Table of Contents
- Title and Copyright Information
- Preface
- Changes in This Release
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1
Quick Start
- About Accessing Your Development Environment
- Understanding Oracle Application Express
- Understanding the Workspace Home Page
- Understanding App Builder
- Changing Your Profile or Password
- Editing User Preferences
- Using Oracle Application Express Documentation
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App Builder Concepts
- Understanding Oracle Application Express Applications
- Running an Application or Page
- How Does Page Processing and Page Rendering Work?
- About Enabling Support for Bookmarks
- Understanding Session State Management
- Viewing Session State
- Understanding URL Syntax
- Managing Session State Values
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Using Substitution Strings
- About Using Substitution Strings
- Controlling Output Escaping in Substitution Strings
- About Determining Substitution String Usage within Templates
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Using Built-in Substitution Strings
- APEX$ROW_NUM
- APEX$ROW_SELECTOR
- APEX$ROW_STATUS
- APP_ID
- APP_ALIAS
- APP_AJAX_X01, ... APP_AJAX_X10
- APP_BUILDER_SESSION
- APP_DATE_TIME_FORMAT
- APP_IMAGES
- APP_NLS_DATE_FORMAT
- APP_NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT
- APP_NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT
- APP_PAGE_ALIAS
- APP_PAGE_ID
- APP_REQUEST_DATA_HASH
- APP_SESSION
- APP_SESSION_VISIBLE
- APP_TITLE
- APP_UNIQUE_PAGE_ID
- APP_USER
- AUTHENTICATED_URL_PREFIX
- BROWSER_LANGUAGE
- CURRENT_PARENT_TAB_TEXT
- DEBUG
- HOME_LINK
- IMAGE_PREFIX
- JET_BASE_DIRECTORY
- JET_CSS_DIRECTORY
- JET_JS_DIRECTORY
- LOGIN_URL
- LOGOUT_URL
- APP_TEXT$Message_Name, APP_TEXT$Message_Name$Lang
- PRINTER_FRIENDLY
- PROXY_SERVER
- PUBLIC_URL_PREFIX
- REQUEST
- Using REQUEST
- SCHEMA OWNER
- SQLERRM
- SYSDATE_YYYYMMDD
- THEME_DB_IMAGES
- THEME_IMAGES
- WORKSPACE_IMAGES
- WORKSPACE_ID
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Utilizing the App Gallery
- About App Gallery
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Managing Productivity and Sample Apps in a Full Development Environment
- Accessing the App Gallery Page
- Installing a Productivity and Sample App
- Running a Productivity and Sample App
- Removing a Productivity and Sample App
- Changing Authentication for an Installed Productivity and Sample App
- Unlocking an Installed Productivity Application
- Updating a Productivity and Sample App
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Understanding Sample Database Application
- Installing and Running Sample Database Application
- Reviewing Sample Database Application
- Modifying Sample Database Application
- Understanding AnyCo IT Department Websheet
- Utilizing App Administration
- Using a Productivity and Sample Apps Only Workspace
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Managing the Application Life Cycle with Team Development
- Accessing Team Development
- Team Development Home Page
- Tracking Features
- Tracking Milestones
- Tracking To Dos
- Managing Bugs
- Managing Feedback
- Managing Team Development Utilities
- 5 Creating Websheet Applications
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Creating Database Applications
- About the Create Application Wizard
- Understanding Page Types, Features, and Settings
- Creating a Database Application Based on a Table or Query
- Creating a Database Application from a Spreadsheet
- Using Application Blueprints
- Copying a Database Application
- Creating Applications for Mobile Devices
- Deleting an Application
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Managing Application Attributes
- Editing Application Attributes
- Configuring Security Attributes
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Configuring Globalization Attributes
- Accessing the Globalization Attributes Page
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Edit Globalization Attributes Page
- Application Primary Language
- Application Language Derived From
- Document Direction
- Application Date Format
- Application Date Time Format
- Application Timestamp Format
- Application Timestamp Time Zone Format
- Character Value Comparison
- Character Value Comparison Behavior
- Automatic Time Zone
- Automatic CSV Encoding
- Managing the Application User Interface
- Adding Developer Comments
- Using the Find Icon
- Adding Database Application Comments
- Managing Application Groups
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Using Application Utilities
- Application Utilities
- Accessing the Utilities Page
- Viewing the Application Dashboard
- Upgrading an Application to Include New Components
- Viewing the Recently Updated Pages Report
- Viewing the Change History Report
- Using the Database Object Dependencies Report
- Accessing Application Express Views
- Accessing Page Specific Utilities
- Accessing Cross Page Utilities
- Using Interactive Report Utilities
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Managing Pages in a Database Application
- About Creating New Pages
- Adding a New Page to an Application
- Understanding Page Types in the Create Page Wizard
- Creating Dialog Pages
- About Copying Database Application Pages
- About Deleting Database Application Pages
- Creating Page Groups
- Locking and Unlocking a Page
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Editing Pages in Page Designer
- About Page Designer
- Understanding Page Designer UI Elements
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Using Page Designer
- Viewing a Page in Page Designer
- Searching for Pages
- Dragging and Dropping Tabs Between Panes
- Switching Between Three Pane and Two Pane Mode
- Accessing Property Editor
- Adding a Region, Item, or Button by Dragging and Dropping
- About Adding Components Using Gallery Context Menus
- Adding a Region, Item, or Button from the Rendering Tab
- Adding a Region, Item, or Button from the Component View Tab
- Copying a Region, Item, or Button
- Creating Pre-Rendering Branches, Computations, and Processes
- Creating Page Submission Branches, Validations, Computations, and Processes
- Managing Page Attributes
- Running a Page from Page Designer
- Runtime Developer Toolbar
- Copying a Database Application Page
- Deleting Pages
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Developing Reports
- Understanding Report Types
- Creating a Report Using the Create Application Wizard
- Creating a Report Using the Create Page Wizard
- Creating a Report by Dragging and Dropping from the Gallery
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Managing Interactive Grids
- Managing Interactive Grid Region Attributes
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Managing Interactive Grid Attributes
- Editing Interactive Grid Attributes
- Making an Existing Interactive Grid Editable
- Controlling Interactive Grid Pagination
- Customizing the Interactive Grid Toolbar
- Enabling Users to Save Public Reports in Interactive Grids
- Restricting Who Can Save Public Reports
- Enabling Icon View in an Interactive Grid
- Enabling Detail View in an Interactive Grid
- Managing Interactive Grid Column Attributes
- About Customizing Interactive Grids in a Running Application
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Saving Interactive Grids
- How the User Type Effects Available Save Options
- About Configuration Dependencies When Saving Interactive Grids
- Saving a Private Interactive Grid
- Saving a Public Interactive Grid
- Saving or Renaming a Primary Interactive Grid
- Saving an Alternative Interactive Grid
- Renaming a Saved Interactive Grid Report
- Deleting a Saved Interactive Grid Report
- Resetting a Saved Interactive Grid Report
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Managing Interactive Reports
- Managing Interactive Report Region Attributes
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Managing Interactive Report Attributes
- Editing Interactive Report Attributes
- Managing Link Columns
- Customizing the Interactive Report Search Bar
- Customizing the Actions Menu
- Configuring Actions Menu Download Options
- Controlling Interactive Report Pagination
- Enabling Icon View
- Enabling Detail View
- Configuring Advanced Attributes for Interactive Reports
- Managing Interactive Report Column Attributes
- Customizing Interactive Reports in a Running Application
- Linking to Interactive Reports
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Managing Classic Reports
- Managing Classic Report Region Attributes
- Managing Classic Report Attributes
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Managing Classic Report Column Attributes
- Altering Classic Report Column Layout
- Enabling Column Sorting in a Classic Report
- Creating a Column Link in a Classic Report
- Defining an Updatable Column in a Classic Report
- Defining a Column as a List of Values in a Classic Report
- Controlling When Classic Report Columns Display
- Adding a Download Link to a Classic Report
- Printing Report Regions
- Understanding BLOB Support in Forms and Reports
- 10 Developing Forms
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Managing Database Application Components
- Understanding Oracle JET Integration with Oracle Application Express
- Switching from AnyChart to JET Chart
- Creating Calendars
- Creating Maps
- Creating Charts
- Creating Help for Your Application
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Using Themes and Theme Styles
- Using Themes
- Managing Themes and Subscriptions
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Creating Custom Themes
- About Cascading Style Sheets
- About Calling the JavaScript File from the Page Template
- About Using Escaping Syntax in Substitution Strings
- Selecting a Default Page Template
- Creating a New Template
- Using Template Options
- Viewing Template Reports
- Managing Templates
- Breadcrumb Templates
- Button Templates
- Legacy Calendar Templates
- Label Templates
- List Templates
- Page Templates
- Popup LOV Templates
- Region Templates
- Report Templates
- Using Custom Cascading Style Sheets
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Controlling Page Layout
- About Page Layout in Oracle Application Express
- Optimizing a Page for Printing
- Creating a Global Page to Display Components on Every Page
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Managing Regions
- About Regions
- Creating a Region
- Editing Regions
- Copying a Region
- Deleting Regions
- About Incorporating Content from Other Web Sites
- About Managing Images
- Rendering HTML Using Custom PL/SQL
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Managing Database Application Controls
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Managing Page-Level Items
- Understanding Page-Level Items
- Viewing Page-Level Items
- Creating Page-Level Items
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Editing Page-Level Items
- Editing Page Item Attributes in the Property Editor
- Defining Default Values for Page Items
- Configuring Page Item Security
- Creating a Quick Pick Selection
- Displaying Conditional Page Items
- Displaying Read Only Page Items
- Applying a Format Mask to an Item
- Configuring Item Attributes to Warn Users of Unsaved Changes
- Viewing Item Utilities
- Managing Dynamic Actions
- Managing Buttons
- Managing Trees
- About Incorporating JavaScript into an Application
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Managing Page-Level Items
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Adding Navigation
- About Using Lists as Navigation
- Creating Tabs
- Creating Breadcrumbs
- Creating Classic Navigation Bar
- Controlling Navigation Using Branches
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Managing Computations, Validations, and Processes
- Understanding Page Computations
- Understanding Validations
- Understanding Page Processes
- About Branches
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Understanding Application Processes
- On Demand Application Processes
- About Application Processes that Execute On New Instance
- About Running an On Demand Process from a Page Request
- Application Process Example
- Creating an Application Process
- Editing Application Process Attributes
- Creating Application Process Error Messages
- Viewing the Application Processes History Report
- Understanding Application Computations
- Using the Attribute Dictionary
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Managing Shared Components
- Accessing the Shared Components Page
- Shared Components Page
- Managing Application Settings
- Creating Lists of Values at the Application-Level
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Managing Component Settings
- Configuring Component Settings
- Integrating with Google Calendar
- Configuring Color Picker Display
- Configuring Interactive Report Action Menu Structure
- Dynamically Adding Sliders to Regions
- Configuring Switch Defaults
- Configuring Rich Text Editor Responsiveness
- Viewing the Component Settings History Report
- Using Shortcuts
- Managing Email Templates
- Managing Static Application Files
- Managing Static Workspace Files
- Managing Application-Level Items
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Creating Lists
- About Static and Dynamic Lists
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Creating Static Lists
- About the Process of Creating a Static List
- Creating a Static List from Scratch
- About Adding Entries and Sublists to a Static List
- Adding Entries or Sublists from Scratch
- Copying Static List Entries Between Lists
- Reparenting Static List Entries
- Managing Orphaned Static List Entries
- Resequencing Static List Entries
- Creating Dynamic Lists
- Copying a List
- Adding a List to a Page
- Editing List Attributes
- Accessing List Reports
- Managing Navigation Menus
- Managing Navigation Bar Lists
- Managing Report Output
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Managing Application Data
- Creating Applications with Data Loading Capability
- About Using Collections
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Managing REST Enabled SQL References
- About REST Enabled SQL Service
- Before You Begin: REST Enabled SQL Service Requirements
- Creating a REST Enabled SQL Service Reference
- Example: Creating a REST Enabled SQL Service Reference
- Editing a REST Enabled SQL Service Reference
- Deleting a REST Enabled SQL Service Reference
- Creating or Updating Components to Use a REST Enabled SQL
- Managing Web Source Modules
- Managing Remote Servers
- Managing Web Credentials
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Managing Legacy Web Services
- About Web Services
- Creating Web Service References
- About Working with SSL Enabled Web Services
- Creating Web Service References Based on a WSDL
- Creating Web Service References Manually
- Creating RESTful Web Service References
- Using the Web Service Reference Repository
- Creating an Input Form and Report on a Web Service
- Creating a Form on a Web Service
- Creating a Report on a Web Service
- How to Invoke a Web Service as a Process
- Viewing a Web Service Reference History
- Accessing Data with Database Links
- About DML Locking
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Extending Application Capabilities
- Sending Email from an Application
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Implementing Plug-ins
- About Plug-ins
- Accessing the Plug-ins Page
- Creating a Plug-in
- Editing a Plug-in
- Adding Custom Attributes to a Plug-in
- Uploading Files Associated with a Plug-in
- Adding Events to a Plug-in
- Deleting a Plug-in
- Viewing the Plug-in Repository
- Importing a Plug-in from the Plug-in Page
- Exporting a Plug-in from the Plug-in Page
- Resetting the Plug-in Interactive Report
- Viewing Plug-in Utilization Page
- Viewing Plug-in History
- Understanding jQuery and jQuery UI Support
- Manually Refreshing Oracle Application Express Components
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Managing Application Security
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Understanding Administrator Security Best Practices
- About Oracle Application Express Administrator Roles
- About Configuring Oracle REST Data Services with Oracle Application Express
- About Configuring Oracle HTTP Server with mod_plsql with Oracle Application Express
- About Security Considerations When Using the Embedded PL/SQL Gateway
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Managing Instance Security
- About Creating Login Controls
- About Enabling Public File Upload
- About Restricting User Access by IP Address
- About Specifying an Instance Proxy
- About Utilizing Secure Sockets Layer
- About Enabling RESTful Access
- About Rejoin Sessions
- About Isolating Workspaces
- About Utilizing Session Timeout
- Restricting Password Reuse
- About Using SQL in Websheets
- About Enabling RESTful Services
- Configuring Instance Settings
- About Configuring Workspace Purge Settings
- Understanding Workspace Management
- About Integrating with Oracle BI Publisher
- About the Advantages of the Application Express Runtime Environment
- Enabling Network Services in Oracle Database 11g or Later
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Understanding Developer Security Best Practices
- About Items of Type Password
- Identifying At Risk Password Items
- Understanding Cross-Site Scripting Protection
- About Session State and Security
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Preventing URL Tampering
- How Session State Protection Works
- Enabling Session State Protection
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Configuring Session State Protection
- About Configuring Session State Protection
- Reviewing Existing Session State Protection Settings
- Configuring Session State Protection Using a Wizard
- Configuring Session State Protection for Pages
- Configuring Session State Protection for Page Items
- Configuring Session State Protection for Application Items
- About Securing File Uploads
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Controlling Access to Applications, Pages, and Page Components
- Understanding Access Control
- Creating an Access Control Using the Create Application Wizard
- Creating an Access Control Using the Create Page Wizard
- Managing User Access
- Configuring Access Control
- About Controlling Access for Pages and Page Components
- About Removing an Access Control Created with a Wizard
- Managing Roles and User Assignments
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Establishing User Identity Through Authentication
- Understanding Authentication
- Creating an Authentication Scheme
- Understanding Preconfigured Authentication Schemes
- Managing Existing Authentication Schemes
- Viewing the Authentication Scheme Associated with an Application
- Changing the Authentication Scheme Associated with an Application
- Creating a Login Page
- Viewing Authentication Scheme Reports
- Providing Security Through Authorization
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Understanding Administrator Security Best Practices
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Managing Application Globalization
- Understanding Application Translation and Globalization Support
- Specifying the Primary Language for an Application
- About Apply Format Masks to Items
- About Translating Applications for Multibyte Languages
- Understanding the Translation Process
- Translating Messages
- Translating Data That Supports List of Values
- Understanding Supported Globalization Codes
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Managing Application Performance
- About Best Practices to Improve Performance
- Identifying Performance Issues
- Utilizing Logs and Reports
- About Utilizing Database Reporting
- About Database Parameters that Impact Performance
- About Limiting Resources
- About Uploading Static Files to Your Web Server
- Creating Custom Activity Reports Using APEX_ACTIVITY_LOG
- 23 Debugging an Application
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Deploying an Application
- About Suggested Environments
- System Development Life Cycle Methodologies to Consider
- Understanding the Deployment Process
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How to Create a Custom Application
- How Creating a Custom Application Simplifies Deployment
- Creating a Custom Application
- Adding an Access Control List to a Custom Application
- Installing Supporting Objects
- Deleting Supporting Objects Scripts, Messages, and Installation Options
- Upgrading a Custom Application
- Deinstalling Supporting Objects
- Viewing an Install Summary
- Using Build Options to Control Configuration
- About Publishing the Database Application URL
- About Publishing the Websheet Application URL
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Exporting an Application and Application Components
- About the Export Process
- About The Export Page
- Exporting an Application
- Exporting Application Components
- Exporting a Workspace
- Exporting a Page in an Application
- About Exporting Static Files
- Exporting Themes
- Exporting Plug-ins
- Exporting User Interface Defaults
- Exporting Team Development Feedback
- Exporting Script Files from the Script Repository
- Importing Export Files
- Installing Export Files
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Managing Application Legacy Components
- Managing Legacy Charts
- Creating a Legacy Master Detail Form
- Managing Legacy Tabular Forms
- Managing Legacy Calendars
- Viewing Legacy Components in Gallery
- A About Item Types
- B Oracle Application Express Limits
- C Available Conditions
- D About Granted Privileges
- Index