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Changing Applet Fields to Read-Only Fields

In this use case, you change the field for the main phone number to a read-only field. This field is located in the Accounts List view of the Accounts screen in the Siebel application.

To change an applet field to a read-only field

1. In the Siebel application, complete the following steps to determine the name of the field that you want to change and the name of the applet that contains that field:
   1. Navigate to the Accounts screen, then the Accounts List view.
   2. Note that the display name for the main phone number field in the accounts list is Main Phone # and that you can edit this field value.
   3. In the application-level menu, click Help, and select About View from the menu that appears.
   4. In the About View dialog box, note that the name of the applet for the accounts list is SIS Account List Applet, and click OK.
2. In the Siebel application, complete the following steps to determine the runtime version of the Siebel application that you are using:
   1. In the application-level menu, click Help, and select About SRF from the menu that appears.
   2. In the About SRF dialog box, note the version number of the Siebel Repository File (SRF) in the File Name field, and click OK.
3. In Siebel Composer, complete the following steps to change the main phone number field in the accounts list applet of the Siebel application:
   1. Navigate to the Applet screen, and query for SIS Account List Applet in the Name field.
   2. Click the cogwheel icon, and select Lock Object from the menu that appears.
   3. Scroll down to the List Columns list, and query for Main Phone # in the Display Name field.
   4. In the record for the main phone number field, select the Read Only field to make the main phone number field a read-only field.
   5. In the Applet screen, click the cogwheel icon, and select Unlock Object from the menu that appears.
4. In Siebel Composer, publish the changes to the applet object.

   For more information, see Publishing Modifications in Siebel Composer.

5. Log out of the Siebel application, log in to it again, and notice the following changes:
   • The main phone number field for the records in the Accounts List view of the Accounts screen is now read only.
   • The version number in the File Field in the About SRF dialog box is increased by 1 to the version number that you published.