First post here so excuse any mistakes.
A little background: I work in a company that uses SAP for daily work, I use it for daily work. I have some programming skills, I know some C, Java an VBA.
What I need: I want to make a program that interacts with SAP in order to automate some of the tasks that me and the ppl on my department do.
I can't use the SAP macro tool because I need info from outside SAP, like e-mail and excel. Its of no use to ask for help from the SAP admins and developers on the company because it is a massively huge company and i doubt that i will get any attention.
I need to know with which program, net beans, code block and that kind of stuff, i can begin because its impossible to get the ABAP workbench, and in which language. I can learn any programming language that is needed, i just need some guidance.
I know that there is a SAP plugin for eclipse that allows java development but that is also paid. I need an open, free solution here. I can't get nor i need development access on SAP, all i want to do is a program that will automate several actions and roles, like a macro, but that can interact with other programs like Excel and e-mail.
Thanks in advance, and ask away if i did not made my self clear