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Guidelines for Customizing Presentation Models and Physical Renderers and Plug-in Wrappers

It is recommended that you apply the following guidelines if you configure the presentation model and physical renderer for a client object:

• Determine the following items for any element that you intend to customize:
  • The presentation model you must use
  • The plug-in wrapper you must use and the physical renderer that you must use with the presentation model
• Configure the manifest so that Siebel Open UI can identify the JavaScript files it must download to the client so that it can render the user interface element. For more information, see Configuring Manifests.
• Modify the physical renderer and presentation model for user interface objects that do not reside in a view, such as navigation tabs. Only one of these elements resides on a single Siebel page, and they do not vary during a Siebel session. So, you can configure the physical renderer and the presentation model for each of these elements in the manifest.
• You must place all custom presentation models, physical renderers and plug-in wrappers in the custom folder. For more information about this folder, see Organizing Files That You Customize.