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Figure 3-16.
Dynamic action running in your form
How It Works
A dynamic action is client-side behavior applied on a particular page item, typically implemented using
a combination of JavaScript and AJAX. APEX provides wizards, such as the one you saw earlier in this
recipe to auto-generate client-side behavior. Dynamic actions are great if you want to:
•
Dynamically hide or show certain sections of your form when something happens
on your form (eg: a particular piece of data was entered or a field was double-
clicked).
•
Enable or disable certain fields on your form when something happens on your
form.
Note
Previously, APEX developers had to manually write JavaScript/AJAX code to create dynamic behavior. In
Apex 4.0, the wizards allows you to easily generate dynamic client-side behavior—shielding the developer from
the intricacies of JavaScript programming.
