How to close SAP Logon window?

In all of my SAP based articles I showed You how to open SAP Logon, choose the environment, go to transaction, do whatever You need inside and then close the environment. In this one I will present to You the last thing, which I never show You before – how to close SAP Logon window.

Let’s just remind ourselfs every SAP connection code initialization, which I probably used in every article code.

    Shell "C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\FrontEnd\SAPgui\saplogon.exe", 4
    Dim WshShell As Object
    Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    Do Until WshShell.AppActivate("SAP Logon ")
      Application.Wait Now + TimeValue("0:00:01")
    Loop
    Set WshShell = Nothing

    Set SapGui = GetObject("SAPGUI")
    Set Appl = SapGui.GetScriptingEngine
    Set Connection = Appl.Openconnection("Connection/Environment name", True)
    Set session = Connection.Children(0)

So starting from the first line, it:
1. Opens SAP Logon window from the given path using Shell function.
2. Creates WScript object to get activated “SAP Logon” in the title bar (doing that in the loop).
3. Gets SAPGUI into object (which is basically SAP Logon window) and connects into given Environment.

In this article I will focus on first 2 points.

Be more specific

In given example I declared & used WScript.Shell object to wait until the SAP application is activated – waits till it is fully loaded. Let’s use it earlier and put the SAP application into variable.

    Dim WshShell As Object
    Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    
    Dim SAP As Object
    Set SAP = WshShell.Exec("C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\FrontEnd\SAPgui\saplogon.exe")
    Do Until WshShell.AppActivate("SAP Logon ")
      Application.Wait Now + TimeValue("0:00:01")
    Loop
    Set WshShell = Nothing

So basically using WScript.Shell object I launched the SAP application and set that into SAP object.

You may ask
Why use another object if You still using only Wscript object to wait for SAP?

I’m glad You asked.
It is helpful in the end to close the SAP Logon window after all transactions are done.

Shell "taskkill /pid " & SAP.ProcessID

I just read the ID of the SAP object, created in the beginning of the code and told to close – taskkill – the process. And just like that the SAP Logon window is closed.

Close SAP Logon window using user32 library functions

Another cool method to close SAP Logon is to use functions from system library. In this case it is user32 library.

To make magic happened You need 2 functions:
– FindWindow
– SendMessage
and 1 constant:
– WM_CLOSE

Option Explicit


Declare PtrSafe Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As LongPtr
Declare PtrSafe Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As LongPtr, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As LongPtr, lParam As Any) As LongPtr

Const WM_CLOSE = &H10

Sub findAndCloseSAPWindow()

    Dim sapGUIWindow As LongPtr
    sapGUIWindow = FindWindow(vbNullString, "SAP Logon 750")
    SendMessage sapGUIWindow, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0

End Sub

First of all find the window ID by name using FindWindow function. Then close the window using found window ID sapGUIWindow and constant WM_CLOSE in the SendMessage function.

A little bit longer, but also effective like the first method.

Unfortunately You can use that only if You know the version of SAP – whole title top bar, because You need to pass whole phrase to the function, not part of it.

Bonus

I also found the solution, where there is used SendKeys method. It looks OK, but not really convinced to use that. Sometimes it can ALT+F4 close not the SAP Logon window, but other things.

Just showing that as a fun fact, not really as a solution.

Author: Tomasz Płociński

I'm very advanced in VBA, Excel, also easily linking VBA with other Office applications (e.g. PowerPoint) and external applications (e.g. SAP). I take part also in RPA processes (WebQuery, DataCache, IBM Access Client Solutions) where I can also use my SQL basic skillset. I'm trying now to widen my knowledge into TypeScript/JavaScript direction. View all posts by Tomasz Płociński

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Ankush says:

27/04/2023 at 15:57

Could you please send me the full code from starting (opening, transaction script, then how to close logon). I’m not able to figure out how to enter this close log on coding. Could you please send one example from opening logon to closing logon.
Thanks in advance!

Below is my code, where i can enter the close SAP logon coding.

Sub SapConn()

Dim Appl As Object
Dim Connection As Object
Dim session As Object
Dim WshShell As Object
Dim SapGui As Object

‘Of course change for your file directory
Shell “C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\FrontEnd\SAPgui\saplogon.exe”, 4
Set WshShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)

Do Until WshShell.AppActivate(“SAP Logon “)
Application.Wait Now + TimeValue(“0:00:01”)
Loop

Set WshShell = Nothing

Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue(“00:00:01”))

Set SapGui = GetObject(“SAPGUI”)
Set Appl = SapGui.GetScriptingEngine
Set Connection = Appl.Openconnection(“SG00 – P34: SHAPE Production ERP (with SSO)”, True)
Set session = Connection.Children(0)

If session.Children.Count > 1 Then

answer = MsgBox(“You’ve got opened SAP already,” & _
“please leave and try again”, vbOKOnly, “Opened SAP”)

session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/radMULTI_LOGON_OPT3”).Select
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/radMULTI_LOGON_OPT3”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[0]”).press

End If

Dim LastRow
Dim sht As Worksheet
Dim Ord As Worksheet
Dim IW39 As Worksheet
Dim WBS As Worksheet
Dim List As Worksheet

Folderpath = ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range(“B4”).Value
Period = ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range(“B3”).Value
Period1 = ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range(“C3”).Value

Set sht = Workbooks.Open(“C:\Users\GOYALANA\OneDrive – Novartis Pharma AG\DPS\Automation\PO weekly\CC.xlsx”).Worksheets(“Sheet1”)
LastRow = sht.Range(“A2”).CurrentRegion.Rows.Count

sht.Range(“A2:A” & LastRow).Copy

session.findById(“wnd[0]”).maximize
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[0]/okcd”).Text = “/niw39”
session.findById(“wnd[0]”).sendVKey 0
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtDATUV”).Text = “”
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtDATUB”).Text = “”
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtERDAT-LOW”).Text = Period
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtERDAT-HIGH”).Text = Period1
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtERDAT-HIGH”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtERDAT-HIGH”).caretPosition = 10
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/btn%_KOSTL_%_APP_%-VALU_PUSH”).press

Application.DisplayAlerts = False

session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[24]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[8]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtVARIANT”).Text = “/PO WEEKLY”
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtVARIANT”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtVARIANT”).caretPosition = 10
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[8]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[0]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/mbar/menu[0]/menu[11]/menu[2]”).Select
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/subSUBSCREEN_STEPLOOP:SAPLSPO5:0150/sub:SAPLSPO5:0150/radSPOPLI-SELFLAG[1,0]”).Select
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/subSUBSCREEN_STEPLOOP:SAPLSPO5:0150/sub:SAPLSPO5:0150/radSPOPLI-SELFLAG[1,0]”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[0]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_PATH”).Text = Folderpath
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME”).Text = “IW39.xls”
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME”).caretPosition = 8
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[11]”).press

Set sht = Workbooks.Open(“C:\Users\GOYALANA\OneDrive – Novartis Pharma AG\DPS\Automation\PO weekly\CC.xlsx”).Worksheets(“Sheet1”)
LastRow = sht.Range(“A2”).CurrentRegion.Rows.Count

sht.Range(“A2:A” & LastRow).Copy

session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[0]/okcd”).Text = “/nme2k”
session.findById(“wnd[0]”).sendVKey 0
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtEK_KOSTL-LOW”).Text = “1”
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtEK_KOSTL-LOW”).caretPosition = 1
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/btn%_EK_KOSTL_%_APP_%-VALU_PUSH”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[16]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[24]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[8]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-LOW”).Text = Period
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).Text = Period1
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).caretPosition = 10
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[8]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[33]”).press

Set Layout = session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ssubD0500_SUBSCREEN:SAPLSLVC_DIALOG:0501/cntlG51_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell”)

RowsL = Layout.RowCount()

For i = 0 To RowsL – 1
LayoutVariant = Layout.getCellValue(i, “VARIANT”)
Layout.setCurrentCell i, “TEXT”
Layout.firstVisibleRow = i
Layout.selectedRows = i

If LayoutVariant = “/PO WEEKLY” Then
Layout.currentCellRow = i
Layout.clickCurrentCell
Exit For
End If
Next

session.findById(“wnd[0]/mbar/menu[0]/menu[3]/menu[1]”).Select
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_PATH”).Text = Folderpath
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME”).Text = “me2kcc.xlsx”
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME”).caretPosition = 11

Set Ord = Workbooks.Open(“C:\Users\GOYALANA\OneDrive – Novartis Pharma AG\DPS\Automation\PO weekly\Orders.xlsx”).Worksheets(“Sheet1”)
LastRow = Ord.Range(“A2”).CurrentRegion.Rows.Count

Ord.Range(“A2:A” & LastRow).Copy

session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[11]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[0]/btn[15]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtEK_AUFNR-LOW”).Text = “1”
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtEK_AUFNR-LOW”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtEK_AUFNR-LOW”).caretPosition = 1
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/btn%_EK_AUFNR_%_APP_%-VALU_PUSH”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[16]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[24]”).press

Set IW39 = Workbooks.Open(“C:\Users\GOYALANA\OneDrive – Novartis Pharma AG\DPS\Automation\PO weekly\IW39.xls”).Worksheets(“IW39”)
SendKeys “%Y”

LastRow = IW39.Range(“B4”).CurrentRegion.Rows.Count

IW39.Range(“B4:B” & LastRow).Copy

session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[24]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[8]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-LOW”).Text = Period
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).Text = Period
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).caretPosition = 10
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[8]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[33]”).press

Set Layout = session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ssubD0500_SUBSCREEN:SAPLSLVC_DIALOG:0501/cntlG51_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell”)

RowsL = Layout.RowCount()

For i = 0 To RowsL – 1
LayoutVariant = Layout.getCellValue(i, “VARIANT”)
Layout.setCurrentCell i, “TEXT”
Layout.firstVisibleRow = i
Layout.selectedRows = i

If LayoutVariant = “/PO WEEKLY” Then
Layout.currentCellRow = i
Layout.clickCurrentCell
Exit For
End If
Next

session.findById(“wnd[0]/mbar/menu[0]/menu[3]/menu[1]”).Select
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_PATH”).Text = Folderpath
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME”).Text = “ME2k_PM CC.xlsx”
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME”).caretPosition = 15
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[11]”).press

Set WBS = Workbooks.Open(“C:\Users\GOYALANA\OneDrive – Novartis Pharma AG\DPS\Automation\PO weekly\WBS.xlsx”).Worksheets(“Sheet1”)
LastRow = WBS.Range(“A2”).CurrentRegion.Rows.Count

WBS.Range(“A2:A” & LastRow).Copy

session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[0]/okcd”).Text = “/nme2j”
session.findById(“wnd[0]”).sendVKey 0
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtTCNT-PROF_DB”).Text = “000000000001”
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtTCNT-PROF_DB”).caretPosition = 11
session.findById(“wnd[1]”).sendVKey 0
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtCN_PSPNR-LOW”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtCN_PSPNR-LOW”).caretPosition = 0
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/btn%_CN_PSPNR_%_APP_%-VALU_PUSH”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[24]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[8]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-LOW”).Text = Period
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).Text = Period1
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).caretPosition = 10
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[8]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[33]”).press

Set Layout = session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ssubD0500_SUBSCREEN:SAPLSLVC_DIALOG:0501/cntlG51_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell”)

RowsL = Layout.RowCount()

For i = 0 To RowsL – 1
LayoutVariant = Layout.getCellValue(i, “VARIANT”)
Layout.setCurrentCell i, “TEXT”
Layout.firstVisibleRow = i
Layout.selectedRows = i

If LayoutVariant = “/PO WEEKLY” Then
Layout.currentCellRow = i
Layout.clickCurrentCell
Exit For
End If
Next

session.findById(“wnd[0]/mbar/menu[0]/menu[3]/menu[1]”).Select
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_PATH”).Text = Folderpath
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME”).Text = “WBS_ME2J.xlsx”

Set List = Workbooks.Open(“C:\Users\GOYALANA\OneDrive – Novartis Pharma AG\DPS\Automation\PO weekly\Project list.xlsx”).Worksheets(“Sheet1”)
LastRow = List.Range(“A2”).CurrentRegion.Rows.Count

List.Range(“A2:A” & LastRow).Copy

session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME”).caretPosition = 13
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[11]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[0]/btn[15]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtCN_PSPNR-LOW”).Text = “”
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtCN_PSPNR-LOW”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtCN_PSPNR-LOW”).caretPosition = 0
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/btn%_CN_PROJN_%_APP_%-VALU_PUSH”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[24]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[8]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-LOW”).Text = Period
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).Text = Period1
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).SetFocus
session.findById(“wnd[0]/usr/ctxtS_BEDAT-HIGH”).caretPosition = 10
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[8]”).press
session.findById(“wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[33]”).press

Set Layout = session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ssubD0500_SUBSCREEN:SAPLSLVC_DIALOG:0501/cntlG51_CONTAINER/shellcont/shell”)

RowsL = Layout.RowCount()

For i = 0 To RowsL – 1
LayoutVariant = Layout.getCellValue(i, “VARIANT”)
Layout.setCurrentCell i, “TEXT”
Layout.firstVisibleRow = i
Layout.selectedRows = i

If LayoutVariant = “/PO WEEKLY” Then
Layout.currentCellRow = i
Layout.clickCurrentCell
Exit For
End If
Next

session.findById(“wnd[0]/mbar/menu[0]/menu[3]/menu[1]”).Select
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_PATH”).Text = Folderpath
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME”).Text = “Project_ME2J.xlsx”
session.findById(“wnd[1]/usr/ctxtDY_FILENAME”).caretPosition = 17

session.findById(“wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[11]”).press

Windows(“CC.xlsx”).Activate
ActiveWindow.Close
Windows(“WBS.xlsx”).Activate
ActiveWindow.Close
Windows(“Orders.xlsx”).Activate
ActiveWindow.Close
Windows(“Project list.xlsx”).Activate
ActiveWindow.Close
Windows(“IW39.xls”).Activate
ActiveWindow.Close
Windows(“ME2K_PM CC.xlsx”).Activate
ActiveWindow.Close
Windows(“me2kcc.xlsx”).Activate
ActiveWindow.Close
Windows(“Project_ME2J.xlsx”).Activate
ActiveWindow.Close
Windows(“WBS_ME2J.xlsx”).Activate
ActiveWindow.Close

End Sub

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1. Tomasz Płociński says:
  
  07/05/2023 at 21:08
  
  But can You highlight where do You struggle with the problem in your code?
  Which line is the issue?
  
  Reply
  1. Ankush says:
    
    08/05/2023 at 17:58
    
    This code is fine no issues in that. This codes only log on to SAP and extract the data. I want to enhance my coding, I want to close the SAP log on as well. SO could you please give me the coding to close the SAP logon and where I can enter that coding in my code.
    Thanks in advance!
    
    Reply
Victor Babineau says:

09/06/2023 at 20:02

Hey,
I tried the first solution, but the SAP app keeps on getting a PID for a process that doesn’t exist.

I don’t know if it’s because I start from another module before I login to sap.

Regards

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1. Tomasz Płociński says:
  
  09/06/2023 at 22:27
  
  Hi
  Have You tried this method for example on notepad?
  Please tell me if this works on other app/window on your computer.
  
  Reply
Adriano says:

01/07/2023 at 23:43

Hello my friend! I’m from Brazil and I found your article on the web.
I need to click on an arrow that appears on the SAP status bar that displays information, such as System, Mandante, User etc.
Please see the image in the following link, it’s on Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KKO3HuqYwAideQH6tLwLdEMRt0ZUtHUh/view?usp=sharing

Recording does not catch this click.
Do you know if it is possible to click on this arrow through VBA?

Reply
1. Tomasz Płociński says:
  
  05/07/2023 at 21:56
  
  Hello Adriano
  You said that recording does not catch this click, but have You tried to record the click on that list for example ‘Mandante’?
  
  Reply

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Close SAP Logon window using user32 library functions

Bonus

Author: Tomasz Płociński

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