Creating an Application

To create an application:

1. Go to the Project page:

   1. Log in the workspace you created for your conversion project as described in "Logging in to Your Oracle Application Express Workspace".

   2. Click the Application Builder icon.

   3. Click Migrations on the right side of the page.

   4. Click a project name.

      The Project page appears.

2. On the Project page, click Create Application.

3. In Name, specify the following:

   1. Name - Enter a name for this application. The default name is based on the project name.

   2. Create Application - Choose a creation method. Select Based on Migration Project.

      
      

      Tip: Selecting Based on existing application design model enables you to reuse a model from a previously generated Oracle Application Express application.

      
      

   3. Click Next.

4. In the Selected Application Objects section, you can customize specific pages. For example:

   • Rename a page. Click the Page Name link and enter the new name on the New Page Definition page that appears.

   • Select home page navigation. Click the Home link. The Page Definition appears. Under Navigation, select one of the following:

     • Vertical Unordered List with Bullets

     • Vertical Images List

     • Horizontal Images List (default)

   • To display an image on a parent page, click the Page Name link. The Page Definition appears. Scroll down to Page Icon. Select and image from the list list or click the Find icon (flashlight) to view additional options.

     Repeat this step for each parent page. If you do not explicitly select an image for a page, the default image displays for that page.

     Note that for the image to appear in your application, you must have selected either Vertical Images List or Horizontal Images List for the Home page navigation.

5. To add additional pages to the application, scroll down to the Add page section. Select a page type and click Add Page. To learn more about each page type, click item Help.

   Note that the new page appears at the bottom of the list in the Selected Application Objects section.

6. Click Next.

7. Select a theme for the application and click Next.

   A theme is a collection of templates that define the layout and style of an application, including buttons and pages.

8. Confirm your selections and click Create.

9. To preview the application, click Run Application. Then, log in using your Oracle Application Express workspace credentials.

   Your application now appears as a separate application in Oracle Application Express.

10. To customize your application, scroll down to the Developer toolbar and click Edit Application.

    You might want to do the following customizations immediately after you generate your application:

    • Rename the application. Each application has a unique ID, but the conversion project name becomes the application name by default. To more easily identify an application, you might want to change its name to something more meaningful by editing the application attributes.

    • Change the authentication scheme. By default, the authentication scheme is Application Express authentication. You can change this by editing the application attributes.

    
    

    See Also: For further details on why the model shows the given pages based on your Forms, see "Block to Page Region Mappings". For information on editing application attributes, adding pages, deploying your application see the Oracle Application Express Application Builder User's Guide or online Help.