Siebel Web Template (SWT) files are proprietary files that combine typical Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tags with processing instructions for the Siebel Web Engine (SWE). The SWE is responsible for rendering applets, views, and web pages at runtime. The main categories for web templates are:
Applet web templates
View web templates
Web Page web templates
In previous chapters, we have learned a lot about applets and views but not web pages. A web page can be described as any page that is neither an applet nor a view. Examples of web pages are the login page and the banner frame (containing the menu and logo of an application).
SWT files are stored in a directory named WEBTEMPL
. This directory is present in each Siebel Server, Mobile or Developer Web Client, and Siebel Tools installation folder.
In order to get a deeper understanding of SWT files and their structure we can inspect the CCFrameBanner.swt
file, which defines the banner displaying the application...