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Nov 10, 2015 11:50:09 AM

OEM Chargeback via APEX

I was recently asked to look into the possibility of building a custom front end for some of the features of OEM 12c, namely the Cloud Management Plugin.

Oct 27, 2015 1:28:31 PM

Upgrading to APEX 5

I have recently been upgrading our internal applications to APEX 5 and thought it would be interesting to write a blog about some of the issues that initially came up whilst doing..

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!

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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..