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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Topic Overview
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
Changes in This Release
Changes in Oracle Application Express Release 4.2
New Features
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APEX_APPLICATION
Referencing Arrays
Referencing Values Within an On Submit Process
Converting an Array to a Single Value
HELP Procedure
STOP_APEX_ENGINE Procedure
2
APEX_APPLICATION_INSTALL
Package Overview
Import Script Examples
CLEAR_ALL Procedure
GENERATE_APPLICATION_ID Procedure
GENERATE_OFFSET Procedure
GET_APPLICATION_ALIAS Function
GET_APPLICATION_ID Function
GET_APPLICATION_NAME Function
GET_IMAGE_PREFIX Function
GET_OFFSET Function
GET_PROXY Function
GET_SCHEMA Function
GET_WORKSPACE_ID Function
SET_APPLICATION_ALIAS Procedure
SET_APPLICATION_ID Procedure
SET_APPLICATION_NAME Procedure
SET_IMAGE_PREFIX Procedure
SET_OFFSET Procedure
SET_PROXY Procedure
SET_SCHEMA Procedure
SET_WORKSPACE_ID Procedure
3
APEX_AUTHENTICATION
Constants
CALLBACK Procedure
GET_CALLBACK_URL Function
GET_LOGIN_USERNAME_COOKIE Function
IS_AUTHENTICATED Function
IS_PUBLIC_USER Function
LOGIN Procedure
LOGOUT Procedure
POST_LOGIN Procedure
SEND_LOGIN_USERNAME_COOKIE Procedure
4
APEX_COLLECTION
About the APEX_COLLECTION API
Naming, Creating and Accessing Collections
Merging, Truncating and Deleting Collections
Adding, Updating and Deleting Collection Members
Managing Collections
ADD_MEMBER Procedure
ADD_MEMBER Function
ADD_MEMBERS Procedure
COLLECTION_EXISTS Function
COLLECTION_HAS_CHANGED Function
COLLECTION_MEMBER_COUNT Function
CREATE_COLLECTION Procedure
CREATE_OR_TRUNCATE_COLLECTION Procedure
CREATE_COLLECTION_FROM_QUERY Procedure
CREATE_COLLECTION_FROM_QUERY2 Procedure
CREATE_COLLECTION_FROM_QUERY_B Procedure
CREATE_COLLECTION_FROM_QUERYB2 Procedure
DELETE_ALL_COLLECTIONS Procedure
DELETE_ALL_COLLECTIONS_SESSION Procedure
DELETE_COLLECTION Procedure
DELETE_MEMBER Procedure
DELETE_MEMBERS Procedure
GET_MEMBER_MD5 Function
MERGE_MEMBERS Procedure
MOVE_MEMBER_DOWN Procedure
MOVE_MEMBER_UP Procedure
RESEQUENCE_COLLECTION Procedure
RESET_COLLECTION_CHANGED Procedure
RESET_COLLECTION_CHANGED_ALL Procedure
SORT_MEMBERS Procedure
TRUNCATE_COLLECTION Procedure
UPDATE_MEMBER Procedure
UPDATE_MEMBERS Procedure
UPDATE_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE Procedure Signature 1
UPDATE_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE Procedure Signature 2
UPDATE_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE Procedure Signature 3
UPDATE_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE Procedure Signature 4
UPDATE_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE Procedure Signature 5
UPDATE_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE Procedure Signature 6
5
APEX_CSS
ADD Procedure
ADD_3RD_PARTY_LIBRARY_FILE Procedure
ADD_FILE Procedure
6
APEX_CUSTOM_AUTH
APPLICATION_PAGE_ITEM_EXISTS Function
CURRENT_PAGE_IS_PUBLIC Function
DEFINE_USER_SESSION Procedure
GET_COOKIE_PROPS Procedure
GET_LDAP_PROPS Procedure
GET_NEXT_SESSION_ID Function
GET_SECURITY_GROUP_ID Function
GET_SESSION_ID Function
GET_SESSION_ID_FROM_COOKIE Function
GET_USER Function
GET_USERNAME Function
IS_SESSION_VALID Function
LOGIN Procedure
LOGOUT Procedure
POST_LOGIN Procedure
SESSION_ID_EXISTS Function
SET_SESSION_ID Procedure
SET_SESSION_ID_TO_NEXT_VALUE Procedure
SET_USER Procedure
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APEX_DEBUG
Constants
DISABLE Procedure
ENABLE Procedure
ENTER Procedure
ERROR Procedure
INFO Procedure
LOG_DBMS_OUTPUT Procedure
LOG_LONG_MESSAGE Procedure
LOG_MESSAGE Procedure [Deprecated]
LOG_PAGE_SESSION_STATE Procedure
MESSAGE Procedure
REMOVE_DEBUG_BY_AGE Procedure
REMOVE_DEBUG_BY_APP Procedure
REMOVE_DEBUG_BY_VIEW Procedure
REMOVE_SESSION_MESSAGES Procedure
TOCHAR Function
TRACE Procedure
WARN Procedure
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APEX_ERROR
Data Types and Constants
Constants used for Result Types
t_error
t_error_result
Example of an Error Handling Function
ADD_ERROR Procedure Signature 1
ADD_ERROR Procedure Signature 2
ADD_ERROR Procedure Signature 3
ADD_ERROR Procedure Signature 4
ADD_ERROR Procedure Signature 5
AUTO_SET_ASSOCIATED_ITEM Procedure
EXTRACT_CONSTRAINT_NAME Function
GET_ARIA_ERROR_ATTRIBUTES Function
GET_FIRST_ORA_ERROR_TEXT Function
INIT_ERROR_RESULT Function
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APEX_ESCAPE
Constants
HTML Function
HTML_ATTRIBUTE Function
HTML_TRUNC Function
HTML_WHITELIST Function
JS_LITERAL Function
LDAP_DN Function
LDAP_SEARCH_FILTER Function
NOOP Function
SET_HTML_ESCAPING_MODE Procedure
10
APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN
Available Parameter Values
ADD_SCHEMA Procedure
ADD_WORKSPACE Procedure
GET_PARAMETER Function
GET_SCHEMAS Function
REMOVE_APPLICATION Procedure
REMOVE_SAVED_REPORT Procedure
REMOVE_SAVED_REPORTS Procedure
REMOVE_SCHEMA Procedure
REMOVE_SUBSCRIPTION Procedure
REMOVE_WORKSPACE Procedure
SET_LOG_SWITCH_INTERVAL Procedure
SET_PARAMETER Procedure
SET_WORKSPACE_CONSUMER_GROUP Procedure
TRUNCATE_LOG Procedure
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APEX_IR
ADD_FILTER Procedure Signature 1
ADD_FILTER Procedure Signature 2
CHANGE_SUBSCRIPTION_LANG Procedure
CLEAR_REPORT Procedure Signature 1
CLEAR_REPORT Procedure Signature 2
DELETE_REPORT Procedure
DELETE_SUBSCRIPTION Procedure
GET_LAST_VIEWED_REPORT_ID Function
GET_REPORT Function
RESET_REPORT Procedure Signature 1
RESET_REPORT Procedure Signature 2
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APEX_ITEM
CHECKBOX2 Function
DATE_POPUP Function
DATE_POPUP2 Function
DISPLAY_AND_SAVE Function
HIDDEN Function
MD5_CHECKSUM Function
MD5_HIDDEN Function
POPUP_FROM_LOV Function
POPUP_FROM_QUERY Function
POPUPKEY_FROM_LOV Function
POPUPKEY_FROM_QUERY Function
RADIOGROUP Function
SELECT_LIST Function
SELECT_LIST_FROM_LOV Function
SELECT_LIST_FROM_LOV_XL Function
SELECT_LIST_FROM_QUERY Function
SELECT_LIST_FROM_QUERY_XL Function
TEXT Function
TEXTAREA Function
TEXT_FROM_LOV Function
TEXT_FROM_LOV_QUERY Function
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APEX_JAVASCRIPT
ADD_3RD_PARTY_LIBRARY_FILE Procedure
ADD_ATTRIBUTE Function Signature 1
ADD_ATTRIBUTE Function Signature 2
ADD_ATTRIBUTE Function Signature 3
ADD_ATTRIBUTE Function Signature 4
ADD_INLINE_CODE Procedure
ADD_LIBRARY Procedure
ADD_ONLOAD_CODE Procedure
ADD_VALUE Function Signature 1
ADD_VALUE Function Signature 2
ADD_VALUE Function Signature 3
ADD_VALUE Function Signature 4
Escape Function
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APEX_LANG
CREATE_LANGUAGE_MAPPING Procedure
DELETE_LANGUAGE_MAPPING Procedure
LANG Function
MESSAGE Function
PUBLISH_APPLICATION Procedure
SEED_TRANSLATIONS Procedure
UPDATE_LANGUAGE_MAPPING Procedure
UPDATE_MESSAGE Procedure
UPDATE_TRANSLATED_STRING Procedure
15
APEX_LDAP
AUTHENTICATE Function
GET_ALL_USER_ATTRIBUTES Procedure
GET_USER_ATTRIBUTES Procedure
IS_MEMBER Function
MEMBER_OF Function
MEMBER_OF2 Function
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APEX_MAIL
About Configuring Oracle Application Express to Send Email
ADD_ATTACHMENT Procedure
GET_IMAGES_URL Function
GET_INSTANCE_URL Function
PUSH_QUEUE Procedure
SEND Procedure
17
APEX_PLSQL_JOB
About the APEX_PLSQL_JOB Package
JOBS_ARE_ENABLED Function
PURGE_PROCESS Procedure
SUBMIT_PROCESS Function
TIME_ELAPSED Function
UPDATE_JOB_STATUS Procedure
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APEX_PLUGIN
Data Types
GET_AJAX_IDENTIFIER Function
GET_INPUT_NAME_FOR_PAGE_ITEM Function
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APEX_PLUGIN_UTIL
DEBUG_DYNAMIC _ACTION Procedure
DEBUG_PAGE_ITEM Procedure Signature 1
DEBUG_PAGE_ITEM Procedure Signature 2
DEBUG_PROCESS Procedure
DEBUG_REGION Procedure Signature 1
DEBUG_REGION Procedure Signature 2
ESCAPE Function
EXECUTE_PLSQL_CODE Procedure
GET_DATA Function Signature 1
GET_DATA Function Signature 2
GET_DATA2 Function Signature 1
GET_DATA2 Function Signature 2
GET_DISPLAY_DATA Function Signature 1
GET_DISPLAY_DATA Function Signature 2
GET_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES Function
GET_PLSQL_EXPRESSION_RESULT Function
GET_PLSQL_FUNCTION_RESULT Function
GET_POSITION_IN_LIST Function
GET_SEARCH_STRING Function
IS_EQUAL Function
PAGE_ITEM_NAMES_TO_JQUERY Function
PRINT_DISPLAY_ONLY Procedure
PRINT_ESCAPED_VALUE Procedure
PRINT_HIDDEN_IF_READONLY Procedure
PRINT_JSON_HTTP_HEADER Procedure
PRINT_LOV_AS_JSON Procedure
PRINT_OPTION Procedure
REPLACE_SUBSTITUTIONS Function
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APEX_UI_DEFAULT_UPDATE
ADD_AD_COLUMN Procedure
ADD_AD_SYNONYM Procedure
DEL_AD_COLUMN Procedure
DEL_AD_SYNONYM Procedure
DEL_COLUMN Procedure
DEL_GROUP Procedure
DEL_TABLE Procedure
SYNCH_TABLE Procedure
UPD_AD_COLUMN Procedure
UPD_AD_SYNONYM Procedure
UPD_COLUMN Procedure
UPD_DISPLAY_IN_FORM Procedure
UPD_DISPLAY_IN_REPORT Procedure
UPD_FORM_REGION_TITLE Procedure
UPD_GROUP Procedure
UPD_ITEM_DISPLAY_HEIGHT Procedure
UPD_ITEM_DISPLAY_WIDTH Procedure
UPD_ITEM_FORMAT_MASK Procedure
UPD_ITEM_HELP Procedure
UPD_LABEL Procedure
UPD_REPORT_ALIGNMENT Procedure
UPD_REPORT_FORMAT_MASK Procedure
UPD_REPORT_REGION_TITLE Procedure
UPD_TABLE Procedure
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APEX_UTIL
CACHE_GET_DATE_OF_PAGE_CACHE Function
CACHE_GET_DATE_OF_REGION_CACHE Function
CACHE_PURGE_BY_APPLICATION Procedure
CACHE_PURGE_BY_PAGE Procedure
CACHE_PURGE_STALE Procedure
CHANGE_CURRENT_USER_PW Procedure
CHANGE_PASSWORD_ON_FIRST_USE Function
CLEAR_APP_CACHE Procedure
CLEAR_PAGE_CACHE Procedure
CLEAR_USER_CACHE Procedure
COUNT_CLICK Procedure
CREATE_USER Procedure
CREATE_USER_GROUP Procedure
CURRENT_USER_IN_GROUP Function
CUSTOM_CALENDAR Procedure
DELETE_USER_GROUP Procedure Signature 1
DELETE_USER_GROUP Procedure Signature 2
DOWNLOAD_PRINT_DOCUMENT Procedure Signature 1
DOWNLOAD_PRINT_DOCUMENT Procedure Signature 2
DOWNLOAD_PRINT_DOCUMENT Procedure Signature 3
DOWNLOAD_PRINT_DOCUMENT Procedure Signature 4
EDIT_USER Procedure
END_USER_ACCOUNT_DAYS_LEFT Function
EXPIRE_END_USER_ACCOUNT Procedure
EXPIRE_WORKSPACE_ACCOUNT Procedure
EXPORT_USERS Procedure
FETCH_APP_ITEM Function
FETCH_USER Procedure Signature 1
FETCH_USER Procedure Signature 2
FETCH_USER Procedure Signature 3
FIND_SECURITY_GROUP_ID Function
FIND_WORKSPACE Function
GET_ACCOUNT_LOCKED_STATUS Function
GET_ATTRIBUTE Function
GET_AUTHENTICATION_RESULT Function
GET_BLOB_FILE_SRC Function
GET_BUILD_OPTION_STATUS Function Signature 1
GET_BUILD_OPTION_STATUS Function Signature 2
GET_CURRENT_USER_ID Function
GET_DEFAULT_SCHEMA Function
GET_EDITION Function
GET_EMAIL Function
GET_FEEDBACK_FOLLOW_UP Function
GET_FILE Procedure
GET_FILE_ID Function
GET_FIRST_NAME Function
GET_GROUPS_USER_BELONGS_TO Function
GET_GROUP_ID Function
GET_GROUP_NAME Function
GET_HIGH_CONTRAST_MODE_TOGGLE Function
GET_LAST_NAME Function
GET_NUMERIC_SESSION_STATE Function
GET_PREFERENCE Function
GET_PRINT_DOCUMENT Function Signature 1
GET_PRINT_DOCUMENT Function Signature 2
GET_PRINT_DOCUMENT Function Signature 3
GET_PRINT_DOCUMENT Function Signature 4
GET_SCREEN_READER_MODE_TOGGLE Function
GET_SESSION_LANG Function
GET_SESSION_STATE Function
GET_SESSION_TERRITORY Function
GET_SESSION_TIME_ZONE Function
GET_USER_ID Function
GET_USER_ROLES Function
GET_USERNAME Function
HOST_URL Function
HTML_PCT_GRAPH_MASK Function
INCREMENT_CALENDAR Procedure
IR_CLEAR Procedure
IR_DELETE_REPORT Procedure
IR_DELETE_SUBSCRIPTION Procedure
IR_FILTER Procedure
IR_RESET Procedure
IS_HIGH_CONTRAST_SESSION Function
IS_HIGH_CONTRAST_SESSION_YN Function
IS_LOGIN_PASSWORD_VALID Function
IS_SCREEN_READER_SESSION Function
IS_SCREEN_READER_SESSION_YN Function
IS_USERNAME_UNIQUE Function
KEYVAL_NUM Function
KEYVAL_VC2 Function
LOCK_ACCOUNT Procedure
PASSWORD_FIRST_USE_OCCURRED Function
PREPARE_URL Function
PUBLIC_CHECK_AUTHORIZATION Function
PURGE_REGIONS_BY_APP Procedure
PURGE_REGIONS_BY_NAME Procedure
PURGE_REGIONS_BY_PAGE Procedure
REDIRECT_URL Procedure
REMOVE_PREFERENCE Procedure
REMOVE_SORT_PREFERENCES Procedure
REMOVE_USER Procedure
RESET_AUTHORIZATIONS Procedure
RESET_PW Procedure
SAVEKEY_NUM Function
SAVEKEY_VC2 Function
SET_ATTRIBUTE Procedure
SET_AUTHENTICATION_RESULT Procedure
SET_BUILD_OPTION_STATUS Procedure
SET_CUSTOM_AUTH_STATUS Procedure
SET_EDITION Procedure
SET_EMAIL Procedure
SET_FIRST_NAME Procedure
SET_LAST_NAME Procedure
SET_PREFERENCE Procedure
SET_SECURITY_GROUP_ID Procedure
SET_SESSION_HIGH_CONTRAST_OFF Procedure
SET_SESSION_HIGH_CONTRAST_ON Procedure
SET_SESSION_LANG Procedure
SET_SESSION_LIFETIME_SECONDS Procedure
SET_SESSION_MAX_IDLE_SECONDS Procedure
SET_SESSION_SCREEN_READER_OFF Procedure
SET_SESSION_SCREEN_READER_ON Procedure
SET_SESSION_STATE Procedure
SET_SESSION_TERRITORY Procedure
SET_SESSION_TIME_ZONE Procedure
SET_USERNAME Procedure
SHOW_HIGH_CONTRAST_MODE_TOGGLE Procedure
SHOW_SCREEN_READER_MODE_TOGGLE Procedure
STRING_TO_TABLE Function
STRONG_PASSWORD_CHECK Procedure
STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION Function
SUBMIT_FEEDBACK Procedure
SUBMIT_FEEDBACK_FOLLOWUP Procedure
TABLE_TO_STRING Function
UNEXPIRE_END_USER_ACCOUNT Procedure
UNEXPIRE_WORKSPACE_ACCOUNT Procedure
UNLOCK_ACCOUNT Procedure
URL_ENCODE Function
WORKSPACE_ACCOUNT_DAYS_LEFT Function
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APEX_WEB_SERVICE
About the APEX_WEB_SERVICE API
Invoking a SOAP Style Web Service
Invoking a RESTful Style Web Service
Retrieving Cookies and HTTP Headers
Setting Cookies and HTTP Headers
BLOB2CLOBBASE64 Function
CLOBBASE642BLOB Function
MAKE_REQUEST Procedure
MAKE_REQUEST Function
MAKE_REST_REQUEST Function
PARSE_RESPONSE Function
PARSE_RESPONSE_CLOB Function
PARSE_XML Function
PARSE_XML_CLOB Function
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JavaScript APIs
apex namespace
apex.confirm
apex.submit
apex.event namespace
apex.event.trigger(pSelector,pEvent,pData)
apex.item namespace
apex.item( pNd )
apex.item( pNd ).addValue( pValue )
apex.item( pNd ).disable()
apex.item( pNd ).enable()
apex.item( pNd ).getValue()
apex.item( pNd ).hide( pHideRow)
apex.item( pNd ).isEmpty()
apex.item( pNd ).setFocus()
apex.item( pNd ).setStyle( pPropertyName, pPropertyValue )
apex.item( pNd ).setValue(pValue, pDisplayValue, pSuppressChangeEvent)
apex.item( pNd ).show( pShowRow )
apex.navigation namespace
apex.navigation.popup.close(pThat,pValue)
apex.server namespace
apex.server.plugin(pAjaxIdentifier,pData,pOptions)
apex.server.pluginUrl( pAjaxIdentifier, pData )
apex.server.process( pAjaxIdentifier, pData, pOptions )
apex.storage namespace
apex.storage.getCookie(pName)
apex.storage.setCookie(pName,pValue)
apex.widget namespace
apex.widget.initPageItem( pName, pOptions)
Miscellaneous Javascript APIs
$x(pNd)
$v(pNd)
$v2(pNd)
$s(pNd, pValue, pDisplayValue, pSuppressChangeEvent)
$u_Narray(pNd)
$u_Carray(pNd)
$nvl(pTest, pDefault)
$x_Style(pNd, pStyle, pString)
$x_Hide(pNd)
$x_Show(pNd)
$x_Toggle(pNd)
$x_Remove(pNd)
$x_Value(pNd,pValue)
$x_UpTill(pNd, pToTag)
$x_ItemRow(pNd,pFunc)
$x_HideItemRow(pNd)
$x_ShowItemRow(pNd)
$x_ToggleItemRow(pNd)
$x_HideAllExcept(pNd,pNdArray)
$x_HideSiblings(pNd)
$x_ShowSiblings(pNd)
$x_Class(pNd,pClass)
$x_SetSiblingsClass(pNd, pClass, pNdClass)
$x_ByClass(pClass, pNd, pTag)
$x_ShowAllByClass(pNd, pClass, pTag)
$x_ShowChildren(pNd)
$x_HideChildren(pNd)
$x_disableItem(pNd, pTest)
$f_get_emptys(pNd, pClassFail, pClass)
$v_Array(pNd)
$f_ReturnChecked(pNd)
$d_ClearAndHide(pNd)
$f_SelectedOptions(pNd)
$f_SelectValue(pNd)
$u_ArrayToString(pArray, pDelim)
$x_CheckImageSrc(pId,pSearch)
$v_CheckValueAgainst(pThis, pValue)
$f_Hide_On_Value_Item(pThis, pThat, pValue)
$f_Show_On_Value_Item(pThis, pThat, pValue)
$f_Hide_On_Value_Item_Row(pThis, pThat, pValue)
$f_Show_On_Value_Item_Row(pThis, pThat, pValue)
$f_DisableOnValue(pThis, pValue, pThat)
$x_ClassByClass(pNd, pClass, pTag, pClass2)
$f_ValuesToArray(pThis, pClass, pTag)
$x_FormItems(pNd, pType)
$f_CheckAll(pThis, pCheck, pArray)
$f_CheckFirstColumn(pNd)
$v_PopupReturn(pValue, pThat) [Deprecated]
$x_ToggleWithImage(pThis,pNd)
$x_SwitchImageSrc(pNd, pSearch, pReplace)
$x_CheckImageSrc(pNd, pSearch)
$u_SubString(pText,pMatch)
html_RemoveAllChildren(pNd)
$v_IsEmpty(pThis) [Deprecated]
html_SetSelectValue(pId,pValue)
addLoadEvent(pFunction)
$f_Swap(pThis,pThat)
submitEnter(pNd,e) [Deprecated]
$f_SetValueSequence(pArray,pMultiple)
$dom_AddTag(pThis, pTag, pText)
$tr_AddTD(pThis,pText)
$tr_AddTH(pThis,pText)
$dom_AddInput(pThis,pType,pId,pName,pValue)
$dom_MakeParent(p_Node,p_Parent)
$x_RowHighlight(pThis, pColor)
$x_RowHighlightOff(pThis)
$v_Upper(pNd)
$d_Find(pThis,pString,pTags,pClass)
setReturn(p_R,p_D) [Deprecated]
$f_First_field(pNd)
GetCookie (pName) [Deprecated]
SetCookie (pName,pValue) [Deprecated]
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