Mapping PeopleTools 8.1 Objects to New Objects

In PeopleTools 8.1, the names of some of the object definitions in Application Designer changed. The names of related built-in functions have changed accordingly.

The first table lists the old terms and new terms.

In the second table, the left column lists the old names of the functions, system variables, or reserved words. The right column lists the new names. The old functions, system variables, and reserved words in this table still work in PeopleTools; however, they have been desupported and are being retained for backward compatibility only. New applications should be created using the new functions, system variables, and reserved words.

Old Term	New Term
Operator	User
Panel	Page
Panel Group	Component
Business Component	Component Interface

Desupported Function, System Variable or Reserved Word	New Function, System Variable or Reserved Word
DoModalPanelGroup built-in function	DoModalComponent built-in function
GetNextNumberWithGaps	GetNextNumberWithGapsCommit built-in function
IsModalPanelGroup built-in function	IsModalComponent built-in function
IsOperatorInClass built-in function	IsUserInPermissionList built-in function
PanelGroupChanged built-in function	ComponentChanged built-in function
ScheduleProcess built-in function	CreateProcessRequest built-in function
SetNextPanel built-in function	SetNextPage built-in function
TransferPanel built-in function	TransferPage built-in function
%OperatorClass System Variable	%PrimaryPermissionList System Variable
%OperatorID System Variable	%UserId System Variable
%OperatorRowLevelSecurityClass System Variable	%RowSecurityPermissionList System Variable
%Panel System Variable	%Page System Variable
%PanelGroup System Variable	%Component System Variable
PANEL reserved word	PAGE reserved word
PANELGROUP reserved word	COMPONENT reserved word
PanelGroup variable declaration	Component variable declaration

Business Components are now named Component Interfaces. Therefore, for Component Interfaces, the old reserved word, methods, and system variables are no longer valid. You must use the new reserved word, methods, or system variables.

No Longer Valid	Use Instead
COMPONENT reserved word	COMPINTFC reserved word
GetComponent method	GetCompIntfc method
FindComponent method	FindCompIntfcs method
%Component system variable	%CompIntfc system variable