Harbinger Trusted Link for Windows and SAP

[Dennis L. Boynton]

All,   Due to changing clients, I've been off the listservs for a week or so.  I'm still not sure if I'm back onto SAPFAQ or not, their signon procedure has gotten longer as they try to keep recruiters off the list.  Please send any replies directly to me, as well as the list, that way I'm sure to get them.   My client is a SME (small to medium enterprise) that is just implementing SAP 4.6 on an NT platform.  That have been using Harbinger Trusted Link for Windows 4.3 (HTLW) with their legacy system.  This system receives EDI messages and prints them.  To send out EDI, the data needs to be manually put into a screen for translation.   Harbinger tells them that they need to purchase a product called SD Mapper (?) in order to translate EDI to Idocs and visa-versa.  Harbinger also recommends some communication package to talk to/from SAP.  Both seem somewhat expensive, and the maintenance fees are exorbitant.   Questions:   Does HTLW work with integration to SAP?   Does it work well - e.g. would anyone recommend it?  I know that Harbinger has taken quite a bashing lately for lack of support.   Does the SD product provide ANSI X12 and EDIFACT standard transaction sets?   Does the product provide any capability to create an application layout using a downloaded SAP Idoc format?   Is the communication package necessary to get stuff into and out of SAP?   Does it cost anything to upgrade to HTLW version 5.1?   Thanks in advance, Denny Boynton SAP/EDI Consultant DeViream Associates, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] 413 256-8645