Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 6-71.
Controlling the LOV
12.
Run the application.
Your master-detail report and form are now complete. Using the Master Detail Form Wizard, you generated
a report and master-detail form on the
TICKETS
and
TICKET_DETAILS
tables. You modified the report to contain a
user-friendly status value, sortable columns, and your preferred date formats. You modified the Manage Tickets and
Ticket Details forms to order items on the page, use text areas, and select lists. Along the way, you reviewed the APEX
components that make up your report and forms, as well as the form, report, and column attributes available for
customizing forms and reports to suit your needs.
APEX Help
Providing help to end users is an often forgotten and typically tedious task. Developers typically take the easy
route and skip it altogether. Or the task is minimized or cut at the end of a project. Although APEX can't magically
incorporate help into your applications, it does make it a lot easier for you, as a developer, to do.
Adding a Help Text Region
The APEX Help Text region automatically displays any associated help text for a given page and its items. It can be
placed on any page, including a Global Page. Although you can choose a region template for a Help Text region, there
is no way to change the style of the actual text. As an example, let's add a Help Text region to page 210 as a subregion
to the master Edit region:
1.
Edit
Page 210
of the application.
2.
Create a new region by clicking the
Create
button at upper right on the page and selecting
Region on this page
from the drop-down menu.
3.
Select
Help Text
, and click
Next
.
Enter
Help
for the
Title
, set
Region Template
to
Hide and Show Region
, set
Parent
Region
to
Manage Tickets (0)
, and click
Next
. See Figure
6-72
.
4.
