12.3 Creating a Global Page to Display Components on Every Page

A global page (previously referred to as Page 0) functions as a master page. Developers can create a separate Global page for each user interface. The Application Express engine renders all components you add to a Global page on every page within your application. You can further control whether the Application Express engine renders a component or runs a computation, validation, or process by defining conditions.

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See Also:

"Managing Pages in a Database Application", "Understanding Conditional Rendering and Processing" and "Available Conditions"

12.3.1 Creating a Global Page

To create a Global page:

  1. On the Workspace home page, click App Builder.
  2. Select an application.
    The Application home page appears.
  3. Click the Create Page button.
  4. For Create a Page:

    1. User Interface - Select a user interface for the page.

    2. Select a page type - Select Global Page.

      Note that the Global Page option only appears if the application does not have a Global page for the specified user interface.

  5. For Page Number, enter an integer value that identifies a page within the application.
  6. Click Finish.

See Also:

"Managing the Application User Interface"

12.3.2 Navigating to the Global Page

To navigate to the Global page:

  1. On the Workspace home page, click the App Builder icon.

    The App Builder home page appears.

  2. Select an application.

    The Application home page appears.

  3. Select Global Page (or Page Zero is this is an older application).