Data Interfaces

Available CPI-C Functionality
ABAP/4 ABAP/4
Function libraries ( SAP )
CPI-C starter set calls CPI-C starter set calls
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CPI-C advanced function calls (subset)
CPI-C SAP-specific functions
The CPI-C starter set is implemented in ABAP/4 (key word COMMUNICATION).
SAP provides a number of functions for developing external CPI-C programs (also known as remote
CPI-C) on SAP-supported platforms.
These functions can be divided into three groups:
CPI-C starter set calls:
This group contains CPI-C starter set calls.
CPI-C advanced function calls:
This group contains a subset of the X/Open advanced function calls.
CPI-C SAP-specific calls:
This group contains SAP-specific functions which are either needed for communication with R/2 or R/3,
or which are optional.