Create SAP Web Service with SAP .

Net
Connector in 5 minutes

Dennis Wang
Microsoft / EAS /SAP
What is SAP .NET Connector
• SAP product. Based on Microsoft .NET
Technology
• Interact with SAP via RFC/SOAP
• Fully integrated with Visual Studio.NET
• Managed Code
 Feature Highlight
• Generates C# Proxy Classes for any .NET
application integrations
• Supports RFC and SOAP
• Supports qRFC, tRFC
• Supports asynchronous SOAP calls
• RFC client or RFC server
 Microsoft .NET SAP System

Visual Studio.NET Proxy BOR

Class DDIC
VB C++ C# … Generator Interface
Design repository
time

Web RFC
Application
Services
.NET RFC Layer
Connector
Runtime
SOAP
Run .NET Connector SOAP Layer
time Component (generated)

Common Language
Runtime
 Feature of Web Service
• It is ASP.Net Web Service
• Hosted by IIS. Using HTTP protocol
• Secure: SSL for connection. NTLM for
authentication. Role base authorization.
• Single sign via NTLM GSSAPI
• Platform Neutral. Can be accessed via http
protocol.
• Strong versioning via XML Namespace
 Steps to Create Web Service for
RFC_Customer_Get
• Create a C# project for ASP.Net Web Service
• Generate SAP Proxy via SAP .Net Proxy
Generator for RFC_Customer_Get
• Open Proxy1.cs and change the following line
public void Rfc_Customer_Get(…) to
public virtual void Rfc_Customer_Get (…)
 Steps to Create Web Service for
RFC_Customer_Get (Continue)
• Open Service1.asmx and do the following
modification
1. public class Service1 : SAPProxy1
2. public override void Rfc_Customer_Get (…)
3. Add these code in this mothed
this.Connection = SAP.Connector.SAPConnectionPool.GetConnection
(MyConnectionString);
base.Rfc_Customer_Get(Kunnr,Name1, ref Customer_T);

• Compile the code and you have the web

service for this RFC.
 How SAP Single Sign On work
under ASP.Net Web Service
Web Service runs under
DomainA\ProcAcct
credential. This account
then calls SAP RFC

Client 1. SAP check

DomainA\dennisw DomainA\ProcAcct in
Run Window app and USRSYSACL
Call Web Service 2. SAP check
DomainA\dennisw in
vusrextid
3. SAP check dennisw in
USRACL
4. Run SAP process under
dennisw account
 Set up single sign on for web
service
• IIS Configuration
– Disable anonymous access
– Set up Windows Integrated Authentication
• Web Service Configuration
– Generate encrypted user name and password via
aspnet_setreg.exe program. This value will then be set up in
registry. Here we assume the user name is SAPCMDEV
– Add the following line in Web.Config
• <identity impersonate=”true”
sername=”registry:HKLM\Software\SapWebService\Id
entity\ASPNET_SETREG,sername”
• password=”registry:HKLM\Software\SapWebService\Id
entity\ASPNET_SETREG,password” />
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Continue
• GSS Library
– Requires on the server where Web Service is
located.
– Copy the GSSNTLM.DLL to c:\windows\system32
– If the GSSNTLM.DLL was copied to a folder other
then within the environment search path, you need
to add the following line in system environment
SNC_LIB=”file path\GSSNTLM.dll”
• Make sure to replace the gssapi32.dll with this
GSSNTLM.dll if the old gssapi32.dll exists. The
old gssapi32.dll does not work.
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• Create Entry in Table SNCSYSACL via SNC0
• This table contains a list of trusted domain accounts or SNC.
• Start SAP and run SNC0
• Make sure to enable the RFC/CPIC/Ext ID options
 Set up single sign on for web service -
Continue
• Make sure all users who access SAP
will have their User Accounts in
USRACL or via SU01
• Mapping external users into SAP
users
• Run SM30 and table VUSREXTID
• Value: Work Area=NT.
• Value: External ID =
MYDomain\dennisw
 Set up single sign on for web service -
Continue
• Program The Connection String with the
following value:
– SNC_MODE=1;
– SNC_PARTNERNAME="p:" +
System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.Ge
tCurrent().Name; ‘ Web Service Process
Account
– EXTIDDATA=User.Identity.Name; ‘Caller
credential
– EXTIDTYPE=“NT”;
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How does InfoPath 2003 connect to SAP?

• Utilize SAP RFC and BAPI.

• Generate RFC/BAPI proxy by using SAP .Net Connector
• Create Web Service Wrapper around the proxy
• Hosting/Publish the web service via WSDL
• InfoPath Consume the web service
Demo
 Resource
• SAP .Net Connector: https://websmp103.sap-ag.de/connectors
• InfoPath 2003 SDK
– Available on microsoft.com under downloads
• InfoPath 2003, Technical Webcasts, Technical White Papers, Development Guides
– MSDN
– http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/InfoPath 2003/
• Visit http://microsoft-sap.com for information on:
– SAP at Microsoft
– SAP .Net Connector
– Upcoming customer workshops