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What's New in Siebel eScript Language Reference, Version 8.0, Rev. A

Table 1 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 1. New Product Features in Siebel eScript Language Reference, Version 8.0, Rev. A
Topic	Description
Data Types in Siebel eScript	All primitive and object data types can be strongly typed when you use the ST eScript engine.
Object Data Types in Siebel eScript	The Application object was added to the list of prebuilt object types in Siebel eScript.
Performance Considerations in Using Object Data Types	New topic. To improve performance, it is recommended that you use primitive data types rather than object data types when possible.
Logical Operators and Conditional Expressions in Siebel eScript	Corrected syntax errors in the last code example in this section.
About Script Libraries	Added information on using the Siebel 8.0 script libraries feature with business service objects.

What's New in Siebel eScript Language Reference, Version 8.0

Table 2 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support release 8.0 of the software.

Table 2. New Product Features in Siebel eScript Language Reference, Version 8.0
Topic	Description
About the Siebel eScript Script Engines	The ST eScript Engine is enabled by default in Siebel 8.0.
Incompatibilities Between the ST eScript and the T eScript Engines	New information on differences between the ST eScript engine and the T eScript engine in performing the following: Processing comparison operations Accessing objects and arrays
About the Fix and Go Feature	The Fix and Go option makes script testing more efficient by allowing scripts to be edited and the debugging process to continue without having to recompile the program after each change.
About Script Assist Repository Introspection	Script Assist accesses the definitions of objects in the repository and displays this information allowing developers to choose the relevant methods and properties they want to add to their script.
Logical Operators and Conditional Expressions in Siebel eScript	New information on using the equality comparison operator with strongly typed variables.
Applet Objects	In Siebel 8.0, the applet user property CanInvokeMethod can be used instead of the PreCanInvokeMethod() event to enable and disable applet methods.
Business Service Objects	Business service functions can be called directly from anywhere within the scripting interface after a business service is declared by using Script Assist script libraries.
String Object Methods and Properties in Siebel eScript	Added information on the String search() method.

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