Table 1. Disposition Types Summary
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Inline |
- Inline integration with the Siebel user interface.
- Session management, including managing session cookies and automatic re-login after time out.
- Opens an external URL in a new popup window.
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- Only works in very few cases.
- Does not work with complex JavaScript.
- Does not work if there are reference to frames.
- Supports the
GET method only.
- URL limited to 2048 characters.
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IFrame |
- Inline integration with the Siebel user interface. Supports complex JavaScript.
- Supports references to frames.
- Session Keep Alive supported.
- Works for most cases.
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- No session management.
- Does not support frames that reference top-level JavaScript objects.
- Does not open an external URL in a popup window.
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Web Control |
Supports frames that reference top-level JavaScript Objects, because JavaScript does not refer to objects outside of the Web control. |
- For the high interactivity client only.
- No session management.
- Browser functionality, such as the back button, is only available by right-clicking in the Web control.
- ActiveX objects that contain other objects are reset if you change tabs and then return to the Web control.
- Does not open an external URL in a popup window.
- Web Control requires more system overhead than IFrame.
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