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APEX IG Cookbook Update for 19.1

Published Saturday, March 30, 2019 by John Snyders

[Update 4-Nov-2019 there is a new version of IG Cookbook here]
Application Express 19.1 is now available and I have updated the IG Cookbook to reflect fixes and improvements to Interactive Grid in this release as well as adding 6 new example pages. Download IG Cookbook (release 5.0) and give it a try. If you are still using an older version of APEX you can try the latest out at apex.oracle.com or try a previous IG Cookbook release. As always make sure you install the Sample Interactive Grids app first because it creates some needed tables.

Simple Grid Table Browser

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More APEX Menu Fun

Published Saturday, March 2, 2019 by John Snyders

During a recent APEX office hours Sven Weller asked a very interesting question about styling top navigation menus. The question was elaborated on in this forum post. There are a lot of details in that thread but the short answer is the out-of-the box top navigation menu doesn’t allow arbitrary markup or individually colored menu items. However the menu widget has many features and here I will show how to create rich custom content menus like the following.

Custom Menu

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APEX Inline Popups and Dialogs

Published Monday, February 11, 2019 by John Snyders

Note this contains information about a future release of APEX and the final release may differ from what I describe.

I previously described how to create inline popup regions but with the upcoming APEX 19.1 release that should no longer be necessary because the Universal Theme should have a built-in Inline Popup Region. You can try it out already on the APEX Early Adopter site. Here I will provide up to date information on inline popups and dialogs.

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JET Spark Charts in APEX Interactive Grid

Published Thursday, December 20, 2018 by John Snyders

Today I will show how easy it is to put JET Spark Charts in Interactive Grid cells. JET Spark Charts are an implementation of the sparkline graphical style. I recommend learning about them from Edward Tufte’s books.
[Updated 19-Oct-2020][Updated 28-Apr-2021 for 21.1]

Sparklines in Interactive Grid

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Thoughts on APEX Progressive Web Apps

Published Tuesday, December 4, 2018 by John Snyders

There has been a good deal of buzz around using APEX for Progressive Web Apps (PWA) lately thanks to the excellent work and presentations by Vincent Morneau. You can and should read his Turning APEX into a PWA document. Here I want to share my thoughts on building PWAs with APEX; the possibilities, limits and challenges. This post is less researched and more quickly written than most of mine but not really shorter. It is not based on any actual implementation or hands on investigation. As a member of the APEX development team I must emphasize that this contains my own opinions. Any forward looking statements about APEX are purely speculative and not part of any official statement of direction.

A place I was recently with no cell service.

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APEX IG Cookbook Update for 18.2

Published Wednesday, October 10, 2018 by John Snyders

[Update 30-Mar-2019 there is a new version of IG Cookbook here]
Last week I presented Interactive a Grid Deep Dive for APEX Office Hours where I demonstrated a new version of the IG Cookbook.
The video and slides are now available. The presentation covered important aspects of the Interactive Grid architecture. As promised I’m making the latest IG Cookbook (release 4.0) for APEX 18.2 available for download. As always make sure you install the Sample Interactive Grids app first because it creates some needed tables.

There are many exciting additions and improvements.

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Some minor new things in APEX 18.2

Published Friday, September 28, 2018 by John Snyders

Here is an update for 18.2 from my little corner of APEX.

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APEX 18.1 New Region Features

Published Tuesday, April 24, 2018 by John Snyders

Note this is about a future release of APEX and the final release may differ from what I describe.

Last month I gave two talks at the NL.OUG APEX World conference. The first was part of the APEX 18.1 new features presentation with Anthony and Shakeeb. There I showed an app that demonstrated new region features. I said I would make the app available. Now that apex.oracle.com has been upgraded to 18.1 pre-release you have somewhere to try it out. You can download New Region Features (18.1). Note: You must install the Sample Interactive Grids app and Sample Charts app first because it uses sample data from those apps.

18.1 New Region Features

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APEX Inline Popup Region

Published Friday, April 20, 2018 by John Snyders

Note this is about a future release of APEX and the final release may differ from what I describe.

[Update: This post has been updated with information for 18.2]

This article will show how to add an Inline Popup region in APEX 18.1 [Update: and 18.2]. It is similar to the existing Inline Dialog region. If you have not used an inline dialog before you can learn how from the Universal Theme sample app.

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APEX 18.1 jQuery, jQuery UI, and JET upgrade

Published Friday, March 30, 2018 by John Snyders

Note this is about a future release of APEX and the final release may differ from what I describe.

You’ve read the announcements, you’ve seen the presentations, you signed up for the early adopter, and gave feedback and now you think there is nothing to do but sit back and wait for 18.1 to be released – no no no. In this article I will tell you what you need to do to prepare for the jQuery, jQuery UI, and JET library upgrades in the upcoming APEX 18.1 release (was 5.2). This applies to apps and plug-ins. If you wrote an APEX plug-in that you have shared with others be proactive and make sure it is ready for 18.1.

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APEX 5.2 Clipboard

Published Thursday, February 8, 2018 by John Snyders

Note this is about a future release of APEX and the final release may differ from what I describe.

This is the second article in my series about APEX 5.2 [Update: the release is renamed 18.1]. Yesterday’s topic was Interactive Grid and today’s is clipboard.

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