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About Migrating to the Siebel Web Client
In Release 7.x, the Siebel Web Client is used as the deployment framework for all Siebel eBusiness Applications. Siebel Web Client runs in a standard browser on the end user's client computer, and does not require additional persistent software installed on the client. The browser connects through a Web server to the Siebel Server, which executes business logic and accesses data from the Siebel Database. Only the user interface layer of the Siebel eBusiness Applications architecture resides on the user computer.
To migrate your client configuration to the Siebel Web Client, you must perform three types of migrations:
- Customized applets and views. See Migrating Applets and Views.
- Scripts on UI Objects and with references to UI constructs. See Migrating Scripts.
- Client-side interfaces to external desktop applications. See Migrating Client-Side Interfaces.
The Siebel 7 Web Client Migration Wizard upgrades customized view and applet definitions used by the Siebel Dedicated Client, Windows Thin Client, and Java Thin Client in previous Siebel releases to the new Siebel Web Client. You run this wizard after the repository has been upgraded.
Release 7.5.3 enhancements enable the Web Client Migration Wizard to perform the following functions:
- Recognize what types of applets are migrated
- Provide a model applet for each applet type
- Select a template automatically based on the model applet
- Populate the model applet automatically
- Migrate applets and views from Siebel 6.x customer-facing applications
The Release 7.5.3 Web Client migration results in a grid-based layout for new form applets only. The grid-based layout allows you to control the layout of a form applet using the Web Layout Editor. You can drag and drop controls without having to modify the Web templates. Web Client Migration of form applets using grid-based functionality preserves applet paradigms, similar to the Release 6.x dynamic grid.
The Web Client Migration Wizard does not migrate Siebel VB or Siebel eScript scripts attached to applets. You must either move these scripts to the server or rewrite them in JavaScript, the Web Client-supported language for user interface scripting.
The Release 7.x Web Client supports most of the events and methods on user interface objects supported by previous Siebel releases. In addition, the Web Client provides comparable inbound and outbound client-side integration capabilities 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.
For detailed information about the grid layout, see Siebel Tools Reference.
Figure 9 and Figure 10 show a view that has been migrated from the Windows Client to the Web Client using the Web Client Migration Wizard.
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Upgrade Guide for Microsoft Windows Published: 20 October 2003 |
