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Preparing Siebel Tools to Customize Siebel Open UI

This topic describes how to prepare Siebel Tools so that you can use it to customize Siebel Open UI. For more information, see Using Siebel Tools.

To prepare Siebel Tools to customize Siebel Open UI

1. Add the EnableOpenUI parameter to the Siebel Tools configuration file:
   1. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the following folder:

   SIEBEL_TOOLS_HOME\bin\language_code

   For more information about the language_code, see Languages That Siebel Open UI Supports.

   2. Use a text editor to open the tools.cfg configuration file.
   3. Add the following parameter to the InfraUIFramework section:

   EnableOpenUI = TRUE

2. Display object types:
   1. Open Siebel Tools.

      For more information, see Using Siebel Tools.

   2. Choose the View menu, and then the Options menu item.
   3. Click the Object Explorer tab.
   4. Scroll down through the Object Explorer Hierarchy window to locate the object type you must display.

      It is recommended that you set up Siebel Tools to display all object types. To display an object type and all child object types of an object type, make sure the parent includes a check mark with a white background.

   5. Click OK.