When dealing with long text entries in a report, sometimes it’s necessary to reduce or simplify the amount of data being displayed. In this first report we see how the Summary column would be displayed straight from the database. We …
Do you enable feedback in your applications? Do you use Modal Page Windows too? Then, you’ve probably noticed that your modal windows don’t get a feedback link. That is, of course, unless you add the Navigation Bar to your Popup window …
If you want to default the search column in an Interactive Report, you can easily accomplish this with a Dynamic Action on the After Refresh event of your IR. This way instead of the report searching all columns, it will search …
When you enter data on a page we often think about APEX Validations when we want to validate our inputs and give errors to the user. (i.e. Value is required. Dates are not within range, etc…) However, sometimes you may not …
I find that using the Feedback functionality on APEX is just perfect when users are testing and reviewing your work on a dev or test environment. It’s incredibly easy to setup. Add a new page of type “Feedback Page”. Select …
This is Part 2 in the series, checked out Part 1 if you missed it. First order of business, make a copy of the public pages application. Install Theme 25 and make it current. Cool! So far so good, the …
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This is the first in a series of posts documenting and sharing my experience changing an ancient (often hardcoded) theme to something more modern. The application started with HTMLDB 1.6 and Theme 4. The theme didn’t remain vanilla for long …
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Who doesn’t love a shiny object? In this case I’m talking about tools; tools that make our life easier. TextExpander (Mac only ‡) is one of those tools. (No, I don’t get paid to say this and no I didn’t …
For the second year in a row, I have had the privilege to present at KScope13 which was held at New Orleans, LA. My presentation was That’s Not Where I Want That! It’s about the frustrations we have all experienced while …