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Overview of Guidelines for Creating an Applet

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

• Keep the user interface consistent and intuitive.
• If possible, modify a predefined applet instead of creating a new applet. This technique often requires less work and helps to minimize the objects in the Siebel repository that you must maintain.
• If you do require a new applet, then set the Upgrade Ancestor property on each custom applet that you clone from another applet. For more information, see Guidelines for Using the Upgrade Ancestor Property.
• To avoid unnecessary duplication, reuse an applet in multiple views and screens.
• To reduce complexity, keep applet design simple.
• Avoid inactive objects.
• Give duplicate applets that do not contain drilldowns the same name as the original applet but add the phrase Without Navigation to the name immediately before the word Applet. For example, ABC Selective Account List Without Navigation Applet.
• Add the phrase Administration Applet to the end of the name of each applet that specifically fulfils an administration function. For example, Master Forecast Administration Applet.
• Define the required applet modes:
  • If the applet is in read-only mode, then you only define it in Base mode.
  • If the applet is editable, then you must define it in Edit and Edit List modes.
• Do not display a field that no applet uses.

Guidelines for Naming an Applet

If you name an applet, then use the following guidelines:

• Name each new applet with a prefix that identifies your company. For example, if your company name is ABC Incorporated, then name the new applet ABC Opportunity List Applet.
• Include the type of applet in the name just before the word applet.
• Capitalize the first letter of each word. For example, Account List Applet rather than account list applet.
• Avoid using a special character in an applet name. Use only alphanumeric characters.
• Make sure the applet name is meaningful. Avoid adding a number suffix to an applet name, such as ABC Opportunity List Applet 2. For example, if the applet differs because it does not allow drill down, then indicate this situation in your applet name. For example, ABC Opportunity List Applet - Without Drill Down.

Table 20 describes the naming formats for an applet. In Table 20, business component is the name of the business component that the applet references in the Business Component property.

For more information, see Guidelines for Naming an Object.

Guidelines for Creating an Applet Title

If you create an applet title, then use the following guidelines:

• Always define the Title property of an applet. Do not leave this property empty.
• Do not use the same title for more than one applet that Siebel CRM displays in the same view. If a view contains multiple applets that display data from the same business component, then distinguish the titles according to the type of applet. For example, use distinct titles in a view that displays accounts, such as Account List Applet or Account Form Applet.

Table 21 describes formats for an applet title.

For more information, see Guidelines for Naming an Object