Use Tag Use

HTML Layout Pages and Page Templates

Attribute

Required

Description

Name

Yes

The name of this tag. This name must be unique within the file and cannot contain spaces.

Type

Yes

The type of component to reuse. The following types are supported:

Any	Allows you to specify any component and specify it in the tag’s Properties dialog. This is also useful if you have a custom component, do not know the type of the component to use or if the web designer is not familiar with the various options available.
Button	A composite button component that can be used on any page. The composite button is made up a HyperLink tag surrounded by HTML layout. This is different than the ImageButton, LinkButton and PushButton tags which produce standard HTML buttons.
Footer	A footer component that is common across all pages within an application.
Header	A header component that is common across all pages within an application.
Menu	A menu component that includes one or more menu items for your application.
Pagination	A composite pagination component that consists of first page, previous page, next page, last page and page size elements.
RangeFilter	A range filter component is a set of two filters that specify a range. This is useful if you want an application user to display records that are within a numeric or date range.
Search	A search component that includes a text box and a Go button.
UserControl	A customer component defined by you that is not one of the components listed here.

File

Specifies the default component to use. You can change the specific component to point to a different component in the tag’s Properties dialog.

<GEN:Use Name=”MyMenu” Type=”Menu” File=”../Components/Menu.html”/>

<GEN:Use Name=”OKButton” Type=”Button” File=”../Components/GreenButton.html”/>