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Oracle APEX 18.1 (aka 5.2) The Golden Nuggets
Dietmar Aust Opal-Consulting, Köln
www.opal-consulting.de
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2 About Dietmar.
• Dipl.-Inform.DietmarAust,FreelanceConsultant• Master'sDegreeinComputerScience(MSCS)
• BuildingOraclebasedWebApplicationssince1997• Portal,Forms,Reports,OWAToolkit,nowAPEX!
• 1997-2000:ConsultantatOracleGermany
• Since09/2000:FreelanceConsultant,Since2006–APEXonly!
• AuthoroftheJasperReportsIntegrationtoolkit• http://www.opal-consulting.de/tools
• 2015DatabaseDeveloperoftheyearintheORDScategory
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Feature Analysis
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4 How to find the new features?
https://apexea.oracle.com/ Documentation (BETA) https://docs.oracle.com/database/apex-18.1/
Actually compute the delta between different APEX versions: - APEX Dictionary - Packages
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5 Wie wurde analysiert?
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6 How to find the new features?
In Debug-Mode (logged in as developer) APEX uses the uncompressed Javascript Files (Source Code)
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7 How to find the new features?
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8 How to find the new features?
Definition in User-Interface > Concatenated Files Sample: Oracle APEX Page Designer, Application 4000, Page 4500
Pre18.1
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9 Sample application / slides available for download
http://dietmaraust.com/blog
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Architecture
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11 Additional x11-x20 … Parameters in AJAX calls
The big archtitecture change was in APEX 5.1 => JSON processing Small change in 18.1: Additional Parameters for AJAX calls x11-x20 Javascript on client PL/SQL on server side
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Application Builder
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Application Builder
Spotlight Search
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14 Spotlight Search
Powerful Search Feature (like on the Mac) to search for • Workspace and application areas and navigates there (Packaged
Apps, SQL Workshop, Shared Components, ...) • Applications • Pages • Application content • within pages, etc.
Context dependent (Workspace, Application, Page Designer)
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15 Spotlight Search
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16 Spotlight Search
How to figure out the right keyboard shortcut in your language? CTRL-’ on an English layout … what is the representation of ‘ in a different language?
CTRL-ä on a German layout
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Application Builder
Compatibility Mode
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18 Compatibility Mode
The compatibility mode changes the behaviour of the APEX engine at runtime => balancing new features / security / stricter checks and easy upgrades => No Changes in APEX 18.1
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Application Builder
Default Schema
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20 Default Schema
Set default schema for user in workspace Pre18.1
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21 Default Schema
Default schema is used: – SQLWorkshop– Installationofpackagedapplications
Pre18.1
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Application Builder
UT User Interface Attributes
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23 User Interface Attributes > Collapsed by Default
Universal Theme starts with left navigation side collapsed
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24 User Interface Attributes > "Built with APEX" Footer
Universal Theme has a new footer Can be turned off in User Interface Attributes
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Application Building
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Application Building
Social Sign-In
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27 New Authentication Scheme
New Authentication Scheme – SocialSign-In
Authentication Provider
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28 New Authentication Scheme
About OAuth2 and its flow https://developers.google.com /identity/protocols/OAuth2
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29 New Authentication Scheme
Example: Steps to authenticate with Google 1. Register oauth2 client with Google 2. Create web credentials in APEX 3. Create authentication scheme and use credentials
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30 New Authentication Scheme
1. Register client with Google Register client: https://console.developers.google.com/
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31 New Authentication Scheme
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2. Create web credentials in APEX
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33 New Authentication Scheme
3. Create authentication scheme and use credentials
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34 New Authentication Scheme
Scopes https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/googlescopes#google_sign-in
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35 Social Sign In – Requirements for https callouts
Requirements • Google redirects back to official DNS domain • Needs ACLs to call webservice (see APEX Install) • Needs wallet for certificates
– https://blogs.oracle.com/apex/apex-https-certificates-and-the-oracle-wallet
– https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/germancommunities/apexcommunity/tipp/6121/index-en.html
• Register wallet in APEX Instance – ManageInstance>InstanceSettings>Wallet
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36 Social Sign In – Requirements for https callouts
Different ways make https callouts from the database 1. Create Wallet with orapki
– https://oracle-base.com/articles/misc/utl_http-and-ssl#test-unsecured-connection
– https://blogs.oracle.com/apex/apex-https-certificates-and-the-oracle-wallet
2. Create Wallet using openssl – https://blog.hazrulnizam.com/openssl-workaround-oracle-xe-wallet/
3. Use reverse proxy: – https://fuzziebrain.com/content/id/1711/
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Application Building
Switching Auth Schemes
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38 Switching Authentication Schemes at Runtime
Why use multiple authentication schemes at runtime?
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39 Switching Authentication Schemes at Runtime
Step 1 – make apex login current scheme Step 2 - Enable switch in session for the Google scheme
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40 Switching Authentication Schemes at Runtime
Step 3 - Add button to login page and use a URL to switch to the Google scheme Request variable: APEX_AUTHENTICATION=<Scheme Name> f?p=&APP_ID.:1:&APP_SESSION.:APEX_AUTHENTICATION=Google
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41 Switching Authentication Schemes at Runtime
Post Authentication Handler – change username --derivenewusernamefrom:APP_USERcase:app_userwhen'[email protected]'thenl_new_app_user:='[email protected]';else--willnotchangel_new_app_user:=l_orig_app_user;endcase;--setuserforthissessionapex_custom_auth.set_user(p_user=>l_new_app_user);
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42 Switching Authentication Schemes at Runtime
Post Authentication Handler – get scope attributes --getattributebynameapex_json.get_varchar2(p_path=>'id_token');apex_json.get_varchar2(p_path=>'access_token');--orloopoverallattributesl_idx:=apex_json.g_values.first;while(l_idxisnotnull)loopl_value:=apex_json.g_values(l_idx);:p2_user_info:=:p2_user_info||get_output_str(p_idx=>l_idx,p_value=>l_value);l_idx:=apex_json.g_values.next(l_idx);endloop;
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43 Switching Authentication Schemes at Runtime
Post Authentication Handler – make additional request --secondrequest,toretrieveadditionaluserinformationc:=apex_web_service.make_rest_request(p_url=>'https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/userinfo',p_http_method=>'GET',p_credential_static_id=>'GOOGLE');apex_json.parse(c);
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Application Building
Access Control
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45 Application Access Control
Management of Roles and User / Role Mappings as part of the application Why? • Convenience, almost every application
needs it • Used for blueprint applications
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46 Application Access Control
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47 Application Access Control
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48 Application Access Control
Security Setting to define the meaning of “ROLE”
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49 Application Access Control
This makes a difference when using Authorization Schemes
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50 Application Access Control
Summary • Roles are exported with the application • User / Role Mappings are NOT
– TargetconfigurationNOToverwritten• API provided: APEX_ACL• Data dictionary views for viewing and modifying the
data (INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE on APEX_APPL_ACL_USERS)
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Application Building
Application Settings
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52 Application Settings
Maintain application specific configuration settings, e.g. Environment, Email servers, ... Why? • Application and Source Code should be identical
between environments, specifics go into config table • => similar to configuration files in other applications
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53 Application Settings
On Upgrade Keep Values => respect the value upon upgrade
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54
Application Building
Email Templates
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55 Email Templates
Manage Email Templates as part of the application
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56 Email Templates
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57 Email Templates
Send email via API beginapex_mail.send(p_to=>'[email protected]',p_template_static_id=>'TEST1',p_placeholders=>'{'||'"CUSTOMER_NAME":'||apex_json.stringify('Dietmar')||',"ITEMS_ORDERED":'||apex_json.stringify(6)||',"MY_APPLICATION_LINK":'||apex_json.stringify('')||',"ORDER_DATE":'||apex_json.stringify('')||',"SHIPPING_ADDRESS_LINE_1":'||apex_json.stringify('')||',"SHIPPING_ADDRESS_LINE_2":'||apex_json.stringify('')||',"SHIP_TO":'||apex_json.stringify('')||'}');end;
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58 Email Templates
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59 Email Templates
Just generate the HTML via the API declarel_subjectvarchar2(4000);l_htmlclob;l_textclob;beginapex_mail.prepare_template(p_static_id=>'ORDER',p_placeholders=>'{"ORDER_NUMBER":5321,"ORDER_DATE":"01-Feb-2018","ORDER_TOTAL":"$12,000"}',p_subject=>l_subject,p_html=>l_html,p_text=>l_text);end;
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60 Email Templates
Manage Email Templates as part of the application Good separation of Templates and data in placeholders Easy to use No complex logic supported
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Items and Regions
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62
Items and Regions
Text with Autocomplete
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63 'Text with Autocomplete' item type using Oracle JET
Re-Implementation of the item type „Text with Autocomplete“ based on Oracle JET APEX 5.1 APEX 18.1
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64 'Text with Autocomplete' item type using Oracle JET
Advantages: • Improved accessibility • Lazy loading with cache • Minimum search characters
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Items and Regions
Responsive Rich Text
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66 Responsive Rich Text
Responsive Rich Text editor - automatically adjusts to the region width.
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67 Responsive Rich Text
Feature can be turned off in Shared Components > Component Settings Initially turned off for imported / upgraded applications
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68
RESTful Services (providing)
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69 RESTful Services (providing)
SQL Workshop Integration upgraded to use ORDS APIs
Schemas § APEX_180100 § APEX_LISTENER § APEX_REST_PUBLIC_USER
Schemas § ORDS_METADATA § ORDS_PUBLIC_USER
NewFeaturesonlyhere
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70 RESTful Services (providing)
“Old” RESTful services still available – READ ONLY
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71 RESTful Services (providing)
“Old” RESTful services still available – READ ONLY
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72 RESTful Services (providing)
New RESTful Services use API for ORDS_METADATA
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73 RESTful Services (providing)
New RESTful Services use API for ORDS_METDATA Features: • More capable template handlers • Autorest enablement for tables,
views and procedures • OAUTH2 support • Open API 2.0 (Swagger) Support • ...
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74 RESTful Services (providing)
Integration with Swagger to generate doc • http://douggault.com/2018/03/19/swagger-doc-from-
apex-ords-restful-workshop • SWAGGER UI 2.0+ Server (based on Node.js) • https://swagger.io/download-swagger-ui/
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75 RESTful Services (providing)
APEX Instance Administration
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76 RESTful Services (providing)
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77
SQL Workshop
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78
SQL Workshop
Quick SQL
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79 SQL Workshop > QuickSQL
QuickSQL is now integrated, used to be a packaged app
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80 SQL Workshop > QuickSQL
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81
SQL Workshop
Sample Datasets
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82 SQL Workshop > Sample Datasets
Sample Datasets
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83 SQL Workshop > Sample Datasets
Sample Datasets – very good to help with training and troubleshooting
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84
Packaged Applications
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85 APEX_PKG_APP_INSTALL
Install, upgrade and delete packaged applications on the command line:
declarel_app_idnumber;begin--Installl_app_id:=APEX_PKG_APP_INSTALL.install(p_app_name=>'SampleTrees',p_authentication_type=>'NATIVE_APEX_ACCOUNTS',p_schema=>'DAUST_DE');end;
Pre18.1
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86 APEX_PKG_APP_INSTALL
Great for automatically installing all packaged applications after a patch to look for gems or upgrade all applications at once. Currently (not yet) officially supported but used by Oracle in the cloud. Data Dictionary View APEX_PKG_APPS
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87 Install Packaged Applications
Allow „Modify Other Applications“ in security settings
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88
PL/SQL APIs
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89 PL/SQL APIs
APEX_ACL Application Access Control
APEX_APP_SETTING
Application settings
add_user_role has_user_any_roles has_user_role remove_all_user_roles remove_user_role replace_user_roles get_value set_value
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90 PL/SQL APIs
APEX_APP_BUILDER_API Generate Pages, Reports, etc.
Mainly used in Data Reporter, not (yet) officially supported
delete_page_item delete_region
APEX_APPLICATION_INSTALL Application settings
get_no_proxy_domains get_remote_server_base_url get_remote_server_https_host get_remote_server_ords_tz set_remote_server
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91 PL/SQL APIs
APEX_CREDENTIAL Public API for Secure Credentials
(basic auth / oauth2)
clear_tokens set_persistent_credentials set_persistent_token set_session_credentials set_session_token
APEX_JWT Handling von JSON Web Tokens
decode encode validate
APEX_COLLECTION Collection handling
create_collection (Parameter p_truncate_if_exists)
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92 PL/SQL APIs
APEX_EXEC SQL Execution (mostly
remote), especially for plugin- developer
add_column add_filter add_order_by add_parameter close execute_plsql execute_remote_plsql execute_web_source get_anydata get_clob get_column …
https://blogs.oracle.com/apex/apex-181-early-adopter-2-rest-services-and-plsql
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93 PL/SQL APIs
APEX_EXPORT Replacement for wwv_flow_utilities.
export_application_to_clob
get_application get_workspace_files get_feedback get_workspace
APEX_MAIL Mail handling
prepare_template send_mail (support template)
APEX_SESSION Session utils
testing in sqlplus / sqlcl running apex_exec in sqlplus / sqlcl
attach create_session delete_session detach
5.1.4
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94 PL/SQL APIs
--initializesessionapex_util.set_security_group_id(apex_util.find_security_group_id('TRAINING'));apex_session.create_session(p_app_id=>1386,p_page_id=>4,p_username=>'DIETMAR.AUST');--getvaluesfromsessionstateselectv('APP_ID')asapp_id,v('APP_SESSION')asapp_session,v('APP_USER')asapp_user,apex_app_setting.get_value(p_name=>'INSTANCE_TYPE')instance_typefromdual;--removesessionapex_session.delete_session(p_session_id=>nv('APP_SESSION'));
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95 PL/SQL APIs
APEX_UTIL Utilities
delete_feedback delete_feedback_attachment get_timeframe_lov_data reply_to_feedback set_parsing_schema_for_request
Multitenant applications Switching datasets (different schemas) prepare_url (Parameter p_plain_url)
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96
Data Dictionary
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97 APEX_WORKSPACE_GROUPS
New columns application_idand application_name, „true“ workspace groups now: whereapplication_idisnull
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98 APEX_WEBSERVICE_LOG
https://jastraub.blogspot.de/2018/03/apex-181-new-feature-logging-web.html
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99 Universal Theme light / dark navigation
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100 Create Feature Page
Create Application Wizard supports Features (Blueprint)
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101 Create Feature Page
Add „Blueprint“ features to your app AFTER creation
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102 Questions?
Opal Consulting Zum Tilmeshof 11 50859 Köln Germany
Email / Website [email protected] www.opal-consulting.de
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103
Backup
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104 Resource Links
New Resource Links on APEX Workspace Homepage • Shortcuts on Community Site • Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook Great idea … but everybody has different needs
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105 Custom Resource Links
Customizing the Workspace or Instance Announcement (HTML is only allowed here, not in the news items)
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106 Custom Resource Links
Customizing the Workspace Announcement
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107 Tree Region - Enhancements
• The Advanced: JavaScript Initialization Code attribute is supported.
• JSDoc for Tree Region, easier to customize the tree • Support Dynamic Action Event: Selection Change [Tree]. • Advanced Config option (nodeSelector) to support checkbox
selection. • Tree region now supports the apex.region API => but AJAX
REFRESH is still not possible! • Copy selection to clipboard.