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Screens
A screen is a logical collection of views. It is not a visual construct in itself; rather, it associates views so that other visual constructs, such as the Site Map and tab bar, can reflect the list of views contained in the currently active screen.
A screen does not have a direct relationship with a business object in the same way that a view does. No property in the Screen object type specifies a business object. However, a screen normally contains only views relating to the same business object; this is good design practice. In this sense, it can be loosely said that a screen corresponds to one business object.
You can select a screen from the Site Map or from the first level of tabs shown in Figure 155.
A screen is implemented as a Screen object definition with Screen View child object definitions. Each Screen View object definition associates an existing view with the screen. Properties within each screen view object definition specify the screen's appearance in the view tabs and Site Map.
NOTE: You can create two different views based on different business components; however, in that situation the Siebel application cannot keep track of record context and you will not be able to navigate between them.
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Siebel Tools Reference, Version 7.5, Rev. A Published: 18 April 2003 |
