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About Applications

An application is an object that includes a collection of screens. Siebel Call Center and Siebel Partner Relationship Manager are examples of applications. You can create a new application, but it is recommended that you modify a predefined application to meet your business requirements.

The application object defines the screens that the user can access through a menu or tab. The following child objects of the application object can associate a screen with the Siebel application:

• Page tab. Adds a screen to the tab bar. For more information, see Page Tab.
• Screen menu item. Adds a screen to the Site Map.

An application object definition includes the following items:

• Find Objects. Configures the Find dialog box. For more information, see About Screens.
• Server script and browser script. Can be defined as an event procedure on startup, prior to closing, and so on. You define these scripts through an Application Script child object. You use the Script Editor to create and maintain a script. For more information, see Siebel VB Language Reference, Siebel eScript Language Reference, and Siebel Object Interfaces Reference.
• Custom menu option for a Siebel method. Defined with an applet method menu item and created in the Applet Method Menu Item Wizard. For more information, see Applet Method Menu Item Object Type.

For more information, see Creating and Deploying an Application and How Siebel CRM References Web Pages.

Guidelines for Creating an Application

If you create an application, then use the following guidelines:

• The name of the Siebel application is case-sensitive and space-sensitive.
• To identify the name of the Siebel application, use the appropriate parameter in the configuration file of the Siebel application.
• To minimize locking of the application object, Siebel CRM contains the object in a separate project.