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Defining List Applets

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You create list applets using the List Applet Wizard. The List Applet Wizard helps you identify all the correct properties and automatically creates child objects, such as Web Template Items, based on the information you enter. You can also create applets manually by defining all the necessary properties and child objects.

The List Applet Wizard does the following:

Creates the list applet
Creates the applet Web template
Creates the list, list columns, and controls
Creates applet Web template items

To create a list applet using the List Applet Wizard

Select File > New Object from the Siebel Tools main menu.

The New Object Wizard dialog box appears.

Click the Applets tab, and then double-click the List Applet icon.

The General page of the List Applet Wizard appears.

In the General Page, enter the following information for the applet, and then click Next.

Field	Example Value	Comment
Project	Account	Only locked projects appear in the picklist.
Business Component	Account	The business component that the applet is based on.
Applet Name	New Account List Applet	A unique name for the Applet.
Display Title	Accounts	The name to appear in the user interface.

The wizard will use information to create an applet object and define the required applet properties.

In the Web Layout-General page, enter the Web templates to use for the applet, and then click Next.

NOTE:  A thumbnail image for many templates appears when you select the template name. For a complete description of all templates, see Siebel Developer's Reference.

In the Web Layout - Fields page, select the fields that you want to appear on the applet, and then click Next.

The fields that appear in the Available pane are those fields defined for the business component that you selected in Step 3.

In the second Web Layout-Fields page, choose the controls in the Available Controls box that you want to appear on the applet, and then click Next.

All the entries in the Selected Controls box are added by default. If you wish to exclude some of the controls and move them to the Available Controls box, select the controls and click the activated arrow.

NOTE:  The available controls come from the Model HTML Controls Applet. This applet specifies the available controls and also to which template each control is mapped. Users can modify this applet if necessary by adding or removing controls from the applet.

Review the information displayed in the Finish page, and then click Finish.

The List Applet Wizard creates the applet and supporting object definitions based on the selections you made.

NOTE:  You can return to previous pages by clicking the Back button.

Defining List Columns in a List Applet

Figure 162 shows list columns mapped to fields in the Opportunity business component.

Figure 162. Field List Columns in Opportunity Business Component

End User Settings and Preferences

End users can choose which list columns to display, and the order in which they are displayed in the Siebel client. These settings override Siebel Tools configuration settings.

To test a configuration without user-specified settings

In the Siebel Web client, go to the list applet to which your completed configuration changes apply, click the menu button, select Columns Displayed, and then click the Reset Defaults button. Inspect the list applet to be sure your configuration changes are what you expect.

Lists and List Columns

A list applet contains only list columns, or list columns and buttons.

List is the parent of the List Column object type. A list applet can contain only one List object definition.

HTML Type Property of List Columns and Controls

The HTML Type property of a list column or control determines the type of control. Examples of HTML Type controls are, Check Box, Combo Box, Text, MiniButtons, Password, PositionOnRow, and URL.

For more complete descriptions of each control type, see About HTML Control Types.

Enhancing the Behavior of List Columns and Controls

For Text controls and list columns:

If a calendar or calculator needs to appear for control, set the Runtime property of the control to TRUE.
If a pop-up editor needs to appear, set the Popup Edit property of the control to TRUE.
If you want to make a list column unavailable in the user interface, set the Available property to FALSE.
If you want a list column to be displayed in the list by default, set the Show in List property to TRUE. However, if you want the list column to be hidden by default, but you want end users to be able to select a list column to be displayed using the Columns Displayed dialog box, set the Show in List property to FALSE.

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