SAP Business One 10 Web Client vs Boyum Add-ons

In SAP Business One 10, SAP introduced the Web Client. This FAQ explains the most common questions about the Web Client and how it relates to Boyum add-ons that run inside the normal SAP Business One Client.

General

Q: Do the Boyum add-ons support the new Web Client?
A: No, SAP's new Web Client is written in totally different technology and is therefore not able to run any of our add-on products (in fact, no SAP add-ons can be extended to the Web Client).

Q: Does this mean that if my customer uses the Web Client that they can't use your add-on products at all?
A: The Web Client is just another client for SAP Business One (similar to SAP Business One iPad App) and can run side-by-side with the regular desktop client, displaying the same data. So it is only those front-line workers running the Web Client that cannot use our products.

Q: When do you plan to support the Web Client?
A: It is unknown when and if SAP will release an SDK for the Web Client, so we do not yet know when this will be possible. We are working closely with SAP and once more information becomes available we will let you know.

Q: What about your products that are not related to the SAP Business One Desktop Client (Boyum Cloud and CRM for Outlook)?
A: Since these products are not dependent on the SAP Business One Desktop Client these will continue to work as before.

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Add-on Specific Questions: B1 Usability Package

Q: B1 Usability Package supported SAP's Browser Access. How could you support that and not the new Web Client?
A: While both Browser Access and Web Client was web-based, behind the scenes the Browser Access a remote desktop like technology that projected the normal B1 Client screens to the web so it can't be compared to the pure web-technology of the Web Client.

Q: If a user uses the Web Client, what more specifically does not work?
A: Pretty much "everything" as we are not present with our code in the Web Client. But scenarios run by the B1UP Server Component will still pick up example Sales Orders created in the Web Client

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Add-on Specific Questions: iPayment

Q: If a user uses the Web Client, what more specifically does not work?
A: Pretty much "everything" as we are not present with our code in the Web Client. But schedules run by the B1 iPayment Server Component will still pick up example Sales Orders created in the Web Client and Authorize them.