User Specific GuiXT changes

[former_member1316677]

I've just been looking at how to change my screen using the designer and want to have a go but am first worried about inadvertantly changing it for everyone.

I have read some scripting tutorials for this involving the registry but was just wondering if there was a simpler and safer way.

I am only looking to do this on the one PC I use.

[Former Member]

Click on the colorful "profile" icon either at the far right of your easy access menu, or the same icon, which is on the left in the GuiXT menu screen.

You'll see that you have four places to store scripts, from which you can have SAP look in (ie, it will look for scripts in the folder you have given the address for in the #4 field first, then #3, and so on for each transaction/screen you click on).

If you want to try new scripts for practice, just save it on your c drive, say create C:\GuiXt\Scripts. Place this address in the 4 field, and it will look for any scripts for the transaction that you are on in that folder first. In the same manner, when you click on a transaction, then begin writing and saving scripts, it will want to save those new scripts in that folder. So, you can essentially create endless variations of the same named script and save them in different folders, if that makes any sense.

I've just started without Designer (for now) on IW38 screen in the PM module - kinda of a tough one for me to figure out; but, that's how I was testing. The synactive website also has a decent starter library and tutorial that I recommend looking at.

Let me know how you like Designer. I've heard it's just ok, but that was before I started coding line by line -ugh.

[former_member1316677]

I'm starting to get the hang of Scripts now which is just as well because when I click Designer nothing happens. Which is a bit of a shame as it looks handy.

[Former Member]

How about a nice tutorial, howTo or blog about what you are learning - some of us are in the dark here

[former_member583013]

A blog would be nice...I have never work using GuiXT... -:(

Greetings,

Blag.

[Former Member]

The designer icon is standard. But you have to purchase the license key to make it work. I believe it's $3500 for designer, which you can purchase as stand alone; however, all other plug-ins are group purchase (view, InputAssistant).

I am a little surprised at how little I can find on the web about guixt beyond the synactive website. I guess I've been spoiled with Adobe software the past few years.

[Former Member]

I've started a GUIXT TIPS AND TRICKS over on the ASUG forum - mainly for hand coding because, like many of you, I do not have a Designer license key at this time.

As I'm learning, and finding small helpful tricks, I'll post them there.

http://www.asug.com/forums/GroupForumJump.cfm?forumid=1

ASUG.com -> Networking -> Discussion Forums -> Plant Maintenance SIG (under Product Lifecyle Management Communities.

One of the bigger complaints I have about Synactive, besides them not updating the most basic functions that you can do, is the not so obvious instructions they provide on their site.

One very annoying problem is figuring out the grid coordinate when hand coding. So I spent about 20 minutes one day just writing a simple script that will produce a coordinate system on the screen. This can really help you out when trying to figure out where screen items can go and what needs to be deleted. I have the script and powerpoints attached in the ASUG forum. I ask that others would also provide some friendly user tips and tricks as they learn.

For any consultants contacting me via email, chances are, if my company hasn't spent money on Designer or InputAssistant, they're not going to spend it on a consultant at this time either.

Message was edited by: Jeff M

[Former Member]

Hi Jeff M, any chance of a cross post - many in here have no access to ASUG.

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can conditionalise the script:

If Q[_user=yourusername]

process...

endif

You can also do this per role or groups of roles, user catalogues, specific systems, specific languages, etc et al.

Kind regards

Freddie Botha

Documation Consulting Services

info @ documation.co.za

SAP FUN - Finetuned User Navigation

[Former Member]

Can you be a bit more specific which screen are you wanting to change and with what designer?