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PeopleTools 8.54 delivers Fluid, a complimentary new user

interface designed for mobile and desktop devices (see it in action

here). If you don't already have tools 8.54 installed grab Image 008

for HCM or FSCM (see Doc ID 164184.2on MOS) and follow thissimple step by step guide to create your first Fluid application. If

you know Application Designer then all of this will be familiar.

You'll need access to a PeopleTools 8.54 environment and

Application Designer. I hope some find this useful.

Step 1 - Enable the Fluid Homepage

In the FSCM 008 image and maybe the HCM image the link to the

Fluid Homepage is not visible (even though it exists in the Portal

Registry). Follow this video to enable the link. Basically you just

need to create a new content reference link based on the existing

Fluid Homepage link.

Step 2 - Create a Fluid Page

Note the new definition type of Page (Fluid). However, a Fluid

Page is just aStandardtype Page with the Fluid checkbox ON in

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Page Properties / Use.

You'll be prompted to select a Layout Page. Layouts (as the name

suggests) control the page framework. A Fluid Layout page is a

Page of typeLayout. For this sample app we'll use a simple,

predefined layout calledPSL_APPS_CONTENTwhich gives us a

simple, single frame view.

Name the page and SAVE. It will prompt to copy PeopleCode but

this page layout has no PeopleCode so it won't matter what you

select here.


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Let's put a button and a description field on our page. When thebutton is clicked we want to display "Hello World". So, create a

work record and addACCEPT_BTNandDESCRfields along with

some PeopleCode on FieldChange event of the button field.

GRS_FLUID_WRK.DESCR = "Hello World";

Now we'll just set the button link properties to tidy up the display,


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Step 3 - Create a Fluid Component

Now we'll create a Component and add the new page.

And now the "magic sauce".... TICK theFluid Modeproperty on the

Fluid TAB. It's this property that tells PIA to render this component

in Fluid rather than "Classic" mode.

Our sample application won't be displaying any data so we'll set the

search record to the commonly usedINSTALLATIONtable.


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Step 4 - Add Component to Menu

Save your new component and Add to a menu. As with all other

components the purpose of adding to a menu is to allow permission

lists to grant security access.


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Step 5 - Register the Component

Now, with the Component open click the Register Component

button to invoke the portal registration wizard.

To keep things simple we're going to add our Fluid application to

the portal folderPTFL_PEOPLETOOLS. You can of course create


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your own portal folders to organise Fluid Applications or add them

to existing folders.

Again, just to keep things in this walk through simple I'm using the

ALLPAGES permission list to grant access for my user (in this case

VP1) .


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Step 6 - Add the new Application Tile to your Homepage

Access the Fluid Home Page.

Use thePersonalize menu item to add a new Tile to your

homepage.


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Here's what your new Tile should look like. The icon and label are

set in the Structure & Content / NUI Attributes TAB. (See Appendix

below)

Click the Tile and test your application.


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You may notice that it doesn't seem to matter where on the page

you place the fields - the layout will always be the same. This is

because unlike the "pixel perfect" Classic interface the Fluid UI is

designed to be "responsive" to the size of the display device and so

will control the layout of page objects in a free-flow style. What's

controlling the field sequence on the page is the Field Order.

Appendix - How to control Tile Display

The Tile contents, Size and Behaviour can be set using the NUI

Attributes on the CREF in Structure and Content. The contents can

be either

a static label and icon

HTML returned by an iScript

results from any component

results from a PeopleSoft URL


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