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How to Show Icons in Custom Siebel Screens Tabs?

Some people be wondering how does some screens have Icons, can we configure same for our custom screens??. I am referring to the icons similar to shown in the snap-shot below, like for Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities, Quotes.

Siebel Screen Icons

You can also put your custom icons to your custom screens by following the below procedure.

1. Get/Create your icon file and put it in the \Client\PUBLIC\enu\IMAGES folder. It should be in .gif format only. Say it, testicon.gif
2. Goto Tools -> Bitmap Categories.
3. Query for a existing Bitmap Category lets say – [Contact]
4. Do a Copy record [Ctrl+B] of [Contact] Bitmap Category and name the new Category as TestBitmapCat.
5. Come down to the Bitmaps child object. There you will see a record with [Name = Screen Tab Icon]. If it is not there, then create a new one as below.

Name: Screen Tab Icon
Filename: <your icon file name, here it is testicon.gif >

1. Now navigate to the Screen object in Tools as Tools -> Screens.
   7. Locate the Bitmap Category field in Screen object and pick the Category [TestBitmapCat] which we created just above.
   8. This way the Bitmap Category is associated to the Screen.
   9. Compile the Bitmap Category and Screen objects in Tools and re-launch your client.
   10. You can see your, testicon.gif file as icon to the left of your Screen name.