Running the Application for the First Time
Left Pane (Rendering Tree)
Includes tabs for Rendering, Dynamic Actions, Processing, and Page Shared
Components. Each tab displays a list of the corresponding component types and
components created on the current page.
Right-click to access context sensitive menus. You can also drag components up and
down within the trees to change the position or sequence of the selected component.
Central Pane
Includes tabs for Layout, Component View, Messages, Page Search, and Help.
• Layout shows a visual representation of the page. You can add new components
to a page by dragging them from the Gallery pane, at the bottom, and dropping
them in Layout.
• Component View groups user interface elements and application logic by
component type.
• Messages displays current errors and warnings. Clicking on a message changes
the focus within Property Editor to the corresponding attribute associated with
the error or warning.
• Page Search enables you to search for any text within the current page.
• Help displays attribute specific help. Click on the attribute name within Property
Editor to see information and examples for that attribute.
Right Pane (Property Editor)
Displays the Property Editor. Use the Property Editor to update attributes for the
selected components.
When you select multiple components, the Property Editor only displays common
attributes. Updating a common attribute will update that attribute for all of the
selected components.
4.5 Running the Application for the First Time
Your app is functionally ready to run.
When you "run" an app, you are telling Oracle Application Express to open a new
browser window and render the app. The rendered app is called the "application
runtime" (or just "runtime"). As you create new pages, you can run them individually,
or run an entire application.
Run the app for the first time from Page Designer and view the application runtime.
To run the application from Page Designer:
1. Click the Save and Run Page button on the toolbar.
A Log In page appears.
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