ApexLib - The Oracle APEX Framework

ApexLib 1.7 released!

Patrick Wolf — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:25:47 +0000

Unbelievable, but I finally found the time to put together a new release of the ApexLib Framework for Oracle Application Express (APEX). I have created bug fixes and enhancements since the last version has been released last year, but I just sent them to the person who requested it. I thought it’s really getting time to [...]

Attention! Are you using the Drop in replacement for V and NV function?

Patrick Wolf — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:28:49 +0000

If you are using my Drop in replacement for V and NV function and you are upgrading to Oracle APEX 3.1 then you have to alter the functions to reference the new schema FLOWS_030100!!! If you are not doing this your applications will not work because the functions are trying to read the session state from [...]

ApexLib and HTMLDB 1.6 – does it work?

Patrick Wolf — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:22:00 +0000

According to Richard, a Scottish ApexLib user it does! He has successfully integrated the ApexLib Framework into a HTMLDB 1.6 application. To get it running you have to follow the APEX 2.0 installation steps. I have no plans to “officially” support HTMLDB 1.6, because I don’t have such an environment and 4 different APEX versions are already [...]

Installing ApexLib on apex.oracle.com

Patrick Wolf — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:44:00 +0000

As you could see with the ApexLib Feature Demonstration application, the framework is also working on apex.oracle.com. But to be honest, it’s a lot of work to upload all this single packages and views to apex.oracle.com to be able to install them into your schema.I got the request to provide a How To document which [...]

Potential problem with ApexLib 1.6 and Popup Lovs

Patrick Wolf — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:39:00 +0000

If you are using ApexLib 1.6 with Internet Explorer you may encounter a problem with Popup Lovs when you select a value. The value is set in the calling page but the Lov Popup isn’t closed, instead a JavaScript error is displayed. Note: This error only occurs if you have included the ApexLib_Lov.js file into your [...]

ApexLib release 1.6 available

Patrick Wolf — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:45:00 +0000

Maybe you have already seen that I have released version 1.6 of the ApexLib Framework. My original plan was to make the “Cascading lov” area feature complete in this release, but I was a little bit lazy on the weekend and was looking at some content management systems for the ApexLib Homepage, instead of doing some [...]

ApexLib release 1.5 available

Patrick Wolf — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:33:00 +0000

Enhancements to the APEX repository views in Oracle APEX 3.0 made it possible to remove some existing restrictions of the ApexLib framework. The Page Flow Diagram Generator works now in the Application Schema, too. So you don’t have to grant the APEX tables anymore if you want to use this feature. A Report Column Heading which is [...]

Seamless integration of ApexLib into the APEX Builder IDE

Patrick Wolf — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:48:00 +0000

One of the “drawbacks” of using the ApexLib Framework is, that you have to remember all the “ApexLib Hints” which you have to use to configure the runtime behavior of the framework. Ok, after some time you are getting used to them, but still, wouldn’t it be much more comfortable to set this properties as you [...]

Min-/Max Value Validation in the Browser

Patrick Wolf — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:12:00 +0000

How often have you already created an APEX validation to make sure that a money amount is greater or egal to 0.00, a percentage value is between 0 and 100 or that an entered date is less or equal to today? There is some work involved doing that. You have to create a validation to make sure [...]

ApexLib release 1.4 available

Patrick Wolf — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:02:00 +0000

Just uploaded a new release of the Oracle APEX development framework ApexLib onto Sourceforge. As you can see from the change log, this release contains a lot of bug fixes, but it also includes a new feature. Declarative Min-/Max Value Validation in the Browser. More about that later. There where also some requests to include the Feature [...]