Databases Reference
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Figure 8-3.
A standard APEX interactive report
By right clicking and invoking the Web Developer utility, the screen can be set to Display Form
Details. Figure 8-4 shows the image of the screen after invoking Web Developer.
Figure 8-4.
Web Developer has exposed several hidden fields.
As with Tamper Data, the user can edit any of this data and post it to the web server, but it does so
with the fields exposed within the screen. Both tools provide developers with these and other powerful
troubleshooting capabilities. I use these tools along with Firebug, Live HTTP Headers, and several others
every week for legitimate development purposes. The tools are not inherently good or evil, but they can
be used either way.
