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Migrating Siebel Scripts Attached to Applets

Upgrades from: Siebel 6.x.

Environments: Development environment only.

This topic is part of an upgrade process. See How to Perform a Siebel Database Upgrade.

When upgrading to Siebel 7.7.x, you must do one of the following:

• Migrate Siebel 6.x scripts written on applets to applet server scripts or business component server scripts. Migrating applet scripts includes the following types of tasks:
  • Moving Siebel 6.x applet scripts such as Control_Click event handlers to business components
  • Rescripting Siebel 6.x ActiveX controls in browser script
  • Rewriting other Siebel 6.x applet scripts in browser script
• Rewrite Siebel 6.x scripts as browser scripts.

To identify the number of 6.x applet scripts to be reviewed or migrated, look at the Object List Editor in Flat mode in Siebel Tools.

As shown in Figure 8, applet scripts implemented in Siebel 6.x need to be moved to one or more of the following browser or server script events:

• (Web) Applet Server Script
  • PreInvokeMethod
  • InvokeMethod
  • ShowControl
  • ShowListColumn
  • PreCanInvoke
  • Load
• Applet Browser Script
  • PreInvokeMethod
  • InvokeMethod
  • ChangeRecord
  • ChangeFieldValue
• Application Server Script
  • PreNavigate
  • Navigate

Figure 8. Movement of Applet Scripts

In Siebel 7.x, the WebApplet_ShowControl and WebApplet_ShowListColumn event handlers are only supported for standard interactivity applications.

In many cases, the migration of applet scripts is straightforward, because several WebApplet events correspond to Siebel 6.x applet events. Corresponding browser or server script event handlers might be available, but the scripts are not automatically migrated. Table 56 depicts Siebel 6.x events and corresponding Siebel 7.x events available in either browser or server script.

In cases where there is no direct correlation between Siebel 6.x events and Siebel 7.7.x events (for example Applet_LostFocus event), you must evaluate and reimplement the functionality of the Siebel 6.x script. Depending upon the functionality provided by the script, scripts on the Applet_LostFocus event could be reimplemented as a server script and implemented on the TheApplication.Navigate or PreNavigate event.

Some applet level methods are no longer available in Siebel 7.x. The obsolete applet methods are listed in Table 57. In some cases, the methods were reimplemented as browser script methods, as in the case of FindControl and FindActiveX Control. Other methods, such as PostChanges, were replaced by properties that can be configured in Siebel Tools (Immediate Post Changes property on a Field). A few other methods require modifications to scripts that use these methods.

Related Topics

About Migrating Siebel 6.x Scripts.

Migrating Siebel Scripts Attached to Controls

Migrating Siebel Business Component, Business Service, and Application Scripts