Creating a Button to Start a Task

You can create a button on an applet that users can click to start a task, as shown in the following procedure. For more information, see Configuring Siebel Business Applications.

To create a button to start a task

1. Display the Control User Prop object type.

   Control User Prop is a child of the Control object type, which is a child of the Applet object type. For more information, see Displaying Object Types Used to Develop a Task.

2. In the Applets list, query for the applet where you want to add the button (that will start a task).

3. In the Object Explorer, expand the Applet tree, and then click Control.

4. In the Controls list, add a new control with the values shown in the following table.

   Property	Description
   HTML Type	Choose MiniButton
   Caption	Define the Caption property so the user can readily identify the control.
   Method Invoked	Enter LaunchTask. This option is not available from the list of values. You must use the keyboard to manually type in LaunchTask, which is case sensitive and all one word.

5. Make sure the control you defined previously is still selected.

6. In the Object Explorer, expand the Control tree, and then click Control User Property.

7. In the Control User Props list, add a new user property with the values shown in the following table.

   Property	Description
   Name	Select Task Name
   Value	Enter the name of the task.