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Applet Message

An applet message is an optional, free-flowing text control that displays a mix of predefined code, static text strings, and dynamic data from the Siebel database. Siebel CRM enters this data at run time. Siebel CRM displays an applet message as a line of text that can be continuous and wrapped. An applet message is similar to the personalization text that Siebel CRM displays on a home page. You can use an applet message to provide instructions to the user who performs the job task. For example, in Siebel Call Center, an applet message can represent a block of text that a customer service representative reads while addressing a customer.

You can define the static text that Siebel CRM displays in an applet message during development. Siebel CRM gets the dynamic data from business component fields. At run time, this data is part of the applet message that Siebel CRM displays while the user progresses through the task UI.

Siebel CRM statically positions an applet message as a user interface control in the task applet. Content in an applet message is read-only and does not reside inside a dialog box, so the applet message is different from other control types, such as Text or Field.

You can use an applet message in a predefined applet that references a predefined business component or in a task applet that references a transient business component. The work you do to define an applet message is the same in these situations.

You cannot modify the text format in the applet message.

For more information, see Creating an Applet Message and Siebel Object Types Reference.