HTML form - Completing the HTML tab

Complete this tab to define the HTML and JSP tags or directives for this rule.

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Field Description
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Generate For Typically, the system sets this field to HTML or JSP, to indicate whether the HTML source is to contain HTML directives or JSP tags. For new controls, the initial value is JSP.

Use of JSP tags offers superior performance and other advantages over directives. Although both directives and JSP tags are supported, JSP tags are recommended for new development.

If this rule is circumstance-qualified or time-qualified, make this Generate For value match the Generate For value of the base rule. The base rule and the qualified rules must all use JSP tags or all use directives.

Note: Do not save the rule form if you have composed HTML that contains both JSP tags and directives.
Browser Support Indicates which browser types can display the JSP or HTML from this rule. Note that the Pega Platform does not validate your code. You must ensure that your code can be displayed across the supported browser types, which include Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 3.5+, Safari 4+, and Chrome 5+.
Accessibility Select On to indicate that you have designed and implemented your HTML to meet your accessibility requirements.

The Accessibility Report evaluates this field on each rule in an application that displays it, when calculating application accessibility compliance levels. See Using the Accessibility report.

HTML Source Enter source HTML directly in the HTML Source text area. .

Use of JSP tags in HTML rules offers superior performance and other advantages over directives. Although both directives and JSP tags are supported, as a best practice use JSP tags in new application development. Conversion of existing HTML rules that use directives to functionally equivalent rules that use JSP tags is straightforward. See Converting from directives to JavaServer Pages tags.

When using JSP tags, update the Pages & Classes tab to include each page name referenced in the HTML code, and identify the class of each page.

Use the <% and %> delimiters to surround an inline Java scriptlet within the HTML source code.
Convert to JSP This button appears only after you save the form when the Generate For value is HTML and this rule is created by a Save As operation. See Converting from directives to JavaServer Pages tags.
Show JS DOC Reserved; do not use.

Notes on <Form > and <Input > HTML tags

Stream processing automatically supplies attributes for the following HTML tags:

  • For the FORM tag, the system supplies all needed attributes. Enter this tag with no attributes.
  • If you omit the NAME attribute with directives for the SELECT and TEXTAREA tags, and the INPUT tag (with a TYPE attribute of Text, Hidden, Password, Radio, or Checkbox ), stream processing fills in the name of the current active property.
  • For the SELECT, TEXTAREA, and INPUT tags, if you do specify a NAME attribute, stream processing may alter it to ensure that is processes correctly when a user submits the form at runtime.
  • For INPUT tags in JSP streams, the NAME field is required. The format is: 
<INPUT name=""<pega:reference name=""$this-name""/>""
CAUTION:
Some standard HTML rules used in harnesses and sections contain hidden fields, defined by the HTML form element <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" ...>. If you override these HTML rules, do not delete or alter these hidden fields. They are essential to correct operation of user forms.