Java Applet- Popup issue

[Former Member]

Hi All,

We're on EHP6 and on couple of systems we are facing issues in downloading/uploading a file. In a normal scenario, the first time a SAP user starts a program on a specific SAP system, which does a frontend operation like file upload/download,file execution etc., the Java applet warns the user that a request to the applet is send. The user now must confirm that requests from this particular SAP system are allowed to be processed by the Java applet.

However, in some systems this warning is not displayed and the application simply hangs. The JRE version is also 1.6+.  I have gone through the NOTE#1555523 and observed that in the affected systems the folder WEBGUI_CFG_DIR is not created which contains WEBGUI.CFG file.

Also, am unable to understand the following line mentioned in the above NOTE

- The starting of programs is no longer possible. In order to start a program, the program has to be included in a white list of allowed programs on the users PC. The key name of this white list in the configuration file is "FILE_EXECUTE_EXECUTABLE_ALLOWED".

Where do I need to maintain the above entry?? Please advice.

Thanks,
Sachin

[Former Member]

Welcome to the world of incompatibilities. SAP has a tough time keeping up with Oracle releasing new versions of Java which break compatibility with the ACF applets. SAP has recently released updated versions of the ACF applets that work together with the most recent Java versions, see SAP note 1868468 for details. You should verify compatibility of installed Java versions on all client desktops/laptops and make sure that only versions that work together with SAP are installed.

https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1868468

A special Thanks to SAP's who recently helped us and provided the SAP note for fixing the incompatibility issues we had run into.