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Disposition Types Summary


Table 5 summarizes the characteristics of each disposition type.

Table 5.  Disposition Type Summary
Disposition Type
Benefits
Drawbacks

Inline

n Inline integration into the Siebel user interface.
n Session Management, including managing session cookies and automatic re-login after time out.

 

n Only works in very few cases.
n Will not work with complex JavaScript.
n Will not work if there are reference to frames.
n Supports the GET method only.
n URL limited to 2048 characters.

IFrame

n Inline integration into the Siebel user interface.Supports complex JavaScript.
n Supports references to frames.
n Session Keep Alive supported.
n Works for most cases.
n No session management.
n Only supported by IE5.5 and higher.
n Does not support frames that reference top-level JavaScript objects.

Web Control

n Supports frames that reference top-level JavaScript Objects, because JavaScript does not refer to objects outside of the Web control.
n No session management.
n Browser functionality, such as the back button, is only available by right-clicking in the Web control.
n ActiveX objects that contain other objects are reset if you change tabs and then return to the Web control.
n Web control requires more system overhead than IFrame.
n Only supported for IE4 and higher.

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