Oracle Siebel CRM 8 Developer's Handbook

Creating applet buttons

At the beginning of this chapter, we discussed how menu items and toolbar buttons use command object definitions to invoke methods that are then handled by the Siebel application's event framework.

Applet buttons are different from menu items and toolbar buttons in a sense that they specify the method to be invoked directly in their own MethodInvoked property. They do not use command objects.

Case study example: Creating a custom applet button that invokes a workflow process

As described in Chapter 3, Case Study Introduction the AHA business analyst team has put forth the requirement to create orders for business customers directly from the AHA Customer Profile Form Applet by means of a button click. The button should only ...