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Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Developer's Handbook

By : Alexander Hansal
Book Image

Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Developer's Handbook

By: Alexander Hansal

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (33 chapters)
Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Developer's Handbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface

Creating applet buttons


At the beginning of this chapter, we discussed how menu items and toolbar buttons use command object definitions to invoke methods that are then handled by the Siebel application's event framework.

Applet buttons are different from menu items and toolbar buttons in a sense that they specify the method to be invoked directly in their own MethodInvoked property. They do not use command objects.

Case study example: Creating a custom applet button that invokes a workflow process

As described in Chapter 3, Case Study Introduction the AHA business analyst team has put forth the requirement to create orders for business customers directly from the AHA Customer Profile Form Applet by means of a button click. The button should only be clickable when the customer type is Business.

The AHA technical architect team has inspected the preconfigured Siebel applications and found that the required behavior is available in the standard applications by means of the Account - New Order...