Siebel Script Editor Toolbar

The following table describes the buttons on the Script Editor toolbar. The button name appears when you hover the cursor over each button.

Note: Web Tools implicitly saves your script.
Button Name Description

Activate

Click to change a script from inactive to active. After you activate a script in the script editor, the applicable Script Editor tree for the same Type and Object is automatically updated.

The Activate icon is active or enabled (that is, you can click it) when the Workspace is edit-in-progress and the script is inactive.

The Activate icon is disabled (that is, you cannot click it) under the following conditions:

  • When the script has no data.

  • When the current selected node is a folder.

  • When the Workspace is read-only and the script is active or inactive.

  • When the Workspace is edit-in-progress and the script is active.

Inactivate

Click to change a script from active to inactive. After you inactivate a script in the script editor, the applicable Script Editor tree for the same Type and Object is automatically updated.

The Inactivate icon is active or enabled (that is, you can click it) when the Workspace is edit-in-progress and the script is active.

The Inactivate icon is disabled (that is, you cannot click it) under the following conditions:

  • When the script has no data.

  • When the current selected node is a folder.

  • When the Workspace is read-only and the script is active or inactive.

  • When the Workspace is edit-in-progress and the script is inactive.



Back

Closes the Script Editor and returns to the view you came from.



Check Syntax

Validates the syntax of the selected script.



Settings

Opens the Settings drop-down menu. This menu contains the following options, which you can configure for the Script Editor and script engine:

  • Formatting options. You can choose any of the following: Auto-Close Brackets, Display Line Numbers, Wrap Long Lines, Highlight Active Line, Match Brackets, Indent with Tabs.

  • Script Assist. You can choose any of the following: Enable Method Listing, Enable Auto Complete, Enable Favorites.

  • Engine Settings. You can choose any of the following: Fix And Go, Default Login, Enable Warnings, Deduce Types.

  • Languages. You can choose the following: Default language for new scripts (eScript or Visual Basic).

For more information about the Settings you can configure for the Script Editor, see Setting Options for eScript and Setting Options for Siebel Script Editor.



This icon shows a script with code and appears adjacent to the built-in event handlers, such as, BusComp_PreWriteRecord.

The ability to edit code depends on whether the current open Workspace is editable or not.



This icon shows an empty script (without code) and appears adjacent to the built-in event handlers, such as, BusComp_PreWriteRecord.

The ability to add code depends on whether the current open Workspace is editable or not.