Converting Scroll Bars to Grids

You can convert a single-level scroll bar to a grid control. PeopleSoft Application Designer provides a utility to automate this task. The Convert Scroll to Grid function:

• Designates the size and position of the grid as set to the area covered by the left-most label to the scroll bar.

• Issues warnings before deleting controls that are not supported by the grid.

• Converts radio buttons to drop-down list boxes.

• Sets label alignment of check boxes to center.

The conversion utility provides warnings for scroll bars that can’t be converted to grids due to grid control limitations. The conversion utility validates to the following limitations:

• No more than one grid can exist on a page.

• The scroll bar to be converted must not have any nested scroll areas or bars under it.

• The grid control must be the last control on the page.

• Radio buttons are not supported in grids and must be replaced with drop-down list boxes.

To convert a scroll to a grid:

1. Select the scroll bar.

2. Right-click and select Convert Scroll To Grid from the pop-up menu.

   This menu option is available only for scroll bars that can be converted. This utility searches for all page fields that are defined in the field order after the selected scroll bar control, up until the next scroll bar or scroll area control. It does the following for each field:

   • Confirms that the scroll control type can be displayed in a grid control.

   • Creates a grid column of the appropriate type.

   • Populates the attributes.

3. Click OK to display the new grid.

If any of the page fields cannot be displayed in a grid or if other problems are found, the utility displays an error message explaining why the scroll bar cannot be converted to a grid.