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Example of How Siebel Open UI Renders a View or Applet

Figure 6 illustrates how Siebel Open UI renders the Contact Form Applet.

Siebel Open UI does the following to render the Contact Form Applet:

1. The user attempts to navigate to the Contact Form Applet.
2. Siebel Open UI creates the view that displays this applet.
3. Siebel Open UI references the manifest to identify the files it must download to the client. For more information, see Configuring Manifests.
4. Siebel Open UI downloads the JavaScript files it identified in Step 3 to the client.
5. A presentation model formats the data and applies application logic. For more information, see About the Presentation Model.
6. A physical renderer registers itself with a corresponding object. A presentation model also does this registration. For more information, see Example of a Physical Renderer.
7. A physical renderer fetches and incorporates plug-in wrappers for its applet controls. For more information, see Example of a Plug-in Wrapper.
8. Siebel Open UI loads the cascading style sheets according to the manifest configuration that it referenced in Step 3.
9. Siebel Open UI uses a presentation model, physical renderer, and cascading style sheets to render the Contact Form Applet.

Figure 7 describes how the partialrefreshpm.js file does a partial refresh. It is recommended that you include this business logic in a presentation model so that more than one modeler can reuse it. To get a copy of this file, see Article ID 1494998.1 on My Oracle Support. To view an example that uses this file, see Displaying and Hiding Fields.

The partialrefreshpm.js file includes the following sections:

1. Creates the JavaScript namespace.
2. Uses the Define method to make sure Siebel Open UI can identify the constructor. For more information, see Define Method.
3. Creates the presentation model class.
4. Customizes a predefined presentation model to support partial refresh logic.
5. Includes the logic that Siebel Open UI runs if the user changes records.
6. Includes the logic that Siebel Open UI runs if the user modifies a field value in a record.

Figure 8 describes how the partialrefreshpr.js file does a partial refresh for a physical renderer. To get a copy of this file, see Article ID 1494998.1 on My Oracle Support. To view an example that uses this file, see Displaying and Hiding Fields.

The partialrefreshpr.js file includes the following sections:

1. Creates the JavaScript namespace.
2. Uses the Define method to make sure Siebel Open UI can identify the constructor. For more information, see Define Method.
3. Creates the physical renderer class.
4. Specifies the ShowJobTitleRelatedField property.
5. Includes the logic that Siebel Open UI runs if it modifies ShowJobTitleRelatedField.

Figure 9 describes how the ColorBoxPW.js file does a partial refresh for a physical renderer. To get a copy of this file, see Article ID 1494998.1 on My Oracle Support. To view an example that uses this file, see Process of Customizing the Plug-in Wrapper.

The ColorBoxPW.js file includes the following sections:

1. Creates the JavaScript namespace.
2. Uses the Define method to make sure Siebel Open UI can identify the constructor. For more information, see Define Method.
3. Creates the plug-in wrapper class.
4. Implements the Life Cycle and Interface Methods of a Plug-in Wrapper.
5. Implements events handlers and other methods specific to the given Plug-in Wrapper.
6. Wires the Plug-in Wrapper to the Physical Renderer (optionally) based on conditionals.