Function and Data Processing Controls

Use function and data processing controls to provide a mechanism for running commands and to maintain levels of information on a page.

Term	Definition
HTML Area	Adds an area where you can write your own HTML. With other controls, the PeopleSoft system automatically generates the HTML code and then inserts the HTML code into the dynamically generated code at runtime. See Using HTML Areas.
Tree	The dynamic tree control is a desupported feature. Use PeopleCode with the HTML area to create a hierarchical tree.
Push Button/Hyperlink	Adds a push button or link that represents an internal or external link, PeopleCode command, process through PeopleSoft Process Scheduler, prompt action, scroll action, secondary page, or toolbar action. You can specify whether the control appears as a traditional push button or as a link (highlighted, underlined text).
Secondary Page	Adds an invisible control that associates a secondary page with the primary page. You then associate the secondary page with a command push button, link, or a pop-up menu. Secondary pages gather or display supplemental information that is related to the data in a primary page but less frequently referenced or updated. Secondary pages are displayed using the DoModal and DoModalComponent PeopleCode functions. See Using Secondary Pages. See PeopleCode Language Reference: DoModal function.
Scroll Area	Provides an easy way for you to group or repeat multiple fields of data in a defined area. Like a grid, users can easily navigate through the rows using links and buttons in a navigation bar, and they can add or delete rows using push buttons. These features are automatically placed in the navigation bar. The navigation bar also provides several other settings, such as a Find feature that enables the user to search all fields and rows for specific data and a View All option so that the user can see all rows of data at once. You can place the fields in the scroll area randomly, one on top of the other, or side by side. Unlike a grid, you are not limited to the type of controls that you can place in a scroll area. You can even place a grid inside a scroll area.
Scroll Bar	Like the scroll area, scroll bars contain push buttons and links for navigation, but not in the form of navigation bars. Developers must manually position all navigation items. Like grids and scroll areas, the actual scroll control that you see in PeopleSoft Application Designer when working with scroll bars in page definitions does not appear at runtime. Instead, the scroll bar control has scroll action buttons to replace the visual rendering of the scroll bar as push buttons and links on the web.
Grid	Adds a grid, which looks and behaves like a spreadsheet that is embedded in a page. It has column headings and cells and uses push buttons, links, and tabs to navigate through the data. It is similar to a scroll area on a page. Each row in the grid corresponds to a set of controls in a scroll occurrence. Navigation links and push buttons replace the actual visual scroll bar, and add and delete push buttons enable a user to insert and delete rows. Use instead of a single-level scroll area or scroll bar to manage multi-row sets of data.