP GUI Scripting properties which allow hiding parts of the
SAP GUI main window. These are the respective properties (offered by class GuiMainWindow) and their
effects on themes older than Belize:
 ButtonbarVisible: Hides the Application Toolbar
 StatusbarVisible: Hides the Statusbar
 TitlebarVisible: Hides the Titlebar (if present)
 ToolbarVisible: Hides the GUI Toolbar

As of SAP GUI for Windows 8.00, the properties mentioned above can be used again. However, since the
objects in the main window have been changed, the properties work in a slightly different way. The Header
Toolbar will for example only be hidden if at least both the properties ButtonbarVisible and ToolbarVisible
have been set to “False”.

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Branding Image: Images can be configured per SAP system and client

Until now only a single branding image could be configured regardless of which SAP system SAP GUI is
connected to or to which client in this system you are logged on to. However, there are cases in which
different images per system are desired (for example if systems are hosted for different customers of if you
would like to better distinguish systems).

Therefore, as of SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 you can define and select branding images per SAP system and
client. This is basically the same functionality that is already available for the selection of system specific
colors.

In SAP GUI options dialog this looks like this (in the background you see a SAP GUI window with client
specific image at the top right):

More information how to use this feature can be found in the SAP GUI for Windows Administration Guide.
The images to be used as branding images need to be present on the client PC in a specific file structure
that you can for example create via NWSAPSetup.

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Revised font settings dialog and persistence of font settings per character set

The SAP GUI for Windows options dialog offers a page for adjusting the font settings for the
monospaced font and the proportional font. In the past the dialog showed the font size in points which
lead to a lot of misunderstandings, because internally SAP GUI for Windows cannot work with points,
but with a scaling factor that was calculated based on the input in points. Therefore, the font settings
dialog has been completely revised and the selection of the font size is done directly via a scaling factor
in percent:

Since in most cases users only want to change the font size, the dialog is displayed in a basic mode
unless the checkbox “Activate expert font settings mode” is activated. In this case the dialog offers all
font-related settings:

Furthermore, it is now possible to store different font settings including the font size per character set
used. This means if you are working with multiple languages using different character sets (for example
English and Japanese) SAP GUI for Windows is displayed correctly in both cases. So far, only the font
names where remembered which could lead to display issues. The dialog allows an easy maintenance
of the font settings per character set via the combobox “Filter by charset”.

General recommendation: Changing the font size in SAP GUI for Windows should only be considered if
working with the scaling provided by Windows is not sufficient. SAP GUI for Windows reacts on the
Windows scaling factors.

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SAP Logon

Secure Network Connection without Single Sign-On as configurable default

Since SAP GUI for Windows 7.60 the checkbox "Activate Secure Network Communication" in the Secure
Network Settings Page of the SAP Logon dialogs for creating a new connection or performing a variable
logon is automatically selected if the SAP system can support SNC and an SNC product is installed on the
client PC. However, this does not take the situation into account when the server can do SNC, but the client
product can only do SNC, but not SSO. In this case a user may unintentionally create a connection with
activated SSO that will not be working.

Therefore, release 8.00 introduces a registry setting for the administrator that allows changing the default
state of the "Activate Secure Network Communication".

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SAP\SAPLogon\Options]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SAP\SAPLogon\Options]
"ActivateSNCSSOByDefault" [REG_DWORD]
 Value not present or 0:
o Checkbox "Activate Secure Network Communication" is checked
o Checkbox "SNC logon with user/password (no Single Sign-On)" is not checked
This matches the behavior in SAP GUI for Windows 7.60 and 7.70
 Value 1:
o Checkbox "Activate Secure Network Communication" is not checked
This matches the behavior prior to SAP GUI for Windows 7.60.
 Value 2:
o Checkbox "Activate Secure Network Communication" is checked
o Checkbox "SNC logon with user/password (no Single Sign-On)" is checked

See also SAP Note 3074756.

Improvements for sorting and ordering columns

As of release 8.00, SAP Logon (Pad) remembers the sort order applied by the user as well as the sequence
of the columns and the column widths. An administrator can roll-out default values for these settings. See
SAP Notes 3099771 for more information. Furthermore, columns relevant for SAP Shortcuts and Favorites
were added in the Workspace View and List View so that all relevant data can be displayed in these views as
well. The available function for hiding columns was extended so that an administrator can decide which
columns are needed. This is explained in SAP Note 3100231.

Language Selection: Checking operating system prerequisites

SAP GUI for Windows is a non-Unicode program. Therefore, SAP GUI can only be correctly displayed in the
language of your choice if the system locale defined under Windows matches your language selection. For
example, if you would like to display SAP GUI for Windows in Japanese without any visual issues like
garbled characters, you need to use the Japanese system locale.

As of SAP GUI for Windows 8.00, the SAP GUI options dialog checks whether a correct display of SAP GUI
for Windows will be possible with the language you selected. If not, SAP GUI for Windows displays a warning
and falls back to using English language to guarantee a correct display of all contents. Previously, SAP GUI
for Windows simply accepted any selection which could lead to display issues.

SAP UI Landscape: Backup for user defined files

It happens that a local SAP UI Landscape file is overwritten by another process or gets lost somehow. This is
very annoying for users, because these files may contain a lot of connections / SAP shortcuts created by the
user over the course of years. Therefore, SAP Logon now creates backups of the local SAP UI Landscape
file. When a file is accidentally overwritten, the user can retrieve one of the backups and continue working.
See SAP Note 3263097.

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Usability improvements

Checkboxes and radiobuttons / radiobutton groups: Improved keyboard navigation

Checkboxes and radiobuttons may directly trigger an event when selected (depending on application
settings). When using mouse, it is possible to abort a click by moving the cursor away from the checkbox or
radiobutton. As of release 8.00 it is also possible to abort the selection when using keyboard. To achieve
this, the user needs to press SHIFT while still holding down SPACE. This is the same functionality already
available for regular buttons. Just like before the focus can be set to radiobuttons without selected them via
CTRL + CURSOR.

Additionally, HOME and END keys can now be used to navigate to the first and last active radiobutton in a
radiobutton group.

Dialogbox Container: Improved keyboard navigation

Dialogbox containers (most prominent examples are the Performance Assistant and the GOS Container
window) are amodal windows which have not been well-integrated into the tabchain of SAP GUI until now. It
was not possible in a reliable way to move the focus from or to a dialogbox container via keyboard.

This has been improved in release 8.00:

 TAB and SHIFT + TAB navigate from element to element within the dialogbox container
 CTRL + TAB and CTRL + SHIFT + TAB navigate from group to group within the dialogbox container
 CTRL + TAB while the focus is within the last group on the dialogbox container navigates to the
active SAP GUI window or another dialogbox container (if multiple are open)
 CTRL + SHIFT + TAB while the focus is within the first group on the dialogbox container navigates to
the active SAP GUI window or another dialogbox container (if multiple are open)
 CTRL + TAB while the focus is within the last group on the active SAP GUI window navigates to the
first dialogbox container (if at least one is open)
 CTRL + SHIFT + TAB while the focus is within the first group on the active SAP GUI window
navigates to the last dialogbox container (if at least one is open)

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Table Controls: Improved keyboard navigation

Table controls now support additional and refined keyboard shortcuts for improved navigation and more
consistency:

 CTRL + UP / CTRL + DOWN: Scrolls the table control to the very top or bottom and moves the focus
into the first cell / last cell that contains data of the same column.
 CTRL + HOME / CTRL + END: Scrolls the table control to the very top or bottom and moves the focus
into the first cell of the first row / last cell that contains data of the last column.
 CTRL + PAGE UP / CTRL + PAGE DOWN (if supported by the application): Scrolls the table control to
the very top or bottom and keeps the focus in the current cell if possible.
 The “Select All” button (if present) is now part of the tabchain and can be triggered like any other
button in SAP GUI for Windows (SPACE / ENTER)

Combobox Control: Showing keys and sorting by keys

Since a couple of releases, SAP GUI for Windows offers an ActiveX control version of the UI element
combobox. The purpose of this control is to allow the usage of comboboxes in areas on the screen where
only an ActiveX control can be used (containers). The control looks almost like a “normal” combobox, but it
has a slightly different feature set.

With SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 we are closing the most important gaps between the combobox control and
the “normal” combobox: The display of keys and the option to sort the entries by key in the combobox
control. These options contribute a lot to the usability and the efficiency of use of the combobox control.

The features are controlled by the same settings that are also relevant for the “normal” combobox (SAP GUI
Options Dialog -> Interaction Design -> Visualization 1):

With both options activated, a combobox control may look like this (example from transaction SE80):

At the left you see the keys and at the right the values of the entries.

When typing in a combobox showing keys, the selection of items is done based on the keys and not on
the values.

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ALV Grid Control: Copy & Paste with gaps

Clipboard content, especially when taken from applications like Microsoft Excel, may contain empty cells like
in this example:

So far, the ALV Grid Control used to overwrite the content of all cells when a block as depicted above was
pasted. As an example, if one pasted the above data into an ALV Grid Control looking like this

the result would have been:

However, this result may be unexpected, and it was not consistent with the handling in SAP GUI for
Java and SAP GUI for HTML. Therefore, as of SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 the default behavior for
pasting data into an ALV Grid Control is changed, so that empty values do not overwrite cell content.

In the example above, the result with the new feature is:

If desired, the old behavior can be restored by setting the registry value ALVPasteOverwriteValues to 1.

This value can be set under (HKCU has priority over HKML):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SAP\SAPGUI Front\SAP Frontend Server\Customize
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\(WOW6432Node)\SAP\SAPGUI Front\SAP Frontend
Server\Customize

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ALV Grid Control: Control characters are no longer pasted into editable ALV

SAP Note 1825127 explains that ALV Grid does not support non-printable control characters. Until now
users could enter such characters in SAP GUI for Windows for example by copying cell content from
Microsoft Excel into an editable ALV Grid. The copied characters where either displayed as “#” or other
symbols and could cause functional issues in some applications.

Since ALV Grid does not support these characters anyway, we are now preventing the pasting of such
characters to avoid errors. Control characters are removed from a text which is pasted into an ALV Grid. The
remainder of the text is pasted just like before.

ALV Grid Control: Improved keyboard navigation for comboboxes

The keyboard support for comboboxes embedded into an ALV Grid Control has been extended and is now
equivalent to the keyboard support for other comboboxes outside the ALV Grid Control. Specifically, this also
means that values are no longer taken over into the cell automatically, but only when the user confirm the
selection actively (ENTER) or implicitly (by navigating away after changing the selection). This also enables
users to abort a selection via ESC. Furthermore, the selection by typing the leading characters of hits in the
dropdown list has been improved and the dropdown can be opened / closed also via F4.

Tree Controls: Scrolling indicator

Tree controls now show a so-called "scrolling indicator" when the user scrolls vertically in the tree via mouse
or keyboard. This indicator helps the user to easily recognize the position of the currently displayed block of
data within the table and allows a more precise drag and drop of the scroll bar button (thumb):

In SAP GUI for Windows 7.70 the scrolling indicator was introduced for the table control and the ALV Grid
control (GridView Control). With SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 the tree control also supports this feature.

This feature is available for all themes except for “Classic Theme”.

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Security

Checking the validity of the registration of ActiveX Controls invoked by SAP GUI for Windows

Microsoft Windows allows the registration of ActiveX objects in the Windows registry under different root
nodes and arbitrary folders on the hard disk (some not requiring administrative permissions).
SAP GUI for Windows only uses own ActiveX objects from secure locations, but also requires 3rd party
ActiveX objects which cannot be secured by SAP. As of SAP GUI for Windows 7.70 patchlevel 9, SAP GUI
for Windows therefore checks every creation of an ActiveX object originating from an SAP GUI for Windows
process for validity. In case a potentially unsafe registration of an ActiveX object is detected, SAP GUI for
Windows displays a security warning. If such a warning is shown, the user can save the current work, but
after confirming the dialog, SAP GUI is terminated to avoid any security breach.

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CHANGED FEATURES IN RELEASE 8.00

HTML Control: Edge based on Chromium (WebView2 Control) is now the default browser control
As of SAP GUI for Windows 8.00, the default setting for the browser control used to host HTML content
inside SAP GUI for Windows is no longer the Internet Explorer control, but Edge based on Chromium
(WebView2 Control). Due to the de-support of Internet Explorer by Microsoft (see also SAP Note 3058309)
and the strong desire to move to a more modern browsing experience, this is a change which just reflects the
facts and the expectation of most SAP GUI users. See SAP Note 2913405 for more information on browser
controls in SAP GUI for Windows.

UAC virtualization is no longer enabled

In previous SAP GUI for Windows releases the UAC virtualization (see also https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/previous-versions/bb756973(v=msdn.10)) was activated. The idea of the UAC virtualization is to redirect
access to protected resources in the file system (c:\Windows* \ C:\Program Files*) and in the registry
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE) to mirror locations ("VirtualStore"). With UAC virtualization enabled, SAP GUI for
Windows or applications running in SAP GUI for Windows could attempt to write such protected resources.
The attempt to do so resulted in changes in the VirtualStore. This caused issues which were difficult to
analyze, because it is not immediately transparent that something is taken from the VirtualStore or why
something has been written to those locations.

SAP GUI for Windows neither needs write access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE nor to protected folders in
the file system. Therefore, as of SAP GUI for Windows 8.00 the UAC virtualization is disabled. However, it is
possible that applications or external programs running in the context of SAP GUI for Windows may need
such a kind of access. This kind of situation needs to be considered an error which must be corrected in the
affected applications or external programs. Files must be stored in user specific locations like the SAP GUI
for Windows documents folder or the folder for temporary files and changes in the registry need to be applied
under HKEY_CURRENT_USER only.

SAP UI Landscape: Handling for loading server configuration files in case of certificate errors
To achieve a more secure default configuration, as of SAP GUI for Windows 8.00, web-server-based SAP UI
landscape files are not loaded anymore by SAP Logon in case certificate errors occur. This behavior can be
customized according to the settings explained in SAP Note 2892419. However, we generally strongly
recommend using valid certificates.

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NO LONGER SUPPORTED / AVAILABLE

KW Add-On for SAP GUI no longer contains HTML editing component

The subcomponent "KW HTML Editor" of the KW Add-On is no longer available as of SAP GUI for Windows
8.00. See SAP Note 3147887 for further information.

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