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About Migrating Applet and View Customizations

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In Release 7.x., applets and views in the user interface are rendered using combinations of object definitions stored in the Siebel repository, and layout and formatting information contained in applet Web templates.

All the standard applets and views that are shipped as part of the Release 7.x eBusiness Applications have Web layouts. However, if you have made customizations to applets and views, you must migrate these customizations to the Web client. Siebel provides the Web Client Migration Wizard and the Web Layout Wizard to help you perform these migrations by converting user interface elements to the Release 7.x Web Client.

You must migrate the following types of applet and view customizations:

• New applets
• New views
• Customized applets (applets to which you have added or deleted controls or list columns)
• Customized views (views to which you have added or deleted applets)

The Web Client Migration Wizard operates in two modes—batch mode and interactive mode.

• Batch mode. In batch mode, the wizard converts all customized applets and views.

  Web Client Migration Wizard is invoked in batch mode when you migrate customizations to applets and views using a grid-based layout. See Migrating Customizations Using the Web Client Migration Wizard.

  This process is automated, but you may want to make manual adjustments to the templates produced to make sure that your customized interface takes full advantage of the interactivity and functionality of the Siebel Web Client.

  NOTE:  This process is only required for views or applets customized in previous Siebel releases, because the Release 7.x Siebel Web Client includes standard versions of all applets and views from previous Siebel Dedicated Client releases.

• Interactive mode. In interactive mode, the wizard converts one or more selected applets or views at a time.

  The Web Client Migration Wizard is invoked in interactive mode when you apply the Web layout to a set of applets or views. See Applying the Web Layout to a Set of Applets and Applying the Web Layout to a Set of Views.

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