Learn how to accelerate the development process by using the new Session Overrides APEX feature and one of the Visual Studio Code extensions. What is Session Overrides Session Overrides are a convenient way for developers to quickly change values in the session that the APEX engine is typically responsible for, like File Paths, Additional Files … Continue reading Speed up your APEX development using Session Overrides and VS Code
I hate it when I can't remember how I did certain thing in the past. And I have to spend precious time "reinventing the wheel" as the famous saying states. One of those things is conditionally change the text colour or background colour of certain cells in APEX Reports (Classic Report, Interactive Report or Interactive … Continue reading Styling APEX Report cells conditionally
In this (and the next) blog posts I will demonstrate different techniques for validating user input in Oracle APEX. I bet you needed to validate an item - for example if the user has entered a valid e-mail address, a valid number, a valid name or phone number, a valid license plate, personal id number … Continue reading APEX validations: Email address
Did you ever needed a chat region for your Oracle APEX application? There is actually a Classic Report Comments template that produces almost that. With few simple steps you can turn Comments template into a real chat. Follow the steps below to create an excellent Chat region in APEX using just built-in components and a … Continue reading Creating a Chat region in Oracle APEX
With version 22.1 of APEX, along with the many more top features, comes the ability to upload and modify your Application icon. If you have read my blog post Quick Tips: Add favicon and custom Application icon in APEX, I described the way I do it prior to having this new option available. Well, you can … Continue reading Customizing Application Icons in APEX 22.1
To me, the way an APEX application looks, could be the key to making people use it. There are many examples where a great app with great features is unpopular, simply because it doesn't bring the best user experience. A simple fact about APEX and the developers using it is that the majority of us … Continue reading 5 tips to help you build better APEX user interfaces
Redwood theme I am a big fan of Redwood theme from the first minute it was released for the APEX Builder. Luckily for us, the developers and users, it can be now used as an application theme too. The new version of APEX (21.1) even gives the ability to modify it (a little) through the … Continue reading Redwood theme backgrounds revealed
Introduction & helpful links In the following blog post I will try to explain the options you have to modify your APEX JET powered charts. There are different ways to change certain parts of them, some are easier and straight forward, others require more complex approach and writing some Javascript and CSS. In the first … Continue reading Taking your APEX JET charts style to the next level
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