SAP Note No. 205487                          10.08.2005           Page 1
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Number              205487 
Version             11 from 06.12.2004
Status              Released for Customer
Set on              06.12.2004

Language            EN
Master language     DE
Short text          Own text on SAPGui logon screen

Responsible         SAP AG
Component           BC-SEC
                    Security
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Long text

Symptom
You want to display a customer-specific text on the SAPGui logon screen.
Other terms
SAPMSYST, screen 0020, logon, login, signon, sign on screen, logon
screen

Reason and Prerequisites
Before Release 4.6 the logon screen, program SAPMSYST screen 0020, was
modified for this. As of Release 4.6, modification is no longer
necessary.

Solution
As of Release 4.6 it is possible to display customer-specific texts on
the SAPGui logon screen. See 4.6A release note BC_46A_LOGIN_INFO.

Go to Transaction SE61 and select the document class 'General Text'
(selection using F4 help), and create a text with the name
ZLOGIN_SCREEN_INFO in the system language determined with the profile
parameter zcsa/system_language.

If the text does not exist in the system language, no output is made.


Note that there is space on the logon screen for 16 lines for every 45
fixed-font characters or for approximately 60 proportional font
characters.

Title lines (can be recognized by format keys starting with a 'U') are
highlighted in the display.

You may also output icons at the beginning of lines by using an icon
code (for example, @1D@ for the STOP icon). You can get a list of icon
codes from Report RSTXICON. Pay attention to the codes with two '@'
symbols displayed by the report. You cannot include text symbols. The
function 'include character' cannot be used.

Creating/changing this text requires a changeable system. Therefore, for
production systems, SAP recommends maintaining the text in the upstream
system and then transporting it. To do this, select a transportable
(customer) development class when you create the text and save the
active version prior to the export.
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The transport is done via the transport object
R3TR DOCT ZLOGIN_SCREEN_INFO

The text can be changed in the original system only (see TADIR entry
R3TR DOCT ZLOGIN_SCREEN_INFO). When making a change in a non-original
system, a modified text would be generated which cannot be represented
sensefully on the initial screen.


Caution - changed functions as of Release 6.40

Except for the above-mentioned formatting possibilities for:

    o  headings ('U') and

    o  icons at the beginning of a line

no further formatting is available that was was previously possible
using SAPScript.

Warning
If you modify screen SAPMSYST 0020 (in older releases), then note that
you may only insert text elements.
Changes to the flow logic, for example, by inserting subscreen, force a
change in program SAPMSYST.
SAP strongly recommends not changing the system program SAPMSYST because
by doing so, serious problems may arise (for example, the dialog logon
is generally no longer possible!)

Repairs in the Code
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Note is release independent
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Note attributes

Transaction codes   SE61
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Reference to related Notes

Number    Short text
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365664    RF: SAPLogon Screen does not fit device screen size
335345    additional LOGON screen for SAPConsole

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