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Compiling an SRF File for Use in a Delta Repository File

The following procedure briefly describes how to compile a repository file (SRF file) that will be used to create a delta repository file upgrade kit. An SRF file that is compiled using this procedure minimizes both the size of the resulting delta SRF file upgrade kit and the time required to upgrade. This task is a step in Roadmap for Creating a Delta Repository File Upgrade Kit.

NOTE:  Minimizing the size of the delta repository file upgrade kit depends on specifying a Reference SRF when the SRF file that contains changes is compiled, as described in the following procedure. If the SRF file that contains changes is compiled without specifying a Reference SRF, then the SRF file that contains changes can still be used to create a delta repository file upgrade kit, but the upgrade kit size is not minimized.

For more information about compiling SRF files and performing other operations in Siebel Tools, see Using Siebel Tools.

To compile an SRF file for use in creating a delta repository file upgrade kit

1. In Siebel Tools, make the repository changes you want to distribute.
2. From the Tools menu, select Compile Projects.
3. In the Projects pane of the Object Compiler dialog box, click All Projects.
4. Click the Reference SRF button.
5. In the Reference SRF dialog box, enter the path and file name of the SRF file that served as the base upon which you made your repository changes, and then click OK.

   For the base, use an SRF file that has actually been distributed to a client computer using Siebel Anywhere. (Specifying a file that has not passed through the distribution process can cause failures during attempts to apply a delta repository file to clients.)

   The delta repository file will contain only the differences between this base version and the new SRF file you are about to compile.

6. In the Siebel repository file field of the Object Compiler dialog box, enter the path and file name for the SRF file that you are about to compile.
7. Click Compile.