SAPEdit is an external ABAP/4 editor for SAP.
SAPEdit is an external ABAP/4 editor for SAP. It is an easy to use development tool, which successfully extends the development capabilities of SAP. It is developed for MS-WINDOWS 9X and MS-WINDOWS NT platforms using the SAP RFC API. The executable file connects to the SAP like the Saps SAPGUI using the same user authentication methods. Because of this, SAPEdit users must be registered in the SAP system as a SAP developer, like when they are developing with SAPGUI itself.

SAP customers use ABAP for their own developments. Such developments can be important for adapting R/3 standard solutions to specific problems. The ABAP/4 Development Workbench contains all the tools you need to Create and maintain ABAP/4 programs, however the standard SAP ABAP/4 editor does not have the features like the development tools has in the past few years. The reason for this is the multi-platform capability and the mainframe origin of the SAP itself. Because SAPEdit is developed for MS-Windows 32 bit platforms using the RFC (Remote Function Call) SDK these features were easy to include.

SAP AG is not thinking in this kind of ABAP editor (Something is started now from release R/3 4.6 with the EnjoySAP but still need a lot of things to make it comparable with features of SAPEdit). They are focusing on a Java based JavaGUI. This JavaGUI is as same as the standard SAPGUI with some restrictions but the same functionality. It can be used from any Java compatible Web Browser.
SAPEdit developed for ABAP programming only, but SAPGUI and JavaGUI are used to access all SAP functionality. you can free download SAPEdit 1.6 now.