topic No ABAP syntax highlighting in Java SAPGUI 7.50 on Mac in Application Development and Automation Discussions

No ABAP syntax highlighting in Java SAPGUI 7.50 on Mac

Former Member — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:11:00 GMT

Hello everyone,

I'm totally new to ABAP, I just started working through a book. My Problem is I have no syntax highlighting.

I'm on Mac OS and I tried using SAP Gui 7.30; 7.40 and 7.50 and on none of them I have syntax highlighting.

I tried googling and some people suggest to open the ABAP Options in the bottom right corner of the editor but I don't have any button on my bottom right corner. The only thing I managed to do was to go Utilities -> Settings -> ABAP Editor but I couldn't find anything there for Syntax highlighting

Best Regards

Re: No ABAP syntax highlighting in Java SAPGUI 7.50 on Mac

Tomas_Buryanek — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:28:37 GMT

You have to switch to so-called "new ABAP editor" in SE38. But I am afraid JAVA GUI does not support it?
So the workaround (recommended for developers anyway) is ABAP Development Tools (Eclipse IDE).

Re: No ABAP syntax highlighting in Java SAPGUI 7.50 on Mac

Jelena_Perfiljeva — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:27:54 GMT

Can confirm that new editor doesn't work in Java GUI (any version), unfortunately. We have several developers using Macs and they either have to use Eclipse or are stuck with the old editor.

Re: No ABAP syntax highlighting in Java SAPGUI 7.50 on Mac

AlexDong — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:08:35 GMT

Same question here. Yes Eclipse is good but I think sometimes it is SAP Logon really helps with Tables / Gateway service. Can anyone help here?