Creating Custom Component Menus

After you create records, pages, and components, register your new component using the Registration Wizard. To do so you must first create a menu definition if one does not already exist. This definition enables you to add the component to the new menu (for navigational purposes) and register it in the portal.

To create a new menu definition:

1. From the PeopleSoft Application Designer toolbar, select File, and then New..

2. Select Menu from the list.

3. Click OK.

4. Select the Standard option for the menu type.

5. Click OK.

   The thick rectangle surrounding the bar item indicates that this element in the menu definition is currently selected. The empty, dashed rectangle is a placeholder for a new bar item label.

6. Assign a bar name and label.

   You can define multiple menu bars for the menu. Double-click the rectangle to display the Bar Item Properties dialog box.

7. Enter the bar item name and label.

   The most commonly used bar item name is Use..

8. Click OK to accept the settings in the Bar Item Properties dialog box.

   The new label appears in the menu, and the empty rectangle appears in a new location.

9. Set the menu item properties.

   When creating a menu simply as a placeholder for components for the Registration Wizard, you need only add a separator bar to save the menu.

10. Set the menu properties.

11. Save the menu definition.