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This post is a contribution from Diwakar. Thanks for his contribution.

This post describes how to bounce Siebel Server or Services. This document explains steps required for both Windows and Unix.
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This post is a contribution from Vishnu. Thanks for his contribution.

This post describes how to change colors on the field controls. The document also describes changing font, its size, color and background color.
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This blog is a contribution from Priyanka. Many thanks for her post. This post describes How to Change the lost or forgotten Local DB Password in Siebel. This post also shows how to change the local DB password.

Click Here to Download this document. Thanks again Priyanka!
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There are many ways to invoke an Internet Explorer on a button click in Siebel. I will post two ways of doing it in two different posts.

Requirement: When a custom button is clicked it should invoke Internet Explorer and navigate to a given URL.
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Handling Date and Time functions is very puzzling in eScript. Lot of developers mess around with the code to reach the result.

In this post I will explain the simplest way to find the time difference between two different times in Seconds using Siebel eScript.
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Invoking workflows in Siebel has become very easy since the introduction of Runtime Events. Runtime events saves a lot of time for developers. We no longer have to create triggers or workflow policies to invoke workflows on certain record events.

In this post I will explain how easy it is to invoke a workflow using Runtime Events.
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This post is the contribution by Sachin Mittal. He has shared a document which beautifully explains on how to create a Symbolic URL in Siebel to display external webpage. Thanks Sachin.

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While I was working on eScript I came across the method GetMVGBusComp which is one of Best Practices in eScripting and I thought of posting it here. Details about this method below.

Tip 11:Use GetMVGBusComp Method to get the MVG records

As the method name suggests it gets the Business Component of the record that MVG is based on. This is a very helpful Method that would save a several lines of unnecessary code.
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In this post I will explain what a property set is, how it looks and how to build a property set using eScript.

Property set is a set of data containing Type, Property and Value. It is stored in a form of XML. For example, when you write a business service a script under Service_PreInvokeMethod and Inputs to this is a property set and it could something like this. (more…)

One of our Siebel Forum member by name Priyanka has explained on how to configure email notification in Siebel using Workflow. The detailed steps are in the forum section. Check this Link. Leave a comment for Priyanka. Thanks. (more…)