SAPGUI for the Java Environment is a unified SAP frontend for multiple platforms (Mac OS X, Win32 and various Unix platforms, including Linux) for SAP Release 4.6 and upwards. The functionality extends the previous native SAPGUI for each platform with the new "EnjoySAP" look&feel as well as the ability to support frontend components (Control-Enabling) with JavaBeans.(Note: SAPGUI for the Java Environment was formerly known by the internal project name PlatinGUI - Platform Independent GUI and should not be confused with the earlier "SAPGUI in Java" project). The technology behind SAPGUI for the Java Environment is a combination of Java and C/C++ running with the same codebase on all platforms. Thus, Mac OS X and Unix platforms also get access to SAP applications based on control-enabling which used to be reserved to Win32 users. Support of non-Windows platforms is extended this way (compared to previous native versions) and the newly developed or improved "EnjoySAP" transactions extend their reach beyond the Windows world. The standard ActiveX controls used under Win32 are made available as JavaBeans with SAPGUI for the Java Environment. Already existing C/C++ libraries on the respective platforms are used by SAPGUI for the Java Environment to implement functions such as network communication, file transfer, and business graphics. SAPGUI for the Java Environment is installed as an application on the desktop computer and communicates directly with the application server. No additional GUI server is required.