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Configuring Siebel Business Applications > Configuring Special-Purpose Applets > Customizing a File Attachment AppletA file attachment applet is a type of applet that provides access to an external document, such as a spreadsheet, word processing document, or slide presentation in Siebel CRM. A file attachment applet provides the following capabilities:
You can use any file type that Windows supports. To view an example of a file attachment applet, in the Siebel client navigate to the Account screen, drill down on an account, and then click the Attachments tab. Siebel CRM displays the Account Attachment view. The form applet is the predefined Account Form Applet. The list applet is the Account Attachment Applet. This attachment applet displays attachments for the account. A parent-child relationship exists between the account and the list of account attachments. A row in the attachments list represents each document. Siebel CRM also displays the following information in this applet:
To add a document to the attachment list, the user clicks New File, and then clicks the select button in the Attachment Name field. Siebel CRM searches for files to be attached in the directory that it last used to attach a file. If the user chooses a different folder while attaching a file, then Siebel CRM searches for the file in the different folder the next time the user attaches a file. A file attachment applet uses specialized objects and methods in the Siebel File System. To customize a file attachment applet
Prefix for the Field NameSiebel CRM displays a consistent prefix in the field name for each field in the attachment business component. These fields reference the base table for the business component. Fields that reference a joined table use a different prefix. For example, the prefix for account attachments is Accnt. The field names are AccntFileName, AccntFileDockReqFlg, and so forth. |
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