Part 1. Installation of NWDS 7.3 and Java SDK
- Download NWDS
- At this time the latest NWDS is version 7.3 SP16 PAT0005
- Use this link to obtain the latest version:
- https://nwds.sap.com/swdc/downloads/updates/netweaver/nwds/nw/731/doc/auto_com.sap.netweaver.develop...
- Note: it’s ok to use NWDS 7.3 against your 7.4 Portal
- Download Java SDK
- You can download SAP’s Java Version for use with NWDS or you can use the JDK from SUN. But only one of the following versions should be used.
- From SAP: “SAP JVM 6”
- https://nwds.sap.com/swdc/downloads/updates/netweaver/nwds/nw/731/doc/files/sapjvm6.msi
- From SUN: “Java SE Development Kit 6u45”
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase6-419409.html#j...
- Now you have the needed downloads, do the following:
- Install your chosen Java version (Note: I used the SUN version)
- Reboot
- Extract the NWDS zip file to a folder
- Execute SapNetweaverDeveloperStudio.exe
- During this first run of the NWDS, it will ask you to point to the Java version you previously installed.
- Note: if you get an error related to memory (HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError) when executing the developers studio exe, modify SapNetweaverDeveloperStudio.ini and change Xmx value to something smaller (example: Xmx256m).