Consumption of SAP RFC in Adobe Flex 3 Application Using Web Service Introspection Method

Applies to:
SAP Web Application Server (WAS) 6.40, 7.0 and CE (7.1). For more information, visit the Web Services homepage.

Summary
The main objective of this tutorial is to create a Web Service whose end point is a Remote Function Module and consuming that web service in Adobe Flex 3 Application using Web Service Introspection Method. You can now easily develop your favorite Flex based client application that consumes SAP RFCs as Web Services. Web Service Introspection Method will generate client proxy classes from WSDL signatures. Author: Vivek Khedekar

Company: Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. Created on: 5 August 2009

Author Bio
Vivek Khedekar works at Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd., as a SAP Technical Consultant. He has primarily worked on SAP technologies like ABAP, ALE-IDoc, WebDynpro Java, Adobe Interactive Forms and also tried hands on integrating Adobe Flex, AIR with SAP via RFCs and Web Services.

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Table of Contents
Creating Simple RFC..........................................................................................................................................3 Generating Web Service Using WS Wizard .......................................................................................................5 Create a Flex Project ..........................................................................................................................................9 Web Service Introspection................................................................................................................................11 Script to Call the Web Service Proxy................................................................................................................14 Running the Application....................................................................................................................................15 Related Content................................................................................................................................................16 Disclaimer and Liability Notice..........................................................................................................................17

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Creating Simple RFC

Go to SE37 to create simple function module which will return a simple calculation. We will pass a value to the webservice and that web service will call the function module in SAP and return that value to Flex application.

In the Import Tab we are importing a Data with Type Integer.

In Export Tab FM is returning the calculated value.

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In the Source tab we are adding following code

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Generating Web Service Using WS Wizard

Now we have to create a web service for this function module.

Press continue.

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Provide the name and description of the FM. This may not be same as FM name

Press continue.

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Select Basic Authorization and must check the Release for Runtime.

Click Complete

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Now you can access the wsdl as: http://<host>:<port>/sap/bc/srt/rfc/sap/<RFC Name>?sap-client=<client>&wsdl=1.1 For our example it is: http://<host>:<port>/sap/bc/srt/rfc/sap/ZTEST_INTRO?sap-client=800&wsdl=1.1
Note: You can skip the generation of web service using wizard and use wsdl as:

http:// <host>:<port>/sap/bc/soap/wsdl11?services=ZTEST_INTRO

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Create a Flex Project

In your Adobe Flex Builder, create a new Flex Project.

Name your project ZTEST_FLEX.

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Confirm with Finish. The Flex project is created. In ZTEST_FLEX.mxml add design as below:

Here is the code generated

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"> <mx:Label x="31" y="21" text="Enter any Integer Value :"/> <mx:TextInput x="176" y="19" width="100" id="TxtIP"/> <mx:Label x="31" y="49" text="Square of above value :"/> <mx:Text x="176" y="49" width="100" id="TxtOP"/> <mx:Button x="139" y="77" label="Get Calc From SAP" click="init()"/> </mx:Application>

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Web Service Introspection

In the flex builder Menu go to Data->Import Web Service

Enter the WSDL and press next

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Enter SAP user id and Password

Press Finish

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You will see below files are generated

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Script to Call the Web Service Proxy

Add below Action script to call the Web Service Proxy.

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Running the Application

Build the Flex Application and Press Run. Enter the value and press Button.

After entering valid Login credentials application will gives the output.

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Related Content
Welcome to the Flex and SAP Web Services Quickstart Consuming ABAP Web Services using Flex Adobe Flex For more information, visit the Web Services homepage.

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Disclaimer and Liability Notice

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