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Oct 20, 2015 2:45:51 PM

Default Hidden Components

One thing I liked from Oracle Forms, which is not available in APEX, is the ability to set a Data Block Item’s Visible property to No. In Oracle Forms it meant that the page item..

Oct 12, 2015 10:26:10 AM

Legacy Breadcrumbs

The Universal Theme is great – no doubting it awesomeness. However one thing that isn’t my perfect cup of tea is the new Breadcrumb Template. It’s slightly frustrating that there..

Oct 1, 2015 12:03:03 PM

Modal Dialog Tips and Tricks

I have been developing in APEX 5 since its release and have used the new native modal popup windows in almost every application I have created. While the functionality is inbuilt..

Sep 21, 2015 9:56:37 AM

Flexible Field functionality

Flex Fields From time to time, the users may wish to be able to extend their application by adding extra fields to tables without contacting IT to perform a change request. For..

Sep 3, 2015 10:28:02 AM

APEX 5.0 Packaged Application Plugins

The 35 packaged applications contained within APEX 5.0.1 are not only full production ready applications, but also hold a wealth of features which you can introduce in to your..

Sep 2, 2015 3:57:26 PM

Be Careful With Oracle SE2 – Especially With RAC!

Updated 02/05/2019

Aug 18, 2015 2:43:35 PM

Calculating Mileage in an APEX 5.0 Application

As part of our recent redevelopment of our Oracle Forms expenses application into APEX 5.0, I looked into creating a mileage calculator using the Google Maps API. This blog..

Aug 3, 2015 4:26:25 PM

The future of Oracle Forms

Watch our recent webinar: https://explorer.co.uk/oracle-application-development/oracle-apex-for-forms/

Jul 22, 2015 10:34:01 AM

Adding a Mobile Ellipsis button

Following a day of hard work building APEX applications, I jumped on the train home and started catching up with the latest news & sport.

Jul 15, 2015 10:07:23 AM

Why upgrade to APEX 5

Whilst performing my research I read in the Migration Guide about the many reasons why you should update to the Universal Theme but not many on why to update to APEX 5.