How To Fix TD008 - Graphical Form Painter not supported for this frontend

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: TD - SAPscript: Text editor, composer, forms, styles and fonts

• Message number: 008

• Message text: Graphical Form Painter not supported for this frontend

What causes this issue?

This message has been displayed for one of two reasons:
From Release 4.0, the graphical Form Painter runs on <ZG>Windows 95</>
and <ZG>Windows NT</> frontends. Other frontends are not currently
supported, or
You are using a SAP graphical user interface whose release is lower
than your the release of your R/3 system.

System Response

The system switches to the alphanumeric Form Painter.

How to fix this error?

If you are using one of the proper operating systems (<ZG>Windows
95</>, <ZG>Windows NT 4.0</> or a subsequent version of either), then
check your SAP GUI version. Click on the three colored circles at the
upper right hand corner of your window and choose the menu entry
"About...". If the version number displayed here is smaller than that
of your R/3 system, then you must install a newer version.

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