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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.

Jul 6, 2015 12:10:14 PM

Making pie charts the same size in APEX

If you have ever created a pie chart in APEX you know how easy it is to plug in a SQL statement and get a good looking chart with a host of customization options all native within..

Jun 23, 2015 10:09:39 AM

Breaking out of beginner charting

So you may have created several charts within APEX already, and there are plenty of templates available for these such as Line, Bar, Stacked, etc.

Jun 16, 2015 10:03:46 AM

Generating JSON in APEX 5.0

In a previous blog I outlined how with APEX 5.0 you can now use the APEX_JSON package to parse JSON responses in your APEX application. For this blog I will show you how easy it..

May 20, 2015 3:33:15 PM

The Benefits of APEX for Small Development Teams

I recently completed a piece of work which really shows the benefits of adopting APEX within a company with a small development team.

May 20, 2015 3:05:44 PM

Accessing values from the left hand side of an APEX Shuttle

In APEX, the value of the shuttle item is a colon delimited string representing the contents of the right hand side.

May 13, 2015 11:17:24 AM

Creating an Address Search in APEX

I recently had a request to implement a comprehensive UK address search in an APEX application without using a dedicated API such as the Royal Mail PAF. The first place I looked..

May 5, 2015 10:00:35 AM

Apex 5.0 from Early Adopter to Production

I wrote a blog in September 2014 about what I thought of the early adopter release of APEX 5.0 and have been using APEX 5.0 ever since. I thought it would be a good idea to take a..

Apr 27, 2015 10:00:03 AM

Creating a Modal Dialog in APEX 5.0

Modal dialogs are a useful feature for all kinds of APEX applications and with the release of APEX 5, they are supported natively. You can easily implement one as part of a “Form..