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How Do You Connect Siebel Tools 8.x and the Mobile Web Client (MWC) to an Encrypted Local Database? [ID 475398.1] To Bottom Modified:14-Dec-2011Type:HOWTOStatus:PUBLISHEDPriority:1 Comments (0) In this Document??Goal??Solution Applies to: Siebel Remote Client - Version: 8.0 [20405] to 8.1 [21039] - Release: V8 to V8Information in this document applies to any platform.Area(s):Remote/Replication/AnywhereRelease(s):V8 (Enterprise), V8 (Professional)Database(s):All Supported DatabasesApp Server OS(s):All Supported PlatformsLatest release tested against:V8 (Enterprise)Keywords:encrypted, local database, mwc, mobile web client, Siebel ToolsThis document was previously published as Siebel FAQ 2293.***Checked for relevance on 13-Oct-2010*** Goal How Do You Connect Siebel Tools and the Mobile Web Client (MWC) to an Encrypted Local Database?. Solution ?Purpose?In Siebel version 8.0 and higher, when extracting a local database with the default settings, the local database is now encrypted. This is the standard behavior and differs from the earlier versions when you needed to make changes in order to encrypt the local database.?One result is that if you download the local database using Siebel Tools, you will not automatically be able to connect to it using the Siebel Mobile Web Client (MWC).?This FAQ demonstrates how in Siebel 8.0 and higher you can use the Siebel Mobile Web Client (MWC) to connect to a Local Database extracted by Siebel Tools.?Steps?1.?Run Generate New Database (GenNewDB). ?2.?Run Database Extract (DBExtract). ?3.?Start Siebel Tools and Connect to Local using your USER_ID and PASSWORD.? Due to the fact the local database does not exist on the PC, you will be prompted to download?the Local Database. ?4.?Once the local database had downloaded, please ensure you can connect correctly using Siebel Tools. ?5.?Copy the file ${Tools}\local\dicdata.dat to ${Client}\local\dicdata.dat?????Without this step, you cannot