Siebel Tools is a specialized Siebel CRM application that serves as the integrated development environment (IDE) for customization of all other Siebel applications. Siebel Tools can also be used in conjunction with the Siebel Sample Database for evaluation and research purposes. The executable behind Siebel Tools is siebdev.exe, which acts in a similar way to the siebel.exe program that supports the Siebel Mobile or Developer Web Client. The major architectural difference between Siebel Tools and other Siebel clients is that it executes as a Windows application rather than in a browser. Similar to the siebel.exe, the siebdev.exe program reads a configuration file (tools.cfg
) and is able to connect to local or network data sources.
Apart from the necessity of having Siebel Tools available on the developer's workstation, it is quite common for Siebel Tools to be installed on computers whose users are not directly involved in customizing Siebel applications, for example...