SAPscript

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Summary: Very good technical book
Review: This book is an excellent guide for working with SAPScript. The layout is great, especially from a reference standpoint. I use this book quite often for the command reference section. I have several pages flagged that I refer to on a regular basis. The code examples on the CDrom worked well on the 4.0b system I've been working with. Glad I purchased this one.

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Summary: I learned so much from this book
Review: This book is much better than the SAP Script made easy 4.0b. I learned so much that I strongly recommend every ABAP programmer to own one.

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Summary: Good for ABAP programmers, less so on the SAPscript side
Review: This is the only book on SAPscript. So someone should write a better one. There definitely is a demand for such a book. Using SAPscript often means using ABAP and this aspect is covered well. The actual SAPscript bit is elementary, not providing much more than the online documentation. In particular, I missed tips and tricks for designing more complex layouts, variably sized boxes, up- and downloading RTF documents and workarounds for unusually implemented features (bugs). This book is merely an introduction to SAPscript, nothing more.

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Summary: Very concise, easy to understand
Review: We are on a newer version of SAP, so I had to adapt some of the screen shots. It's easy to understand. The tutorials and code examples were helpful.

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Summary: This is really awful !
Review: We are running version 4.5, which I believe is a newer version than that presented in the book. Few of the screen shots shown in the book match what is on our system. Some screens do not even remotely resemble what is shown in the book. It's extremely difficult for someone who knows next to nothing about SAPscript to learn from a book that takes you step by step, if there is no way that you can follow those steps on your system.

I'm fairly certain that if our system matched what is shown in the book, I would not be dissatisfied with the book. But that isn't the case. The problem is probably more a result of SAP constantly changing their interfaces that causes more difficulty than it is worth, but does provide them with revenues from training and retraining their customers.

I'd like to see an updated edition, but chances are it would address a newer version of SAP than we are running. SAP has their customers between a rock and a hard place. If you could borrow a copy of the book and step through it while on your system, you might save yourself the cost of the book, which would be money spent in addition to the SAP class that you would have to attend. If the book addresses your release of SAP you'll probably want a copy of your own.

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Summary: Finally!
Review: We're all deeply saddened that the last reviewer needed the book yesterday and didn't have it. We all needed it yesterday but there is no need to act like a jerk about it. This is a unique book with a very practical approach. Check it out.