Unit 8: Creating and Using Forms

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Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
• Describe an application form in Oracle APEX
• List the different types of application forms that you can create
in Oracle APEX
• List the different wizards you use to create forms
• Create an editable interactive grid
• Create a simple form and link a report to this form
• Create the following types of master detail forms:
 Stacked
 Side by Side
 Drill Down
• Modify a form
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Understanding Forms in Oracle APEX
• Forms are application components that are
used to manipulate database objects
• You can create forms either manually or by
using wizards
• You can create a form as a:
– New page in an application
– Region on an existing page in an application

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Developing Forms in Oracle APEX
Using the Create Page Wizard
Using the Create Application Wizard

Creating a Form region in Page Designer

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Understanding Form Types

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Creating a Form using the Create Page Wizard

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Creating a Form Using the Create Application Wizard

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Creating a Form: Example

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Creating a Form: Example
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Creating a Form: Example

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Linking a Report to a Form
1 2

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Linking a Report to a Form

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Creating an Editable Interactive Grid

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Creating an Editable Interactive Grid: Different Wizards

Create Page Wizard Create Application Wizard

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Creating an Editable Interactive Grid: Steps
1

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Creating an Editable Interactive Grid: Steps
3 4

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Understanding Master Detail Forms

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Creating a Side by Side Master Detail Form

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Creating a Side by Side Master Detail: Steps

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Creating a Stacked Master Detail Form

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Creating a Stacked Master Detail: Steps
1

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Creating a Stacked Master Detail: Steps
3

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Creating a Stacked Master Detail: Steps
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Creating a Two Page Drill Down Master Detail

Interactive Report for the

master table

Standard form for the master

and interactive grid for the detail

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Creating a Two Page Drill Down Master Detail: Steps
1

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Creating a Two Page Drill Down Master Detail: Steps
3

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Creating a Two Page Drill Down Master Detail: Steps
6

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Editing a Form

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Modifying the Display Type of a Page Item

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Altering the Display Order of Page Items

Before reordering After reordering

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Altering the Display Order of Page Items

Drag and drop in

Rendering

Drag and drop

or Use Context Menu in Layout
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Summary
In this lesson, you learned how to:
• Use the different wizards in Oracle APEX to create forms
• Create an editable interactive grid
• Create a simple form and link a report to this form
• Create different types of master detail forms
• Modify a form

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Hands-on Lab

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