DSP Blog: Development (4)

UK OUG Tech 16 Round-Up

As you may have seen from our twitter updates this week Explorer were again in attendance at the UK Oracle User Group event in Birmingham (UK OUG Tech 16).

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Oracle Data Visualization

Since Oracle has expanded its Data Visualization portfolio, (particularly with the launch of Data Visualization Cloud Service (DVCS) and Data Visualization Desktop (DVD)), I have..

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APEX Session State for Forms Developers

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Moving from APEX 5 to 4

Back in 2014 I wrote a blog discussing what I thought was exciting about the imminent APEX 5.0 release. This year I have been developing an application in APEX 4.2 for a customer..

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APEX Bubble Charts – Finding the Largest Bubble

During a trip to OUG Ireland in March 2016, someone mentioned to me that their users had difficulty in finding the largest bubble using the Bubble Chart plugin found within the..

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Adventures in building a Form with APEX_ITEM

Recently I needed to build a dynamic form whereby the fields were based on data and it was not possible to use the APEX flex fields plugin.

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Oracle Forms Item Placement in APEX

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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..

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In house vs outsource

So, you’ve decided to develop your own application. …but should you develop in-house, or outsource it? Maybe the answer could be ‘both’ You’ve been asked to commission a new..

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Your Business is Special: So why buy business software, designed for everyone else?

As a rule, the majority of businesses buy their business software ‘off-the-shelf’, but is the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach really the best strategy?

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