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Adding Browser Script to the Applet

To access the ActiveX control, and to execute methods as required, you must add browser script to the applet.

This task is a step in Process of Creating the Applet for Signature Capture.

To add browser script to the applet

1. In Siebel Tools, right-click the applet object, then choose Edit Browser Scripts.
2. Write the script to perform the following functions:
   • Populate the signature capture control with the data already stored in the business component.
   • Enable the custom methods that are called from the buttons created in Creating Buttons for Saving and Clearing Signatures.

     For examples of scripts for events to perform these functions, see the following:

   • Example Applet_Load Event
   • Example Applet_ChangeRecord Event
   • Example Applet_PreInvokeMethod Event
3. Choose File > Save.

Example Applet_Load Event

The following example code retrieves the data for the current record, and displays the data in the signature control applet when the applet is loaded.

function Applet_Load ()

{

//when the applet loads check the BC field value

//and use it to set the signature control value

//control is clear by default so no call to clear here

var inPS;

var iResult;

var sigVal;

inPS = TheApplication().NewPropertySet();

sigVal = this.BusComp().GetFieldValue("AA Signature");

if (sigVal.length >1)

{

inPS.SetProperty("InkVal", sigVal);

iResult = this.InvokeMethod("SetInk", inPS);

}

}

Example Applet_ChangeRecord Event

The following example code updates the data in the signature capture control when that data changes, for example, when a new record is selected.

function Applet_ChangeRecord ()

{

//when the BC record changes then check the BC field value

//and use it to set the signature control value

//or clear the signature control value

var inPS;

var iResult;

var sigVal;

inPS = TheApplication().NewPropertySet();

sigVal = this.BusComp().GetFieldValue("AA Signature");

if (sigVal.length >1)

{

inPS.SetProperty("InkVal", sigVal);

iResult = this.InvokeMethod("SetInk", inPS);

}

else

{

iResult = this.InvokeMethod("ClearInk", inPS);

}

inPS = null;

}

Example Applet_PreInvokeMethod Event

The following example code manages the logic for the buttons and for the other scripts.

function Applet_PreInvokeMethod (name, inputPropSet)

{

if (name=="StoreSignature")

{

//code to store signature value

var myOcx;

//get the signature aX control

try {

myOcx = this.FindActiveXControl("CICInk");

}

catch (e) {

alert ("the error is "+ e.toString());

alert ("the message is "+e.message);

}

//code to get the value in the control

//and then write it in the BC field

var lnInk;

var objBC;

lnInk = myOcx.Ink();

objBC = this.BusComp();

objBC.SetFieldValue("AA Signature", lnInk.toString());

objBC.WriteRecord();

return ("CancelOperation");

}

else

if (name == "ClearInk")

{

//code to clear the signature control value

var axCntl;

axCntl = this.FindActiveXControl("CICInk");

axCntl.ClearInk();

return ("CancelOperation");

}

else

if (name == "SetInk")

{

//code to set the signature control value

//InkVal comes from applet_load and applet_changerecord

var strInk;

var axCntl2;

strInk = inputPropSet.GetProperty("InkVal");

axCntl2 = this.FindActiveXControl("CICInk");

try{

axCntl2.Ink(strInk);

}

catch (e) {

alert ("the error is "+ e.toString());

alert ("the message is "+e.message);

}

return ("CancelOperation");

}

else

{

return ("ContinueOperation");

}

}