Oracle's Siebel VB (Visual Basic) is an enhanced configuration environment which includes:

• A fully functional procedural programming language
• A bidirectional application interface to provide bidirectional access to Siebel Business Objects
• An editing environment to create and maintain custom Siebel VB routines
• A debugger to assist in detecting errors in Siebel VB routines
• A compiler to compile the custom Siebel VB routines
• A run-time engine (similar to a Basic interpreter) to process the custom Siebel VB routines

You can use Siebel VB to create scripts that automate a variety of daily tasks.

Topics in this section include the following:

• Supported Uses of Siebel VB
• Typographic Conventions Used in Siebel VB Language Reference

Developers looking for scripting functionality on their UNIX-hosted Siebel Object Managers should read Siebel Events Management Guide.