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About Migrating Siebel 6.x Client-Side Interfaces

Upgrades from: Siebel 6.x.

Environments: Development environment only.

Siebel Web clients support most of the events and methods on user interface objects supported by previous Siebel releases. In addition, the Web Client provides inbound and outbound client-side integration capabilities comparable to what was available in the business object interfaces in previous releases of the Siebel Dedicated Client. You may need to perform migration tasks to achieve optimal functionality.

• Outbound COM interfaces. As in previous releases, you can invoke desktop applications, such as Microsoft Excel, from the Siebel client.
• Inbound COM Interfaces. In Siebel 6.x, desktop applications communicated with the Siebel Client through an Automation interface. In Siebel 7.7.x and later, the high interactivity Web Client provides similar automation interfaces.

This functionality is only available in a high interactivity framework, and it is applicable for the Siebel Web Client, Mobile Web Client, and Dedicated Web Client. (Unless otherwise specified, references in this section to the Siebel client may refer to any or all of these clients.)