LoadRunner: R/3 connect step enables "Show front during run"

pcl2004_27

Description

      When you insert an R/3 connect step (sap_connect2 statement) into QuickTest SAP script's business process, it does not give you an UI option to disable "show front during run". As a consequence, this flag is always set equal to 1 by default and may cause the script replay to fail in the LR Controller.


Solution

      Workaround: The user should go to the expert view and manually change the "SHOW_FRONT" flag from 1 to 0. To go into the expert view, click on Tools -> Options and check Enable Expert Mode. Afterwards, click on Tools -> Expert -> BP File. Change from "SHOW_FRONT= '1' to "SHOW_FRONT= '0'. For example:

sap_connect2("/H/199.35.107.9/H/204.79.199.244/H/172.20.11.6", "00", "", "", "SHOW_FRONT= '0'; SUPPORT_ACTIVEX= '1'");

You need to save the changes inside the Program Viewer and then reload the script (File -> Reload) for it to take effect.