Adding Layout Sub-Templates

This topic describes how to add layout sub-templates to the database.

The minimum requirements for adding a sub-template to the database closely mirror those for adding a regular template, although there are some slight, but important, differences. To add a sub-template to the database you must:

  • Name the layout sub-template.

  • Designate the template a sub-template.

  • Add a container to the sub-template.

  • Add HTML to the sub-template.

You cannot save the template until you have provided the minimum information.

Unlike a regular layout template, you must specifically designate the definition a sub-template type. After you initially save a regular or sub-template definition you cannot change the template type. That is, you cannot change a regular template to a sub-template, or vice versa.

As with a regular layout template, you must create a container for a sub-template before you can save the definition. However, you cannot create a main container for a sub-template. The regular template to which you attach a sub-template already has a main container defined, and there can be only one main container in a template.

Note: This topic describes the minimum steps and information to enter to add a layout sub-template to the PeopleSoft database.

To name and designate a layout sub-template:

  1. Select PeopleTools > Mobile Application Platform > Template Designer.

  2. Click the Add Template tab.

  3. In the Template Name field enter a name for the sub-template.

  4. Click the Add button.

    The Template Designer page appears.

  5. Select the Sub Template box.

  6. In the Description field, enter a short description for the sub-template.

  7. In the Long Description field, enter a more lengthy description.

    Proceed to the next section and add a container to the sub-template.

To add a container to a sub-template:

  1. Navigate to the Template Designer – Containers page.

    Select PeopleTools > Mobile Application Platform > Template Designer and click the Containers tab.

  2. In the Container Class Name field, enter a class name for the container.

    Note that the Main Container control is disabled. You cannot create a main container for a sub-template.

  3. In the Comments box enter any comments about the container.

Proceed to the next section and add HTML to the sub-template.

To add a sub-template to the database you must enter some HTML in the HTML long edit box in the Template Designer – Viewer page.

This page is where you document information and details about the sub-template, so that other developers may understand the template contents and evaluate using it for their applications.

When you initially add a sub-template to the database you can add as little as opening and closing HTML tags in the HTML box. For example:

 <html>
</html>

To add HTML for a layout sub-template:

  1. Navigate to the Template Designer – Viewer page.

    Select PeopleTools > Mobile Application Platform > Template Designer and click the Viewer tab.

  2. In the HTML long edit box, enter some HTML related to your sub-template.

  3. Click the Save button.