Diagnosis
You are working in a system that is set up as a Unicode system,where the SAP front end uses the Unicode character set.
The graphical Screen Painter cannot support this Unicode characterset.

System Response
The functions provided by the graphical Screen Painter cannot beused. The system automatically switches to the alphanumeric layout.

Procedure
You can only use the graphical Screen Painter in a Unicode system ifyou set your SAP front end so that it does not automatically use theUnicode character set (UTF-8).
For this purose, you must log on to the system with a specialSAPLogon entry. In this entry, the property "Unicode OFF" must beset under "Other Settings" in the "Language Settings" box.
This setting is available as of SAPLogon 6.20, Patch 33.
For more details, refer to notes 316903 and 508854.