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Allowing Development Environments Access to the Siebel Object Model

This topic describes how to allow an interactive development environment, such as the Microsoft Visual Studio, to have access to the Siebel Object Model.

To allow a development environment access to the Siebel Object Model

1. On the Siebel application that users will use to login, for example, Siebel Call Center; enable the Web Client Automation Server by setting the EnableWebClientAutomation component parameter to TRUE.
2. Restart the Siebel Component that was modified in Step 1.
3. From the development machine, using Internet Explorer, login to Siebel Application in high interactivity mode.

   This will download the Siebel Web Client Automation Server and register it in the Windows Registry.

4. Start Microsoft Visual Studio.
5. Choose Standard EXE.
6. Choose the Project menu, and then the References menu item.
7. In the list box, choose SiebelHTML 1.0 Type Library.
8. Add the required code.

   For more information, see Examples of Accessing the Web Client Automation Control.