
The ARAsoft BAPI Support Library
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The ARAsoft BAPI Support Library (ARAbapi) is an ActiveX DLL that contains 
classes to facilitate the development of BAPI-enabled software. ARAbapi uses BAPIs and 
Remote Function Call to communicate with the R/3 system.
This product is shareware. You can use it free of charge for evaluation purposes only.
See License Information below for information on how to register your copy of ARAbapi.

Functionality
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The product provides classes in the following areas:

- Information about SAP structures/tables and their fields in an easy to use
  collection (araStructures) with contained collections (araFields) for the fields 
  in a structure/table.
  This is implemented in a performance-oriented manner, so that R/3 is only accessed
  once for any structure.
- Information about SAP systems defined on the client machine (araSystems).
- Helper classes for table-related functions (araTable etc.).
- Helper classes for the Helpvalues BAPI (araHelpValues etc.).
- Easy to use objects to invoke class methods (araBAPIObjects).
- A global class that facilitates access to the BAPI, RFC, TableFactory, HelpValues
  and Connection objects supplied by SAP, as well as access to the ClassObjects
  (araBAPIObjects) and Structures (araStructures) collections supplied by ARAbapi.
  This class (araSAP) also contains a method for transparent logon based just on the
  system name.

Release Information
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This is version 1.0.0 of the product.

Documentation
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Complete documentation will be sent to those who register their copy of ARAbapi.

Prerequisites
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ARAbapi requires that the SAP ActiveX controls provided by SAP in the Desktop
Development Kit have been correctly installed on the client system. Version 3.1H
or higher of these controls is required. 
On the server side, ARAbapi requires at least Version 3.1H of the R/3 system.

If you are using Microsoft Visual Basic, you should install Visual Studio Service Pack 3
before installing ARAbapi.

Installation
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Unzip ARAbapi.ZIP and then run program Setup.EXE to install the software. 
See Prerequisites above for information regarding Visual Basic.
The sample programs are provided in SAMPLES.ZIP.

Sample Programs
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The sample programs (written in Visual Basic 5.0 with Service Pack 3 installed)
contain source code annotations to help you understand the ARAbapi classes used.
For more documentation, see above.

Feedback
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Any feedback about this software is welcome, including bug reports and ideas for
future extensions. 
Please contact us directly using the address given below.

License Information
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This product is shareware. You can use it free of charge for evaluation purposes only.

The price for the ARAsoft BAPI Support Library is US $100 per client system.
If in your case this would be more than US $10.000, please contact us about a site or
company license.

To license the product, send us the following information:

- Company name and address.
- An optional eMail address to receive information about future versions of this
  and related products.
- Number of licenses required.
- A check for the total amount required.

Once you license the product, you will receive
- Complete documentation as a Windows help file
- The next two upgrades of the product free of charge when they become available

Address
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ARAsoft GmbH
Alte Bruchsaler Str. 60
69168 Wiesloch
Germany
Tel:   +49-(0)6222-91171
Fax:   +49-(0)6222-91176
eMail: arasoft@t-online.de

Warranty
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ARAbapi is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. 
ARAsoft GmbH does not warrant the fitness of the provided software for any purpose
and makes no claims that the software is free of errors. ARAsoft GmbH shall not be
liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including 
without limitation, lost revenues or lost profits, which may result from the use of
this software.

Trademarks
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All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

Copyright © 1997-1998 ARAsoft GmbH. All rights reserved.