Using Page Definition Menus

As you build pages, use the tools and options in these menus:

• File Menu

  In addition to the standard options for opening, deleting, and renaming pages, use this menu to access the definition (page) properties and project properties.

• Edit Menu

  Access the page field properties from this menu. To find out what other definitions reference the active page, select Find Definition References. You can also search for a text string in types of PeopleCode or SQL objects.

• View Menu

  • Select View Definition to view the underlying definition, such as the subpage or record, for the selected control.

    You can view the PeopleCode for the page or the underlying record definition.

  • The properties Edit Fill Display, Edit Fill All, and Edit Fill None refer to how controls appear only during design time. They do not affect the page during runtime.

  • Use the Show Page Control Inspector tool to view summary data of the selected page field.

  • Use Show Grid to display or hide a layout grid on the page that you are designing to help you place controls more accurately.

• Insert Menu

  Use this menu to insert different types of controls on your page. You can also insert the page on which you are working into a project.

• Tools Menu

  This menu provides access to various utilities, such as data administration, change control, upgrade, and translate.

• Layout Menu

  Use this menu to modify the number of pixels between points on the layout grid. Options on this menu also enable you to align page controls, align page control labels, view the processing order of the controls on the page, and test the tab order between fields on your page.

  • Use the Align functions to move selected page controls or page control labels to ensure consistency of vertical and horizontal placement among the selected elements. All selected elements align to the last element that you select in the set.

  • Use the Auto Size Page function to resize your page to the best height and width that accommodates your page controls.

  • Use the View in Browser function to see a very general image of the page in the selected browser without data. Note, however, that PeopleCode is not run on this page rendering, so the page may look significantly different to users if PeopleCode is used to hide or reveal page fields.

  • Use the Generate HTML function to create a text file containing the HTML for your page. The file is saved to the Temp directory of your local drive. Note that the HTML that is generated contains no data or context. It is, therefore, likely to differ from the HTML on a page at runtime.