Display protected source code

[Former Member]

Hi All,

We are facing the problem of source code protection because our ABAPer deceived us and left the company.

Now we can not modify / display any program developed by him. We are logging with his id also giving same message as displayed below.

The source  is protected. See explanation in long text
Message no. ED800
Diagnosis
The desired source text is protected by SAP because changing it could cause system errors.

I hope we can view this code in any diffrent way as I forgot password which I used to protect it.

Please suggest your expoert solutions.

Regards,

Ramesh.

[PedroGuarita]

Check table PROGDIR with the report name. See if either field SQLX or EDTX are filled. If so try changing these values to space and check again if you can change the report.

[Former Member]

Hi Pedro,

I checked the field SQLX and EDTX, its blank only.

any other alternative??

Regards,

Ramesh.

[Former Member]

We are facing the problem of source code protection because our ABAPer deceived us and left the company.

...as I forgot password which I used to protect it.

...which I used to protect it.

Bad boy....

[Former Member]

LOL.. Good catch

[uwe_schieferstein]

It seems that somebody is about to be expelled from the SAP world...

Regards

Uwe

[Former Member]

Hi Maen,

I mean to say, I am logging with that ABAPer user id and then also it is giving same message. I am asking about solution that is there anyway that we can break the password of these codes, because it huge development. In future we can not chage those code at all which is big mess up for my client.

Its strange that SAP also doesnt have any solution for this kind of things.

Regards,

Ramesh.

[Former Member]

How can you forget a password you never knew and how do you even know it was password mechanism used to implemented the unlock, if you never used it yourself?

Double naughty ABAPer...

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member]

I'm glad i'm not the only one with that thought.

I'd say tar and feathers like in the old days....

[former_member226519]

you can hide code by inserting a special string into the first line of the code:

This can not be done manually and it is difficult to remove.

Try to write the report source to a transport request and export it to a local directory without compression.

Use HEX-Editor to remove the first line.

[Former Member]

Hi Volker,

Can you please describe your solution in details as I never heard about HEX-Editor.

Please tell me step by step.

Regards,

Ramesh.

[matt]

>

> Hi Volker,
> 
> Can you please describe your solution in details as I never heard about HEX-Editor. 
> 
> Please tell me step by step.
> 
> Regards,
> Ramesh.

You'll have to get your basis team involved to see the transport files. Which won't be a problem if the suggestions that it's actually you who've committed the crime are false, will it?

[Former Member]

problem resolved by old backup restore on another server.

Regards,

Ramesh.

[Former Member]

This is one way of doing it, if the active versions are the same and the loaded programs are not hidden and checking their version.

Good luck!

Julius

[Former Member]

I knew right from the beginning that, you would somehow find your way to this thread - which is also the reason why I didn't bring it to the Funny Thread Sticky. You are so predictable!

pk