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View Menu


The View menu options are used to change display environment settings, such as which windows and toolbars appear. It also invokes visualization views, which are diagrams showing object relationships. Table 5 describes the View menu options and suboptions.

Table 5.  View Menu Options
Option
(Shortcut)
Suboption
(Shortcut)
Description

Windows

Properties Window

Shows or hides the Properties window.

Applets Window

Shows or hides the Applets window.

Controls Window

Shows or hides the Controls window.

Bookmarks Window

Shows or hides the Bookmarks window.

Web Templates Window

Shows or hides the Web Templates Explorer window.

 

Refresh Windows

Requeries and updates the state of dockable windows.

Editors

Applet Editor

Opens the selected applet in Applet Layout Editor, including the Controls/Columns window.

Server Script Editor

 

Opens the Siebel Script Editor. Editor may be specifically defined or be set to a default.

Browser Script Editor

Opens the Siebel Web Script Editor, which is used to access scripts that control the presentation and behavior of applet controls and list columns in a Web applet template.

Visualize

View Details

For more information, see Viewing Object Relationships.

View Relationships

View Descendents

View Web Hierarchy

Debug Windows

Calls
(CTRL+L)

Opens the Calls window for display of the call stack of the Siebel VB or Siebel eScript script currently being debugged.

Watch
(SHIFT+F9)

Opens the Watch window for display of the values of local variables in the Siebel VB or Siebel eScript script currently being debugged.

Errors

Opens the Errors window for display of the run-time errors in the Siebel VB or Siebel eScript script currently being debugged.

Preview

 

The preview of a Web view layout depicts the container page, screen bar, and view bar.

ActiveX Methods

 

Allows you to view the methods for the current ActiveX control in the Applet Designer.

Toolbars

 

Displays or hides the various toolbars: Edit, History, List, Debug, Web Controls, and Configuration Context.

Status Bar

 

Displays or hides the Status bar at the bottom of the Siebel Tools window.

Object Explorer
(CTRL+E)

 

Displays or hides the Object Explorer.

Options

 

Opens the Development Tools Options dialog box, in which you can set general preferences and settings for language, check-in and check-out, list views, scripting, Web template editor, debugging, visualization, Object Explorer, and database.

Siebel Tools options are stored in a user preference file, which is located in <Tools_install_root>\BIN. The user preference filename is login_ID&application_name.spf.

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