OAF - Oracle Application Framework Material

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What is OA Framework ?
Before starting about OA Framework, lets try to understand the word Framework:
As more and more applications are being developed, new technologies are also evolving
at the same time.
If we look at our web application from scratch, even state is not maintained for our pages.
For example, I want to create a search form. When I click on search/submit button, the
criteria fields will not retain their values automatically. Also we use javascript for
validations and lots of other things for similar basic functionalities.Now, the solution to
these problems is that lots of frameworks are there in which such common functionalities
are already done (pre-written) for us.
So whether it is Sun or Oracle or Microsoft, the main motive behind creating frameworks
is that the attention of developers should only be towards developing the application i.e.
the business rule (such as what tax should be deducted from an invoice) and get rid of all
other things like request.getParameter or making input fields inside an HTML file.
Because these things are not contributing to that part of software development which is
directly related to users. By doing this we are not implementing any business rule. The
aim here is to do these tasks ASAP so that developers can only concentrate on
implementing the business application.
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One more thing I want to put here is: difference between API & Framework:
API is a library. At times we instantiate objects of library code and call their
functions.
Framework on the other side is like that there is already some blocks of code
written and we have have to fit our own code somewhere inside those blocks.
So to fit our code what we do is that sometimes we make our classes to inherit
from other classes, implement the methods what framework specifies. This is what
happens in most of the frameworks.
For example we want to make our application on MVC architecture. So for that
we can use Structs (a framework which provides built in support for MVC). However
this doesnt provide much support for UI.
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JSF is also a framework which provide us a complete model of visual components,

provides event handling tech for web-apps and lots of other services.Now, I think its easy
to define Oracle Application Framework :)Oracle Application Framework
OAF Framework developed by Oracle for building and launching web pages within
Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS).
Below is a sample web page of Oracle EBS:
http://oracleapps88.blogspot.com/
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All pages within EBS are almost similar in look and feel. Based on this fact, below is
some common functionality which is already provided by this framework so that we can
mainly concentrate on implementing business logic:
Built in support for MVC architecture.
Inbuilt support for Apps specific features like flex fields, menus etc..
Provide classes for all standard components seen on pages like text fields, buttons,
tables etc..
Support for connection pooling and session management.
Built in protection against web hacking.
Personalization We can change look and feel, layout or visibility of contents on

the standard pages delivered by Oracle. However the main thing here is that OAF
allows somewhat skilled functional user to apply these changes.
Almost every implementation of EBS has to make some changes to some of these
pages. OAF has mechanism to implement these changes in such a way that the
changes are not wiped out even after patches delivered by Oracle are applied.
Since OAF is used only for creating EBS pages, copyright links and global links
are provided by this framework by default.
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UIX (User Interface XML) Framework

Oracle EBS uses:
UIX for UI Components (i.e. View part)
BC4J for business components (i.e. Model part)
And what OAF does is the programmatic binding among all these.
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UIX framework is J2EE-based framework for building web applications and is based on
MVC design pattern.
The main focus of UIX is the user presentation layer of an application. UIX is platform
independent as it is implemented in the Java programming language. UIX development
can be declarative, using uiXML, an XML language for creating UIX pages.
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UI Components:
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UI objects that map to standard HTML controls, such as buttons, forms, and
checkboxes. There are other complex components, such as trees, hide-show controls,
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UIX includes a set of UI components and classes for rendering them:
Renderers: These are Java classes for rendering the UI components to target
clients/devices. For example, components are rendered as HTML for use in web browsers
or as WML for use in mobile devices.
Classes for UIX Components are in the oracle.cabo.ui package.
uiXML: This is an XML language for programming UIX applications. uiXML provides
a declarative way of creating web applications programmatically using UIX Java APIs.
The pages, events, and any other items defined with uiXML elements are all transformed
into Java objects behind the scenes. Below is an example of a uiXML element (button):
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<button destination=http://www.abc.com/index disabled=false text=goBtn>

</button>
uiXML documents are written in a text format, where document represents page or a
region.
Classes supporting uiXML are located
in oracle.cabo.ui.xml andoracle.cabo.servlet.xml packages.
Pages in UIX
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On the browser, page is just collection of HTML elements. However, while in
developing phase, concept of page can be more complex, depending upon the
declarative way used to create the page and renderers used.
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A UIX page consists of a hierarchical set of components known as UI nodes. Some nodes
define visible components, such as buttons, images, text fields, while others organize the
layout and appearance of other nodes.
Nodes can have parents and children, and multiple nodes together form a tree-like
structure used to represent a pages logical structure.For example, left part below figure
shows a logical hierarchy of UI nodes and right part shows the same hierarchy rendered
as an HTML page.
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interface in the oracle.cabo.ui package. The UINode interface contains methods for the
characteristics
of nodes, such as:
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public UINode getIndexedChild(RenderingContext context, int childIndex);

public Enumeration getAttributeNames(RenderingContext context);
public Object getAttributeValue(RenderingContext context, AttributeKey attrKey);
Oracle Application Framework Training Material
1 OAF ARCHITECTURE
OA Framework is based on the industry-standard J2EE MVC Design Pattern.
M Model
V - View
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C - Controller
Developers manipulate the applications metadata using Oracle 9i JDeveloper OA
Extension, while OA Framework uses the most efficient manner to execute the
application.
The MVC architecture is a component-based design pattern with clean interfaces between
the Model, View and Controller.
The Model is where the application implements its business logic.
The View is where the application implements its user interface.

The Controller is where the application handles user interaction and directs business
flow.
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Find the following MVC diagram to understand relationship between Model, View and
Controller.
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About Model
The OA Framework Model is implemented using Oracle Business Components for Java
(BC4J).
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BC4J provides optimized, ready-to-use implementations
of the J2EE design patterns.
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Development teams can focus immediately and
only, on writing business logic and user
interfaces instead of designing, coding,
and debugging handcrafted application
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About View
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UIX uses XML to describe the components and hierarchy that make up an application
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UIX provides runtime
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The metadata used to describe the UI is loaded into a database repository, called Meta
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Data
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About Controller
User and Application-driven interactions are handled by the OA Controller, which is
pure Java Class implementation.
Within the Model-View-Controller architecture, the OA Framework draws a clear
distinction between client and server classes.
Client classes (View and Controller) drive the HTML user interface.
Server classes (Model code) can support any client (not just OA Framework user
interfaces)
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2. Key Features
Integrated Development Environment
Durable Personalizations and Extensions
Consistent and Compelling User Interface
Object Oriented Reuse
2.1 Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Oracle 9i JDeveloper with OA Extension is a world-class J2EE-based integrated
development environment. Oracle customers and third party consultants have access to
the same tools used by Oracle E-Business Suite developers to build complementary
applications as well as extend the Oracle E-Business Suite applications.
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2.2 Durable Personalizations and Extensions

Personalization is about declaratively tailoring the UI look-and-feel, layout or visibility of
page content to suit a business need or a user preference.
Personalization can be done at several levels by one of three authors:
Application Developer
Application Administrator
End User
Examples:
Tailoring the color scheme of UI (UI means User Interface)
Tailoring the order in which table columns are displayed.
Tailoring a query result
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Extensibility is about extending the functionality
of an application beyond what can be
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Adding new functional flows
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Extending or overriding
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OA Framework offers developers a wide range of user interface components that make
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OA Framework user interface components range from simple widgets such as buttons
and fields to compound components such as tables-in-tables and hierarchical grids.
2.4 Object Oriented Reuse
OA Framework applications can be abstracted into a series of concentric layers, like an
onion.
(Note: Describe the objects mentioned in diagram in the following pages)
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Each layer only knows about the layers below it.

This encapsulation allows reuse at any of the layer boundaries.
On User Interface Side, reusable components can be saved as Shared regions in the
MDS repository and reused across several pages.
Example for Shared region is LOV (list of values).
It is independent object. We can attach the same LOV to text item in several pages.
3. OA Framework Essentials
Key JSP Application Components
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2)A JSP is a file with some HTML and JAVA code that executes top to bottom.
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4)A Servlet Session is a mechanism for maintaining
state between HTTP requests during
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a period of continuous interaction between Browser
Web Application. A Session
may be initiated at any time by the application
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by the application, by the
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user closing the browser, or by a period
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A session usually corresponds to
an
application
login/logout cycle.
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5)A JavaBean (Bean for short) is simply a reusable component that implements
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discover the objects
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objects in the middle tier that communicate with the database use a JDBC (Java
DataBase Connectivity).
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ADiagram to understand the above points
4. Implement the MODEL in OAF
This chapter describes how to implement your model objects in generic terms.
Business Components Packages
All BC4J (Business components for Java) model components must belong to a Business
Components Package.
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Business logic/data handling (Model) is done using BC4J.

The below objects are BC4J Objects.
1) Entity Object
Entity Objects encapsulate business logic and DML operations for application tables.
Note: Entity objects can also be based on views, synonyms or snapshots.
There is a one-to-one mapping between a table and an entity object, and all Oracle
Applications entity objects should include all columns in their associated tables.
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Entity objects use a declarative mapping between their attributes and underlying database
columns to automatically implement queries, inserts, updates and deletes.
They are i) EmployeeEO.xml
ii) EmployeeEOImpl.java
EmployeeEO is name of the Entity Object (EO).
Two files will be created automatically after creating Entity Object(EO).
The below methods are available under .java file (EmployeeEOImpl.java)

We can write business logic in EO at entity level to meet business requirements
(Example: validateStartDate ())
Methods under Entity Object:-
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create() [Add attribute defaulting logic in this method]

remove()[Add entity remove logic in this method]
set methods [sets value as the attribute value]
(Example: setEmployeeId, setFirstName etc)
get methods [gets the attribute value, using alias name]
(Example: getEmployeeId, getFirstName etc)
validateEntity()
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Entity Object (EO) should have following attributes:

CreationDate
CreatedBy
LastUpdateDate
LastUpdatedBy
LastUpdateLogin
2) View Objects
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Encapsulates a database query

Provide iteration over the query result set
Primarily based on Eos (Entity Objects)
May be based on plain SQL for certain types of tasks
May be based on multiple entity objects if the UI is for update
Provide single point of contact for getting and setting entity object values
May be linked together by view links
Two files will be created after creating View Object (VO)

They are 1) .java (Row level) 2) .java (Object level)
3) .xml file
Example: i) EmployeeNamesVO.xml
ii) EmployeeNamesVOImpl.java
iii) EmployeeNamesVORowImpl.java
We will write code in .java files.
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3) Association Objects
Association object is used to create relationship between Entity objects. There are two
types of associations are given below.
1) Composition (Strong association)
2) Reference
(Weak association)
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Composition: - The destination entity object can not exist independent of its source
entity
object.
Example: A purchase order header is automatically locked even if you make changes
only to its lines. Child is deleted when parent is deleted.
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order header references a supplier, but the supplier can still exist
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Reference: - The source entity object simply references the destination object.
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Application Module serves as container for ViewObjects and ViewLinks

Application Module establishes database connection.
Attach the Application Module to OA Framework page.
5. Implement the VIEW in OAF
The VIEW formats and presents model data to user.
We have to define OAF page to display data.
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At development time, you specify the bean hierarchy for every page using the JDeveloper
tool.
OAF page comprised of regions and items.
Items are simple widgets like buttons, images, fields and so on which contain no
children.
Regions are container objects that hold items and other regions. Regions include header,
table and layout components.
Each region and item that you define has a style property that tells the OA Framework
what web bean object to instantiate for it at runtime. For example, if you define a region
whose style property is "table," the OA Framework will instantiate an
oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.table.OATableBean
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All pages must have a single top-level region whose style is PageLayout. Regions and
Items appear in JDeveloper page tree in sequence that tells Framework where to add
these objects to runtime bean hierarchy.
6. Implement the CONTROLLER in OAF
CONTROLLER is used to enhance OA Framework page using logic for buttons,

automatic queries, dynamic WHERE clauses, JSP forwards, and the Message Dictionary.
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Controllers for regions
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processRequest method (code for 8
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processFormRequest method (code for HTTP POST actions. When press the button the
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Typical Locations
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below order to call method from location to other location.
1)CCall methods of ApplicationModule from Controller only
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Call methods of EntityObject from ViewObject only

EntityObject is based on Database table
Note: Please look ONION structure to understand above points.

7. OAF Key Do's and Don'ts (Part 1) - "Top 10" Golden Rules
I don't know how many of you have come across this in the OAF Devguide, it was only
by change that I found it, thought I'd share:
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There's a lot to learn when getting started with the OA Framework, but the following list
of rules are so universal -- and so fundamental -- they should be familiar to anyone who's
doing Framework development.
1) ALWAYS try to declaratively define your UI. Resort to a programmatic layout only if
the UI cannot be implemented declaratively. Programmatic layouts are difficult to
customize (they don't leverage the Personalization Framework) and may diverge from the
UI Guidelines over time.
2) NEVER change your UI layout properties in processFormRequest(). ALWAYS make

changes in processRequest(), even if that means handling an event in
processFormRequest() and then redirecting back to the same page. This ensures that the
web bean hierarchy is in a stable state when the page renders.
3) NEVER use index numbers to find beans when you want to change their properties.
ALWAYS search by name. Index numbers can change during processing.
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4) NEVER change the properties of a parent bean from a child bean. This is a poor design
practice that hampers reuse while introducing fragile code (particularly if the child code
executes too late in the page rendering cycle to properly affect the parent).
5) NEVER instantiate Beans using "new OA Bean()". ALWAYS use the

createWebBean() factory methods available on the OAControllerImpl class. Not all Bean
properties are initialized correctly when you use "new."
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6) NEVER create Form Beans in code (this
means NEVER add nested Form beans to a
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page; your Page Layout region should
only form region). Multiple form Beans on
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runtime behaviors.
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7) NEVER count on your Application Module using the same database connection in
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subsequent requests. For
performance reasons,
the Framework will start pooling and reusing connections in 5.7
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instead of holding
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8) NEVER use JDBC directly unless you're calling a PL/SQL routine (you should use a
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view
Anot programmatically).
9) NEVER add member variables UNLESS THEY ARE TRANSIENT OR FINAL to

view objects, Controllers, entity object, view rows and Application Modules.
10) ALWAYS adhere to the Self-Service Performance Guidelines
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Create Simple OAF WELCOME Page
Step 1: Open JDeveloper tool, Create New OAworkspace.
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Navigation: - right click on Workspaces option in system-navigator Window and select

New OAWorkspace
Step 2: i) Enter workspace name in file name column as
XXXOAWorkspace.jws, and press OK button.
ii) Press Next button
iii) Enter project Name in file name column as XXXOAProject.jpr
iv) Enter Default package name as
xxx.oracle.apps.ak.welcome.webui and press Next button twice.
We can see the package structure (train.oracle.apps.ak.welcome.webui) in myprojects

folder. The package structure is used to place EO, VO, AM and Pages.
Step 3: Enter .dbc file location in DBC File Name column
[Location:
E:\p4045639_11i_GENERIC\jdevhome\jdev\myhtml\OA_HTML\Secure\
xxxxx.dbc]
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Note: If you do not have .dbc file, then import the .dbc file from server
($ cd %APPL_TOP/fnd/11.5.0/secure/.dbc) and place in above path in your local system.
Enter User Name: operations5 (oracle application user name)

Enter Password : xxxxxxxxx
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Application Short Name: AK
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Responsibility Key
: FWK_TBX_TUTORIAL
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Press Finish button.
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Now, creation of OAWorkspace,
completed.
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Step 4: Create new OA page
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ANew
option.
New window will be opened, and then select WebTier under categories list.
Select OA Components option under Web Tier and select Page right side.
Press OK Button.
Step 5: Enter page name as XXXWelcomePG in Name field.
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You can change the package name if you want otherwise leave it as it is because
the
package is already created at the time of workspace creation.
Press OK button, then page web bean (WelcomePG.xml) will be created.

Now, we will run the .xml (WelcomePG.xml) to render the OAF page on the Browser.
In above diagram, there is region1 called root region. It is container, consists
items
and other regions.
Property Name
ID
Region Style
Window Title
Title
AM Definition
Value
MainRN
PageLayout
Welcome Window
Welcome Page
oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OAApplicationModule
Note: we are not yet creating Application Module. So, this
application module is using which is default.
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Select MainRN and click right mouse button, select region Option and set the
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Property Name
Value
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ID
SubRN
Region Style P
Messagecomponentlayout
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Step 7: Create item under SubRN
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option
A messageTextInput and set the below properties.
Step 6: Create subregion (style: messagecomponentlayout) under the Pagelayout region.
Property Name
ID
Region Style
Prompt
Additional Text
Value
WelcomeTxt
messageTextInput
Enter Your Name
Enter any string to display it
on the page
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Set the properties for root region (region1) in property inspector window.
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(It is like Tooltip text)

See below screen shot to select messageTextInput.
Save the project and compile the page (WelcomePG.xml)
Steps to compile the WelcomePG.xml
Select the .xml (WelcomePG.xml) and click right mouse button.

Select Make WelcomePG.xml option, and verify the errors on log messages tool
box (see bottom) if occurred.
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Step 8: Run the OAF Page (WelcomePG)

Select the page (WelcomePG.xml) and click right mouse button, then select Run
WelcomePG.xml option. (See above screenshot for your reference)
See the below OAF page screenshot and verify the window title, page title and text item
prompt with above properties.
In this stage, there is no control on the OAF page. We have to create CONTROLLER on
the root region and write the code to control the OAF page.
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Practical Problems and Solutions
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Display the message as Welcome <text item value> on the OAF

page when you press the Go button
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Step 1: Create button itemS
under the sub region SubRN.
Select the region SubRN and click right mouse button, select the option
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messagelayout (is used to place the buttons).
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Property Name
Value
ID E
ButtonLayout
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CStep 2: Create button item under the ButtonLayout.
Select the region ButtonLayout and click right mouse button, and select
the
Option item.
Set the Button item properties.

Property Name
ID
Item Style
Value
Go
submitButton
Prompt
Additional Text
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Go
Click the button
Step 3: Create Controller.

Select the MainRN region and click right mouse button, and then choose the
option
Set New Controller.
Enter Controller Name: WelcomeCO and press the OK button.
After press the OK button, one .java file will be created with Controller name as
WelcomeCO.java
See below screenshot:See below screenshot once and observe the methods processRequest and
processFormRequest in the Java file (WelcomeCO.java).
When press the Go button, the button related code will be executed from
processFormRequest method (like Java POST method).
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Logic to display the message Welcome <value of text item> on OAF page. Add below
code in the method processFormRequest. B
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if (pageContext.getParameter("Go")!=null)
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{
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String str=pageContext.getParameter("WelcomeTxt");
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String message="Welcome "+str;
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throw new OAException(message,OAException.INFORMATION);
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code, Go is button name (not prompt) which is used in if condition.
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WelcomeTxt is also text item id (not prompt).
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The processRequest code will be executed at the time of initializing the page.
after processing the middle tier responds to browser.
The OAException class is used to display the message on the OAF page. The second
parameter is exception type INFORMATION.
There are some more exception types available. They are:
1) CONFIRMATION
2) WARNING
3) ERROR
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SEVERE
Note: The exception types ERROR and SEVERE terminate the program.
The exception types INFORMATION, CONFIRMATION and WARNING
are
continue the execution of the program.
Now, run the page WelcomePG.xml and see output like below.
Output: Enter the text OAF students in text item and press the Go button, then
display the message on MainRN (Root region).
Message: WELCOME OAF students
(Exception type: INFORMATION)
Product Branding:
The productBranding is used to place image beside corporate branding image

ORACLE.
Select pageLayout components and click right mouse button, and select the
productBranding option.
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Set the below properties for productBranding
8 item
Property Name
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ID
Item1 (as you like)
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Item Style
Image
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ImageURI
/OA_MEDIA/FNDTAPPBRAND.gif
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Additional Text
Click the button
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Set the system
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you change menus or profile values etc, then we have to terminate the OAF page.
Navigation: RUN->Terminate->Embedded OC4J Server (Menu bar)
ACompile and run the OAF page (.xml), check the output from below screenshot.
In above screenshot, Tutorial Application image is productBranding image.

In-Context Branding:
The in-context branding includes corporate branding and product branding images.
Additionally, contextual information renders below corporate and product branding
images.
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Select pageLayout Components region and click right mouse button, then select the
InContextBranding option.
Note: productBranding can contain only formattedText because In-ContextBranding

is present.
Set the properties for productBranding item style as formattedText and enter Text
property as Sales Online.
Set the properties for inContextBranding item.

Property Name
ID
Item Style
Text
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Value
Item2 (as you like)
formattedText
Customer SUN MicroSystems-Menlo Park
We can use html tags to change font styles or display font in bold etc.
Example: Customer SUN MicroSystems-Menlo Park
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Output:
How do display default string in Text Item when page is rendered
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Code:
OAMessageTextInputBean fieldHelloTxt=
(OAMessageTextInputBean)webBean.findChildRecursive(WelcomeTxt);
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Where WelcomeTxt
of CONTROLLER.
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Important Note:
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fieldHelloTxt.setText(pageContext, welcome to OAF students);
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.message.
OAMessageTextInputBean;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.OAWebBean;
How do hide Text item at runtime
Code:
The Method setRendered is used to hide the text item. Pass the value false for this
method.
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import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.message.
OAMessageTextInpuBean;
OAMessageTextInputBean hellotxt=
(OAMessageTextInputBean)webBean.findChildRecursive(WelcomeTxt);
Hellotxt.setRendered(false);
Write above code in processRequest Method or processFormRequest of CONTROLLER

according to condition.
Like setRendered method, there are so many methods are available in text item Bean.
The method setReadonly (true) is used to convert the item to read-only.
How do disable the button at runtime
Code:
We have to use OASubmitButtonBean to change behavior of buttons at runtime.
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.form.OASubmitButtonBean;
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OASubmitButtonBean goButton =
(OASubmitButtonBean)webBean.findChildRecursive("Go");
goButton.setDisabled(true);
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How do display message in different colour problem

Code:
We can do it by using rawText style (Item property under MainRN).
In Text property, we can use html tags. (Display message in red color)
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OARawTextBean
rawtxt = (OARawTextBean)webBean.findChildRecursive("item3");
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rawtxt.setText("Inventory Details are Transferred");
rawtxt.setText (" Inventory Details are

Transferred");
Display the message in red color. See below screenshot.
How do call the specified page from another page
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I have two pages. One page is security page, if user enters the login details correct then
open the other specific page.
Solution:
The API pageContext.SetForwardURL is used to open the other specific page.
Design the security page with two text items and one button like below screen shot.
(Note: This is not related to database. Just check the user name and password with static
text like username=Venky and password=Venky)
Code:
(Write in Controller processFormRequest Method)
if (uname.equals("Venky")&&pwd.equals("Venky"))
{
pageContext.setForwardURL("OA.jsp?page=/train/oracle/apps/ak/welcome/webui/Welco
mePG",
null,
OAWebBeanConstants.KEEP_MENU_CONTEXT,
null,
null,
true,
OWebBeanConstants.ADD_BREAD_CRUMB_YES,
OAWebBeanConstants.IGNORE_MESSAGES);
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Enter user name and password correct,
and then press Go button.
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Navigation
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Select the region pageLayoutRN and click right mouse button, and then select the
option returnNavigation.
Set the properties for returnNavigation item.
Value
Property
Name
ID
returnLink
Item
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link
Style
Destinatio
n URI
Text
OA.jsp?page=/train/oracle/apps/ak/security/webui/SecurityPG&retainAM=
Y
Return to Security Page
Output for returnNavigation link (Return to Security Page):-
See the below screenshot.

When user presses the Return to Security Page link, then the security page will be
opened.
How do add a returnLink dynamically
Code:-
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processRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)

{
super.processRequest(pageContext, webBean);
OALinkBean returnLink =
(OALinkBean)createWebBean(pageContext, OAWebBeanConstants.LINK_BEAN,
null,"returnLink");
returnLink.setDestination("OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/dem/employee/webui/EmpSearchP
G&retainAM=Y");
// Retrieve and set the translated link text.
String linkText = pageContext.getMessage("AK","FWK_TBX_T_RETURN_TO_POS",
null);
returnLink.setText(linkText);
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// Add the return link to the page.
Following problems are related to work on Database data

Connect to Database and return number of suppliers on the page
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAWebBeanConstants;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OADBTransaction;
import java.sql.*;
Write below code in process request() method or anywhere as per requirement.
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oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAApplicationModule am =
pageContext.getApplicationModule(webBean);
String task2Info = null;
PreparedStatement psProType = null;
ResultSet rsProType = null;
int task2Type = 0;
Connection conn = am.getOADBTransaction().getJdbcConnection();
task2Info = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM FWK_TBX_SUPPLIERS";
try{
psProType = conn.prepareStatement(task2Info);
rsProType = psProType.executeQuery();
if (rsProType.next())
{
task2Type = rsProType.getInt(1);
}
} catch(Exception e) {pageContext.writeDiagnostics(am,e.getMessage(),4);}
throw new OAException(supplier count :+task2Type,

OAException.INFORMATION);
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See below screen shot for output.

How do call stored procedure from OAF page (Without using EO, VO)
Code:
Place the button Callable and write above code in processFormRequest method
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import java.sql.Connection;
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try
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"PARAM1 => :1); END; ";

OADBTransaction trxn = am.getOADBTransaction();
CallableStatement delproc =
trxn. createCallableStatement(deleteStmt,1) ;
// Rebind parameters
delproc.setString(1,"rahul");
delproc.executeUpdate();
} catch(Exception sqle)
{
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pageContext.writeDiagnostics(am, sqle.getMessage(), 4);

}
//CallableStatement deleteSt=conn.prepareCall(deleteStmt);
}
First, create stored procedure DELETE_RECORD.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE DELETE_RECORD(param1 VARCHAR2)
AS
BEGIN
DELETE FROM emp WHERE ename=param1;
COMMIT;
END delete_record
;
Display message by using AOL Message Name (Message Dictionary)
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Solution: we can display message by using putDialogMessage Method.

Code:
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OADialogPage;
import oracle.apps.fnd.common.MessageToken;
MessageToken[] tokens = {new MessageToken("EMP_NAME", rahul)};

// rahul is employee name
OAException message = new OAException("AK",
"FWK_TBX_T_EMP_DELETE_CONFIRM", tokens,
OAException.CONFIRMATION, null);
pageContext.putDialogMessage(message); --display message.
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Code:
pageContext.forwardImmediatelyToForm("form:PO:PURCHASING_OPERATIONS:ST
ANDARD:PO_POXPOEPO");
Result:
Write above code in controller for button. Opens the PO Form when click the button.
Easy Steps for Search Page
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Simple Search Page in OAF

Here is a simple search page where user can perform search operation on the basis of
employee number and employee name on employee table.
1) Create a new OA workspace (xxcus) and a new project under this (xxcus).
2) Create a new OA page:
Right click on project (xxcus) > New > Web Tier > OA Components > select Page
item. Click OK. (This will open a popup window)
We are creating a employee search page, so specify the details of page as below:
Name: XxEmployeeSearchPG
Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.emprec.webui
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3) Create a new view object (VO):
Right click > New View Object (This will open a wizard having 7 steps).
Step 1
Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.emprec.server
Name: XxEmployeeSearchVO
Choose the radio button Read-only Access (as we are not performing any DML
operation). Click Next.
Step 2
Enter the below query in Query Statement:
SELECT empno, ename, job, mgr, hiredate, sal, deptno FROM employee
Keep defaults for step3, 4, 5, 6
Step 7
Select check boxes for Generate Java File for both View Object Class and View Row
Class. Click Finish.
4) Create a new Application Module (AM):
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Step 1
Name: XxEmployeeAM. Click Next.
Step 2
Here we will add an instance of the VO created in (3). Select XxEmployeeSearchVO
from Available View Objects and shuttle it to Data Model using > button.
Keep defaults for all other steps (3, 4). Click Finish.
5) Create a new Controller class :
Step 1
Select XxEmployeeSearchPG in navigator tab. Declarative form of page will be visible in
structure tab.
Step 2
Right click on pageLayout region > set new controller (This will open a popup
window). Enter the below details:
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package Name: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.emprec.webui

Class Name: XxEmployeeSearchCO
Creating the Page Layout & Setting its Properties
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Page will appear as below:
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1) Create a new region under pageLayout of type defaultSingleColumn.

2) Create 3 items under defaultSingleColumn region (messageTextInput,
messageTextInput, submitButton).
3) Create another item under pageLayout of type spacer.
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Now change the properties for each field from property inspector as shown below:
pageLayout:
ID: pageLayoutRN
AM Definition: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.emprec.server.XxEmployeeAM
Window Title: Employee Search Page
Title: Employee Search
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defaultSingleColumn: ID: singleColRN
messageTextInput (for emp number):

ID: empNum
Prompt: Employee Number
messageTextInput (for emp name):

ID: EmpName
Prompt: Employee Name
submitButton: ID: goBtn, Prompt: Go
spacer: ID: spcr, Height: 20
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4) Again create a region under pageLayout. However this time, choose Region Using
Wizard.
Step 1
select XxEmployeeAM from Application Module drop down and select
XxEmployeeSearchVO1 in available view usages. Click Next.
Step 2
choose region style as table from drop down. Click Next.
Step 3
shuttle all the fields from available to selected attributes. Click Next.
Step 4
Change the style to messageStyledText for each row. Also modify the prompt to make it
more user friendly (like empName to Employee Name).
The declarative page structure in jDev will be similar to as shown below:
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User will enter search criteria (emp num or name) and click on Go button.
We catch this button press in PFR method of controller.
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Get the criteria fields and pass those to AM where we define a method to perform
search.
Write the below code in PFR method of controller:
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1. public void processFormRequest(OAPageContext pageContext,
2.
OAWebBean webBean) {
3. super.processFormRequest(pageContext, webBean);
4.
5. OAApplicationModule am = pageContext.getRootApplicationModule();
6.
7. if (pageContext.getParameter("goBtn") != null) {
8.
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if ((!("".equals(pageContext.getParameter("empNum").trim()))) ||
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(!("".equals(pageContext.getParameter("EmpName").trim())))) {
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String empNum = pageContext.getParameter("empNum");
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String empName = pageContext.getParameter("EmpName");
13.
if (("".equals(pageContext.getParameter("empNum").trim()))) {
14.
empNum = null;
15.
}
16.
17.
Serializable[] param = { empNum, empName };
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am.invokeMethod("searchEmployee", param);
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} else {
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throw new OAException("Please Enter Search Criteria.",
21.
OAException.ERROR);
22.
}
23. }
24. }
Below is code for searchEmployee method in XxEmployeeAMImpl.java :
1. public void searchEmployee(String empNum, String empName) {
2. try {
3. XxEmployeeSearchVOImpl vo = getXxEmployeeSearchVO1();
4. vo.setMaxFetchSize(-1);
5. vo.setWhereClause(null);
6. vo.setWhereClauseParams(null);
7. vo.setWhereClause("EMPNO = nvl(" + empNum + ",EMPNO)" +
8.
"AND UPPER(ENAME) like UPPER('%" + empName + "%')");
9. System.out.println("search query - " + vo.getQuery());
10. vo.executeQuery();
11.
12. } catch(Exception e) {
13. e.printStackTrace();
14. }
15. }
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Create OAF Search Page

1. Create a New Workspace and Project
Right click Workspaces and click create new OAworkspace and name it as
PRajkumarSearch. Automatically a new OA Project is also created. Name the project as
SearchDemo and package as prajkumar.oracle.apps.fnd.searchdemo
2. Create a New Application Module (AM)
Right Click on SearchDemo > New > ADF Business Components > Application Module
Name -- SearchAM
Package -- prajkumar.oracle.apps.fnd.searchdemo.server
3. Enable Passivation for the Root UI Application Module (AM)
Right Click on SearchAM > Edit SearchAM > Custom Properties >
Name RETENTION_LEVEL
Value MANAGE_STATE
Click add > Apply > OK
4. Create Test Table and insert data some data in it (For Testing Purpose)
CREATE TABLE xx_search_demo
( -- --------------------- Data Columns
-- -------------------column1
VARCHAR2(100),
column2
VARCHAR2(100),
-- --------------------- Who Columns
-- -------------------last_update_date DATE
NOT NULL,
last_updated_by NUMBER NOT NULL,
creation_date
DATE
NOT NULL,
created_by
NUMBER NOT NULL,
last_update_login NUMBER
);
INSERT INTO xx_search_demo VALUES (val1, val2, SYSDATE, 0, SYSDATE, 0,
0);
0);
0);
0);
Now we have 4 records in our custom table
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Right click on SearchDemo > New > ADF Business Components > Entity Object
Name SearchEO
Package -- prajkumar.oracle.apps.fnd.searchdemo.schema.server
Database Objects -- XX_SEARCH_DEMO
Note By default ROWID will be the primary key if we will not make any column to be
primary key Check the Accessors, Create Method, Validation Method and Remove
Method
6. Create a New View Object (VO)
Right click on SearchDemo > New > ADF Business Components > View Object
Name -- SearchVO
Package -- prajkumar.oracle.apps.fnd.searchdemo.server
In Step2 in Entity Page select SearchEO and shuttle them to selected list
In Step3 in Attributes Window select columns Column1, Column2 and shuttle them to
selected list
In Java page Select Generate Java file for View Object Class: SearchVOImpl
and Generate Java File for View Row Class: SearchVORowImpl
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7. Add Your View Object to Root UI Application Module

Select Right click on SearchAM > Edit SearchAM > Data Model >
Select SearchVO and shuttle to Data Model list
8. Create a New Page

Right click on SearchDemo > New > Web Tier > OA Components > Page
Name -- SearchPG
Package -- prajkumar.oracle.apps.fnd.searchdemo.webui
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9. Select the SearchPG and go to the strcuture pane where a default region has been
created
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10. Select region1 and set the following properties:

ID -- PageLayoutRN
Region Style -- PageLayout
AM Definition -- prajkumar.oracle.apps.fnd.searchdemo.server.SearchAM
Window Title -- Search Page Window
Title -- Search Page
Auto Footer -- True
11. Add a Query Bean to Your Page

Right click on PageLayoutRN > New > Region
Select new region region1 and set following properties
ID QueryRN
Region Style query
Construction Mode resultBasedSearch
Include Simple Panel True
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Include Views Panel True

Include Advanced Panel True
12. Add a Result Data Table to your QueryRN
Select QueryRN right click > New > Region using Wizard
In BC4J Objects page, Select your SearchAM and then select your SearchVO1
Note DO NOT select Use this as Application Module Definition for this region
checkbox
In Region Properties page, set Region ID value to ResultsTable and Region Style to
table
In view Attributes page, select attributes from Available View Attributes list and shuttle
them to
Selected View Atributes list:
Column1
Column2
In Region Items Page, you can set ID, Style and Attributes Set. Currently we are going to
set only Style as messageStyledText
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13. Set and verify Your Results Table Region Properties

ID ResultsTable
Region Style table
AM Please Donot put any AM
Rendered True
Records Displayed 10
Width 100%
User Personalization True
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Search Allowed -- True
Sort Allowed A
ascending
Initial Sort E
Seqence first
Selective
Search
Criteria True
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Search Allowed True

Sort Allowed -- ascending
Selective Search Criteria True
16. Congratulation you have successfully finished Search page. Run Your SearchPG
page and Test Your Work
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Implement a Search Page

1) Create project
2) Create Business Component Package train.oracle.apps.ak.empsearch.server
3) Create Entity object (EO) under the above package.
4) Create Application Module (AM) under the package
train.oracle.apps.ak.empsearch.server
Application Module Name: EmployeeAM
5) Create an Employee-to-Manager Association (AO) for the self- join condition on
the FWK_TBX_EMPLOYEE table.
6) Select Manager Id in source table and Select EmployeeId in Destination table.
7) Click Add button
Click Next button and verify Expose Accessor names.
Create ViewObject (VO) to display the data on the page. Here, VO is based on EO.
Select EmpSearchEO object twice. There are two entity objects and linked the two
Eos through Association Object (AO).
10) Select Next button, and select attributes from EmpSearchEO and EmpSearchEO1.
11)
Select below columns from EmpSearchEO and EmpSearchEO1.
o EmployeeId
o FullName
o EmailAddress
12) Changes attribute name and alias as meaningful.
Select Attribute
EmployeeId1
FullName
FullName1
EmailAddress
EmailAddress1
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Attribute
ManagerId and MANAGER_ID
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and MANAGER_NAME
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EmployeeEmail and EMPLOYEE_EMAIL
ManagerEmail and MANAGER_EMAIL

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QUERY:
SELECT EmpSearchEO.EMPLOYEE_ID,
EmpSearchEO.FULL_NAME AS EMPLOYEE_NAME,
EmpSearchEO.EMAIL_ADDRESS AS EMPLOYEE_EMAIL,
EmpSearchEO1.EMPLOYEE_ID AS MANAGER_ID,
EmpSearchEO1.FULL_NAME AS MANAGER_NAME,
EmpSearchEO1.EMAIL_ADDRESS AS MANAGER_EMAIL,
Flkp.meaning POSITION_DISPLAY
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FROM FWK_TBX_EMPLOYEES EmpSearchEO,

FWK_TBX_EMPLOYEES EmpSearchEO1,
FWK_TBX_LOOKUP_CODES_VL flkp
WHERE EmpSearchEO.MANAGER_ID = EmpSearchEO1.EMPLOYEE_ID(+)
AND EmpSearchEO.POSITION_CODE=flkp.lookup_code
AND flkp.lookup_type=FWK_TBX_POSITIONS
Select Next button, and check mapping between Query Columns and Attribute names.
Select Finish button.
14) Add the ViewObject (EmployeeSummaryVO) to Application Module.

15) Select the application module (already created), and press right mouse button and
select the option Edit EmpSearchAM, then select the ViewObject.
16) Attach the Application Module (EmpSearchAM) to your OApage.

17) Create the item under PageLayout Region. The item style is StaticStyledText.
Set the below properties for the item.
Property
Value
ID
PageHelp
Item Style
StaticStyledText
DataType
Varchar2
CSS Class
OraInstructionText
Message Appl Short Name
AK
Message Name
FWK_TBX_T_PAGE_GENERAL
Test the page once and check the output on the page. Some text will be displayed on the
page above.
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Configure RESULT-BASED
18) Create region with
style
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Property E
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queryRN
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Query
Result Based Search
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Include simple panel

Include View panel
Include Advanced search panel
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True
True
True
19) Adds a Results Data table to queryRN.

Select the queryRn and press right mouse button, then select option Region using
Wizard.
20) Select the viewobject EmployeeSummaryVO and select specified columns what
you
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want to display on the OAPage.

21) Set below properties for ResultsTable.
22) Set the properties for columns under ResultsTable.
How do display the drill down to details page according to criteria.
Steps:1) Create view object with SQL query.
The query is:
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SELECT EmployeeId AS EMPLOYEE_ID,

EmployeeName AS EMPLOYEE_NAME,
Job AS JOB,
Salary AS SALARY,
Deptno AS DEPARTMENT_NUM
FROM EMP
2) Select the items style as MessageStyledText.

3) Design the page with regions pageLayout (root region) and defaultSingleColumn
(Sub region).
4) We can use region using wizard option under the region style
defaultSingleColumn and then select displayed items by using the wizard.
5) The page name is EmployeeDetailsPG.xml.
6) Now, we have to call the EmployeeDetailsPG page and pass parameters to this
page from the other page (search page).
7) Set the property Destination URI as
OA.jsp?page=\train\oracle\apps\ak\employee\webui\EmployeeDetailsPG&employeeNu
mber={@EmployeeId}&retainAM=Y&ADD_BREAD_CRUMB=Y for the item
EmployeeName. The item EmployeeName style is MessageStyledText. Now, the
employeeName item will be showing as Link
8) Now, we have to execute the query according to employeeId (depending on selection
of employeeName).
9) In viewobjectimpl.java (employeeFullVOImpl.java) file, create method as below.
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import oracle.jbo.domain.Number;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAException;
public void initQuery(String employeeNumber)
{
If (employeeNumber! =null)
{
Number empNum=null;
Try
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empNum=new Number(employeeNumber);
}
Catch(Exception e)
{
Throw new OAException(AK, FWK_TBX_INVALID_EMP_NUMBER);
}
setWhereClause(EMPLOYEE_ID=:1);
setWhereClauseParams(null);
setWhereClauseParam(0,empNum);
executeQuery();
}
}
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10) From applicationModule, we can call view object procedure.

Code:
EmployeeFullVOImpl empvo=getEmployeeFullVO1();
Empvo.initQuery(employeeNumber);
public void initDetails(String employeeNumber)

{
}
11) Create the CONTROLLER and call the procedure initDetails.
12) Write code in processRequest method
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important).
Select the pageLayout region, and press right mouse button, then select the option
Copyright and set the property prompt as you wish.
Run the page and observe the Copyright prompt at footer of the page.
How do get the value of the checkbox when selected or deselected
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Solution:
Bydefault, the checkbox returns on when selected.
The checkbox returns null when deselected.
According to on and null values, we can do validation on the checkbox.
Code:
Write code in processFormRequest method for any button
String val= pageContext.getParameter("chkbox");

If (val.equals(on ))
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System.out.println(Male);
}
If (val==null)
{
System.out.println(Female);
}
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=577666&start=0&tstart=165
In this site, code has been given regarding get value of selected checkbox from VO
(Displayed multiple rows)
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2) Create application
3) Create OAF
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Aimport oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAApplicationModule;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.message.OAMessageTextInputBean;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.message.OAMessageLovInputBean;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.ParseException;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OADBTransaction;
import java.sql.*;
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Method: processRequest ()
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public void processRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)
{
am.invokeMethod("initQuery",null);
}
Method: processFormRequest ()
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public void processFormRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)

{
super.processFormRequest(pageContext, webBean);
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if (pageContext.getParameter("Apply")!=null)
{
try
{
// Date update_date=pageContext.getCurrentUserDate();
// System.out.println("current date="+update_date);
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OAMessageLovInputBean
(OAMessageLovInputBean)webBean.findChildRecursive("SupplierName");
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String supname_txt=sup_name.getText(pageContext);
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onhold_flag =
COAMessageTextInputBean
(OAMessageTextInputBean)webBean.findChildRecursive("OnHoldFlag");
String onhold_txt=onhold_flag.getText(pageContext);
String sdate=pageContext.getParameter("StartDate");
// Date startdate_txt=sdate;
//System.out.println("start date="+df.format(startdate_txt));
String edate=pageContext.getParameter("EndtDate");
// Insert row into the table FWK_TBX_SUPPLIERS
String task2Info = null;
PreparedStatement psProType = null;
ResultSet rsProType = null;
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int task2Type = 0;
Connection conn = am.getOADBTransaction().getJdbcConnection();
task2Info = "INSERT INTO
FWK_TBX_SUPPLIERS(SUPPLIER_ID,NAME,ON_HOLD_FLAG,START_DATE,E
ND_DATE,LAST_UPDATE_DATE,LAST_UPDATED_BY,CREATION_DATE,CRE
ATED_BY) VALUES(:1,:2,:3,:4,:5,SYSDATE,0,SYSDATE,0)";
psProType = conn.prepareStatement(task2Info);
psProType.setInt(1,sup_id);
psProType.setString(2,supname_txt);
psProType.setString(3,onhold_txt);
psProType.setString(4,sdate);
psProType.setString(5,edate);
// psProType.setString();
psProType.executeUpdate();
am.invokeMethod("apply");
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println("error="+e.getMessage());
}
//psProType.setDate(4,startdate_txt);
// psProType.setDate(5,edate);
}
}
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public void initQuery()
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// it is for commit the transaction; otherwise not inserted the record into table.
public void apply()
{
getTransaction().commit();
}
Please find the below screen shot. The below data will be inserted into table when press
the Apply button.
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See below screenshot for output.

How do refresh the same page after the data has been entered
There is API forwardImmediatelyToCurrentPage used to refresh the same page
when the user presses the submit button.
Write below code in processFormRequest() method
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import com.sun.java.util.collections.HashMap;
HashMap params = new HashMap();
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pageContext.forwardImmediatelyToCurrentPage(params,true,
OAWebBeanConstants.ADD_BREAD_CRUMB_NO);
How do set the values in poplist
Solution:1)
Create View Object(VO) and write query to display the values in poplist.
VO Name: SuppliersListVO
Query:-
SELECT 'YES' MEANING,'Y' CODE FROM DUAL

UNION
SELECT 'NO' MEANING,'N' CODE FROM DUAL
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YES is used to show for user on the
OAF page. Y is used for internal purpose. The
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Property A
Value
Item Style
messageChoice
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How do hide the specified item when user selects the particular value from
Poplist
Solution:The concepts partial page rendering and SPEL should be used to get this solution.
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I have one poplist in OAF page and the list has two values YES and NO. If the
user selects the value NO, then the specified item should be invisible on OAF page
at runtime.
Note: This example followed above screen shot page.
Steps:
1) Create properties view object (PVO) and create two attributes.
i) RowKey (Set the properties like below screenshot)
ii) EndDateRender (Set the properties as per below screenshot)
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2) Select the option Tuning for the same properties VO and select the check box like
below screenshot.
3)
Attach the propertiesVO (SuppliersListPVO) to application module
(SuppliersAM).
4)
Configure the list item (onholdflag item). Set the below properties.
Property
Disable Server Side Validation
Disable Client Side Validation
Action
Event
Submit
Value
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onholdflagChange
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5)
Configure the item which is invisible according to value of the list item. Here, the
invisible item is EndDate. So, set the below property for the item EndDate.
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Property
Rendered
Value
${oa.SuppliersListPVO1.endDateRender}
Write below methods in application module (SuppliersAMImpl.java)

public void onholdflagChange()
{
OAViewObject vo = (OAViewObject)findViewObject("SuppliersListPVO1");
OARow row=(OARow)vo.first();
OAViewObject suppvo=(OAViewObject)findViewObject("SuppliersVO1");
OARow supprow=(OARow)suppvo.getCurrentRow();
String onhold=(String)supprow.getAttribute("OnHoldFlag");
if ((onhold==null)||("N".equals(onhold)))
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row.setAttribute("EndDateRender",Boolean.FALSE);
}
else
{
row.setAttribute("EndDateRender",Boolean.TRUE);
}
}
public void init()
{
OAViewObject
appPropsVO=(OAViewObject)findViewObject("SuppliersListPVO1");
if (appPropsVO!=null)
{
if (appPropsVO.getFetchedRowCount()==0)
{
appPropsVO.setMaxFetchSize(0);
appPropsVO.executeQuery();
appPropsVO.insertRow(appPropsVO.createRow());
OARow row=(OARow)appPropsVO.first();
row.setAttribute("RowKey",new Number(1));
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Call the init() method from processRequest.
PARAM)))
{
am.invokeMethod("onholdflagChange");
}
In the above code, the onholdflagChange is event name. The event of the item will be
worked as form-submit. So, the above code (event related) has been written in
processFormRequest.
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Run the OAF page and change the value of the list item. The item EndDate will not be
rendered if the value of the list item is NO.
How do fire event? To display supplier name according to supplier id.
There are two text items on OAF page. They are
I) SupplierId II) SupplierName
Steps:1)
Set the below properties for item SupplierId.
Property
Value
Action
firePartialAction
Event
supplierNameEvent
Submit
True
2)
Write below code in processFormRequest method.
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if("supplierNameEvent".equals(pageContext.getParameter(OAWebBeanConstants.
EVENT_PARAM)))
{
int supp_id = Integer.parseInt(pageContext.getParameter("SupplierId"));
if (supp_id==195)
{
am.invokeMethod("supplierNameEvent");
}
}
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public void supplierNameEvent()
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supprow.setAttribute("SupplierName","Ramprasad");
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Write below method supplierNameEvent in an application module.
Note: The webBean properties can not be modified in processFormRequest method

(Ex: setText; setName etc).
Result: Enter the value 195 in supplier id text item and press tab key, then the name
Ramprasad will be getting displayed in supplier name text item.
How do create list box and add values to the list box dynamically
Solution:
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First, create a messageLayout region under messageComponentLayout region because we

are creating Listbox item under messageLayout region using the below code.
Write below code in processRequest() method of CONTROLLER.

import oracle.apps.fnd.common.VersionInfo;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAControllerImpl;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageContext;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.form.OADefaultListBean;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAWebBeanConstants;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.message.OAMessageLayoutBean;
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public void processRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)

{
//Create List WebBean
OADefaultListBean list =
(OADefaultListBean)createWebBean(pageContext,OAWebBeanConstants.DEFAULT_L
IST_BEAN, null, "positionsList");
// Set the Viewobject name, display attribute and value attribute for list box.
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AFollowing is a brief outline of the steps to create a Shuttle region.
Step 1: Create a page with a pageLayout region using OA Extension. Make sure the
Form property on the pageLayout region is set to True.
Step 2: Select the pageLayout region in the Structure pane, and choose
New > Region from the context menu.
Set the following properties on this new region (Required properties are marked with *):
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*ID - set the shuttle's ID property in accordance with the OA Framework File / Package/
Directory Standards.
*Region Style - set the region style to shuttle.
Add Indexed Children - make sure this property is set to True, so that OA Framework
automatically generates the web beans under this web bean hierarchy. The default is
True.
Available Header - specify the header text of the first (leading) list.
Selected Header - specify the header text of the second (trailing) list.
If you want to implement just one list for Reordering, that is, you do not want to shuttle
items between two lists, then leave this property blank.
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Ordering Allowed - set to True if you want to enable ordering of the contents of the
Selected (second or trailing) list.
If you implement only one (leading) list in the shuttle region to create a Reordering
region, then setting this property to True enables ordering on that leading list. The default
is False.
Step 3: The Shuttle region can have a maximum of two list web beans, referred to as the
leading and trailing lists. The trailing list is omitted when you want to implement a
shuttle region with a single list for the purpose of reordering the contents of that list.
When you define a shuttle region, OA Extension automatically creates a leading
component for you, which contains a single list item.
Be sure to set the following properties on the list item (Required properties are marked
with *):
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The default is False.
Picklist View Definition - specify the fully qualified view object name that is the data
source to the List web bean.
(For example, oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.FndApplicationVO)
*Picklist View Instance - alternately specify a view instance name for the data source of
the list, if the Picklist View Definition is not available. Note that setting this property
overrides the Picklist View Definition property.
(For example, FndApplicationVO, which needs to be present in the
ApplicationModule.)
*Picklist Display Attribute - specify the view attribute name that serves as the displayed
values of the list's content.
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*Picklist Value Attribute - specify the view attribute name that serves as the internal
values of the list's content. This property, and not the Picklist Display Attribute property,
uniquely identifies the elements in the list.
Picklist Description Attribute - specify the view attribute name that serves as the
descriptions of the list's content.
Rendered - specify True to render this list.
*List Height - specify the suggested display height of the list, in characters. The default
is null. If this property is not set, the height is determined based on the lengths of both
lists and their minimum and maximum values. The value should be in the range of 10 to
20.
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Note: The List Height is only a suggested value. Your browser application and UIX
determines the final 446 height of the list based on the number of items in the list and the
size of the browser window.
Step 4: To create an optional trailing list, select the shuttle region in the Structure pane
and choose New >trailing from the context menu. OA Extension automatically creates a
trailing component for you, which contains a single list item.
Refer to Step 3 for the list of properties that you should also set on the trailing list item.
Make sure you specify names for the Picklist Display Attribute, Picklist Value Attribute
and Picklist Description Attribute properties that match the corresponding property of the
leading list item.
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you can leave the Picklist View Definition, Picklist View Instance, Picklist Display
Attribute, Picklist Value Attribute and PicklistDescription Attribute blank. OA
Framework takes care of retaining user selected values in the trailing list when the page
refreshes.
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The Picklist Value Attribute uniquely identifies the elements in a list, so if you
want to pre-populate both the leading list and trailing list with data, be sure to set the
C Value Attribute property to a different value for each list. Setting this property to
Picklist
Athe same value for both lists will result in undesirable behaviour, such as causing the
values in the leading list to disappear.
Step 5: You can include buttons or icons in the footer of each list, as shown in Figure 2.
Select the shuttle region in the Structure pane, and choose New > leadingFooter (for a
footer in the leading list) or New > trailingFooter (for a footer in the trailing list). OA
Extension automatically creates a leadingFooter or trailingFooter component,
respectively, each containing a flowLayout region. You can then add your buttons or
icons to this flowlayout region.
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Note: If you set the Rendered property to False for either the leading or trailing list, the
leading or trailing footer also does not render, respectively. Since the footer is directly
linked to its respective list, if the list is not rendered, the footer is irrelevant.
About StackLayout, rowLayout, cellFormat region styles
We can design layout like below screen shot by using the stackLayout, rowLayout and
cellFormat region styles.
pageLayoutRegion
|-----stackLayout region
|----rowLayout region
|---------cellFormat region
|-------spacer (item style)
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(width: 400)
|-------item (style: formattedText)
(Text: Authority For Expenditure
(Please look above screenshot for result)
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|--------stackLayout region
P region
|-----rowLayout
|-----cellFormat region
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region
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L |-----cellFormat region(style: messageStyledText)
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|------ table region
|----- item2 (style: messageStyledText)

|-----cellFormat region
|------ table region
|----- item3 (style: messageStyledText)
Set the properties for item1, item2 and item3. The properties are
Prompt
View Instance
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|------stackLayout region
|----cellFormat region
|-----spacer (item style)
|
(width: 400)
|-----item (style: formattedText)
(Property Text: Co: 101 XXX Energy Inc)
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View Attribute
(Please see table region in above screenshot for result)
How to display text items side by side
Solution:pageLayoutRegion
|-----stackLayout region
|-------item (messageTextInput)
|-------item (style: spacer; width: 50)
Set the item properties for messageTextinput.

The properties are prompt, view Instance and view Attribute
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(Please see above screenshot for result).
About Browser Look and Feel (BLAF)
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A Look-and-Feel (LAF) controls the appearance of an OA Framework application. An

LAF provides the rendering logic for each component along with a look and feel-specific
style sheet.
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ELAF (MLAF) -- generates "minimal" content to reduce the size of HTML
Minimum
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pages and overall network overhead (for example, this LAF uses fewer images than the
C version)
BLAF
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Oracle BLAF -- implements the Oracle Browser Look-and-Feel (BLAF) UI
Guidelines.
Plain Text -- produces a plain text version of the page (typically used to send a plain
text version of a page to an e-mail client). Note that the plain text LAF does not support
all the existing component styles.
Note: The LafConstants class is in the oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.laf package.
Example:
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OA.jsp?page=/train/oracle/apps/ak/employee/webui/EmpDetailsPG&employeeNumber=
{@EmployeeId}&retainAM=Y&addBreadCrumb=Y&OALAF=minimal
Call the page EmpDetailsPG from any another page and observe appearance of the
EmpDetailsPG. Please find the below screen shot. (OALAF=minimal)
From above screenshot, some text is showing in green color. Try for blaf and
oaText LAFs like above.
About AdvancedTable Bean
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Previously, OA Framework used

oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.table.OATableBean, an Oracle Application
implementation of UIX oracle.cabo.ui.beans.table.TableBean, to render tables. Now
oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.table.OAAdvancedTableBean extends
OATableBean to provide declarative support for existing table features that previously
required programmatic control. OAAdvancedTableBean also provides declarative
support for features not available with OATableBean, such as column span in a table
column header. As of Release 11.5.10, oracle corp. recommend new tables be
implemented as "advanced tables" based on
oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.table.OAAdvancedTableBean.
You can create a table by specifying appropriate information in Oracle 9i JDeveloper OA
Extension. Currently, you can declaratively specify the following
features/components/attributes on a table:
Number of rows to display in a table
Width of a table
Header text for individual table columns
Column span in column headers
Table formatting
Single selection and multiple selection on a table and adding other controls to a
selection bar
Sorting and initial sorting of a table on up to three columns
Totalling a column
Adding new rows
Detail Disclosure
Row Headers
Wrap Settings
Below is a brief outline of how to declaratively implement a table.
AdvanceTablePG (.xml)
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|---PageLayoutRegion
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|---create region (style: advancedTable;
Set View Instance property)
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|---create column
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|---create item (style: messageTextInput;
Set the View Attribute property)
|---create column header (to display heading of the
Column and sort the data)
Set the prompt property in column header properties to display heading of the column
(example: Employee Name)
Set the property Sort by View Attribute to sort the data based on column.
(Ex: - if Sort by View Attribute property value is EmployeeId, then sort the data
based on EmployeeId attribute.)
See below screen shot for reference.
Design the table with other columns like above.
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public void processRequest(OAPageContext pageContext,
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Application Module and write below code to create row and
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query.
(i.e. pagelayout region AM Definition property value)
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Aimport oracle.jbo.Row;
Create controller (EmpAdvancedCO) on PageLayout Region.
public void initQueryAdv()

{
EmployeeFullVoImpl empvo=getEmployeeFullVo1();
Row row=empvo.createRow();
empvo.insertRow(row);
empvo.executeQuery();
}
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We need to write code to display data like below screenshot.
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In above code, the EmployeeFullVo1 is view object instance.

Compile the code and run the page.
How do display Add another row button and totalling on column
In AdvancedTable, this is good feature to add row dynamically and display total on
footer without write code.
Declarative implementation
Select the advancedTable region and press right mouse button and select the option
footer.
After select the footer option, the footer and tableFooter1 components will be
created. See below screenshot.
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Select the tableFooter1 and press right mouse button and select the option
addTableRow. See below screenshot.
Run the page once and you will get Add another Row button at the footer of
advancedTable.
Select total option to display total of particular column (salary). The option total
showing in above screen shot.
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We need to set one property Total Value
as True for salary column (column4 in
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below screen shot) and run the page.
8final output of advancedTable. (Add Another Row
See the below screenshot to know
the
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After press the Add P
Another Row button, one blank record will be created. See below
screen shot.
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User selects
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Note:
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How do iterate the number(Serial Number) in OAF by using Transient Attribute
Code:
public void setItemDetailsSno()
{
OAViewObject vo = (OAViewObject)getCMCostchangeVO();
CMCostchangeVORowImpl row = null;
int fetchedRowCount = vo.getRowCount();
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// we use a separate iterator -- even though we could step through the

// rows without it -- because we don't want to affect row currency.
RowSetIterator insertIter = vo.createRowSetIterator("insertIter1");
if (fetchedRowCount > 0)
{
insertIter.setRangeStart(0);
insertIter.setRangeSize(fetchedRowCount);
for (int i = 0; i < fetchedRowCount; i++)
{
row = (CMCostchangeVORowImpl)insertIter.getRowAtRangeIndex(i);
// For performance reasons, we generate ViewRowImpls for all
// View Objects. When we need to obtain an attribute value,
// we use the named accessors instead of a generic String lookup.
row.setAttribute("SNo", new Integer(i+1));
//SNo is transient attribute in VO
}
}
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insertIter.closeRowSetIterator();
}
See below screenshot and check the values of serial number
Check the values of serial number in above screen shot.
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How do display latest serial number
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8 Method of Controller.
Write below code in proecessFormRequest
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am=pageContext.getApplicationModule(webBean);
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tableBean =
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if (tableBean.getName().equals(pageContext.getParameter(SOURCE_PARAM))
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AADD_ROWS_EVENT.equals(pageContext.getParameter(EVENT_PARAM)))
am.invokeMethod("setSequenceNum");
}
Note: From above code, ADD_ROWS_EVENT is event name for Add Another Row
button.
Write below code in Application Module which is added to your pagelayout region.
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Imp: Set the property insert rows automatically as False in addTableRow1 object
at footer of advanced table.
public void setSequenceNum()
{
SequenceNumberVOImpl seqvo=getSequenceNumberVO1();
int fetchedRowCount=seqvo.getRowCount();
RowSet rowset=seqvo.createRowSet("dd");
rowset.last();
rowset.next();
Row row=seqvo.createRow();
rowset.insertRow(row);
row.setAttribute("SERIALNUM",new Integer(fetchedRowCount+1));
rowset.closeRowSet();
}
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Result: Display Serial Number (transient attribute) according to current row position
dynamically after pressing the Add Another Row button.
New row is created and added onto table, and SerialNumber is also incremented (from 6
to 7) and displayed on table. See below screenshot.
How do delete a selected record of Advanced Table using Delete Switcher
Solution:First add Delete Switcher item onto advancedTable region.
From above screenshot,
1) The deleteSwitcher is a column of advancedTable region.
2) The DelSwitcher is a switcher under deleteSwitcher column.
(Set viewAttribute property to enable the deleteSwitcher item)
(Add the column in VO like below for deleteSwitcher. Check
below decode statement. Add this in VO)
decode(NVL(SequenceNumberEO.ON_HOLD_FLAG,'Y'),'Y',
'DeleteEnabled',
'DeleteEnabled') AS DELETE_SWITCHER
3) Set viewAttribute property as DeleteSwitcher
4) Create image item under case.
Set the imageID as DeleteDisabled
Set the imageURI property as deleteicon_disabled.gif
5) Create second image item under second case.
Set the imageID as DeleteEnabled (same as in VO)
Set the imageURI property as deleteicon_enabled.gif
6) Set the image items height and width as 24
7) Set the action property for DeleteEnabled image as fireAction and Event as
delete. Set the parameters property under Event property as below screenshot.
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From above screenshot, the value of Name is supplierNUM. It is used to get serial
number when user clicks the delete switcher at runtime.
Value: ${oa.SequenceNumberVO1.SERIALNUM} [it is SPEL]
After setting above properties, Write below code in Application Module for removing
the selected record.
public void deleteSupplier(String SupplierNumber)
{
int suppToDelete = Integer.parseInt(SupplierNumber);
OAViewObject vo = (OAViewObject)getSequenceNumberVO1();
SequenceNumberVORowImpl row=null;
int fetchedRowCount = vo.getFetchedRowCount();
System.out.println("fetchedRowCount " + fetchedRowCount);
RowSetIterator deleteIter = vo.createRowSetIterator("deleteIter");
if (fetchedRowCount > 0)
{
deleteIter.setRangeStart(0);
deleteIter.setRangeSize(fetchedRowCount);
for (int i = 0; i < fetchedRowCount; i++)
{
row = (SequenceNumberVORowImpl)deleteIter.getRowAtRangeIndex(i);
// Number primaryKey = row.getSupplierId();
Number primaryKey = row.getSERIALNUM();
if (primaryKey.compareTo(suppToDelete)==0)
{
row.remove();
//getTransaction().commit(); (if remove this comments,
then the record will be
removed from database)
break;
}
}
}
deleteIter.closeRowSetIterator();
}
Invoke above method from CONTROLLER. Write below code in
processFormRequest method of CONTROLLER.
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public void processFormRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)

{
oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAApplicationModule am =
if ("delete".equals(pageContext.getParameter(EVENT_PARAM)))
{String supplierNumber = pageContext.getParameter("supplierNUM");
Serializable[] parameters = { supplierNumber };
am.invokeMethod("deleteSupplier", parameters);
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MessageToken[] tokens = {new MessageToken("EMP_NAME", supplierNumber)};

OAException message = new OAException("AK",
"FWK_TBX_T_EMP_DELETE_CONFIRM", tokens,
OAException.CONFIRMATION, null);
pageContext.putDialogMessage(message);
}
}
From the CONTROLLER code, the delete is event name in DeleteEnabled image.
The supplierNUM is value of SPEL ${oa.SequenceNumberVO1.SERIALNUM}
Run the page and get below output.
Press the Delete switcher of any record and then check the output. Now, the record still
available in database because of not committed this transaction. After press the Save
button, the record will be removed from the database.
Check the onHoldFlag values in above screenshots.

How do clear the View Object at runtime
Code:
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Write below code in Application Module.
Public void clearVO()

{
SupplierInfoVOImpl vo= getSupplierInfoVO1();
vo.remove() ;}
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OAApplicationModule am =pageContext.getApplicationModule(webBean);
am.invokemethod(clearVO);
Please see below screenshots

After press the clear button, the data will be cleared. See below screenshot.
OAF Directory Structure Location of Files on Server

All the standard OAF components delivered by Oracle fall under:
$JAVA_TOP/oracle/apps/ directory.
Similarly, any of our custom OAF application should go under:
$JAVA_TOP/xxcust/oracle/apps
(xxcust is short name for our custom application).
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If user wanted to show checkbox for onHoldFlag column, then we need to change the
item style of the onHoldFlag item as messageCheckBox. Set the below check box
properties
checkedValue: Y ; uncheckedValue: N
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While running our application from JDeveloper, there is no $JAVA_TOP. So

equivalent directory for $JAVA_TOP is <JDEV_USER_HOME>/myclasses.
when we create our pages, all java and xml files get created
in <JDEV_USER_HOME>/myprojects folder. However on compiling the project
corresponding class files and xml files get generated under
<JDEV_USER_HOME>/myclasses.
Right after oracle/apps, there is short name of an application that is registered within EBS
(like icx, fnd, po, etc).
Now all we have to do is to create package structure for all components:
Entity objects: package name should end with .schema.server
Application module: package name should end with .server
View objects: package name should end with .server
View objects (for LOVs): package name should end with .lov.server
Page definitions & controllers: package name should end with .webui
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Here are the steps for creating Employee create update page. I have modified the search
page created in previous post.
1) Create a new Entity Object (EO):
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Right click on emprec package and create a new entity object (This will open a wizard
having 5 steps).
Step 1
Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.emprec.schema.server
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Name: XxEmployeeEO
Schema Object (in Database Object): EMPLOYEE
Click Next.
Step 2
Keeps default (all attributes selected). Click Next.
Step 3
If there is any primary key in DB table, then keep all defaults else select a primary key
(like empno). Click Next.
Step 4
Keep defaults and click on Next.
Step 5
Keep Generate Default View Object uncheked and click on Finish.
2) Create a new View Object (VO) based on EO created in (1):
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Step 1
Name: XxEmployeeVO
Choose the radio button Updatable access through Entity Objects. Click Next.
Step 2
Select the xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.emprec.schema.server.XxEmployeeEO from Available
list and shuttle it to Selected list. Click Next.
Step 3
Move all the columns except WHO columns (lastUpdateLogin, createdBy) to
Selected list from Available list attributes.
Click Next.
Keep defaults for step 4, 5 & 6.
Step 7
Select check boxes for Generate Java File for both View Object Class and View Row
Class. Click Finish.
Double Click on XxEmployeeAM and shuttle XxEmployeeVO from Available view
objects to Data Model.
(now there are two VO instances in AM :XxEmployeeSearchVO1 &
XxEmployeeVO1).
3) Edit Employee Search Page (XxEmployeeSearchPG):
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(This includes adding a create button at top & update icon on every row in search
result. Modified page will appear as below:)
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Step 1
Right click on pageLayoutRN and add a new region. Set properties as below:
Region Style: pageButtonBar
ID: pageBtnBarRN
Right click on pageBtnBarRN region and add a new item:
Item Style: submitButton
ID: createBtn
Prompt: Create Employee
Step 2
Right click on XxEmployeeSearchVO1 table region and add an item. Set the below
properties:
Item Style: Image
ID: updateImg
Prompt: Update
Image URI: updateicon_enabled.gif
Action Type: fireAction
Event: updateEvent
Parameters: it will open a new window. Add a parameter as below:
Name: p_empNum value: ${oa.XxEmployeeSearchVO1.Empno}
4) Create a new Update Create page:
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(Here user can either create a new employee or can update existing one. The page will
appear as shown below: ).
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Right click emprec > New > Web Tier > OA Components > select Page item.
Click OK. (This will open a popup window)
We are creating Employee Create Update Page, so specify the details of page as below:
Name: XxEmployeeCreateUpdatePG
Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.emprec.webui
Create a new region under pageLayout of type header
Create another region under the header region using wizard
(This will open a wizard window having 4 steps):
Select XxEmployeeAM from Application Module drop down and select

XxEmployeeVO1 in available view usages. Click Next.
Choose region style as defaultSingleColumn from drop down. Click Next.
Shuttle all the fields from available to selected attributes. Click Next.
Change the style to messageStyledText for Empno and messageTextInput for

other remaining rows. Also modify the prompt to make it more user friendly (like
empName to Employee Name).
Click Next and finish.

Right click on pageLayoutRN and add a new region
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Set properties as below:

Region Style: pageButtonBar
ID: pageBtnBarRN
Right click on pageBtnBarRN region and add 2 new items of type submitButton:
Item Style: submitButton
ID: saveBtn; ID: cancelBtn
prompt: Save; prompt: Cancel
pageLayout: ID: pageLayoutRN
AM Definition: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.emprec.server.XxEmployeeAM
Window Title: Employee Create Update Page
Title: Employee Create Update
header:
ID: empCreateRN
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5) Create a new controller for Update Create page:

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Step 1
Select XxEmployeeCreateUpdatePG in navigator tab. Declarative form of page will be
visible in structure tab.
Step 2
Right click on pageLayout region > set new controller (This will open a popup
window). Enter the below details:
package Name: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.emprec.webui
Class Name: XxEmployeeCreateUpdateCO
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6) Code for Performing Create &

Update Operation
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Catch the create button or Update event in PFR method

of XxEmployeeSearchCO (controller of XxEmployeeSearchPG page) and navigate to
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Employee Create Update Page (XxEmployeeCreateUpdatePG). We also pass a

token (in the form of HashMap) to indicate whether it is a create or update operation.
1. // XxEmployeeSearchCO :: PFR
2. if (pageContext.getParameter("createBtn") != null) {
3. HashMap hm = new HashMap(); //com.sun.java.util.collections.HashMap;
4. hm.put("event", "create");
5. pageContext.forwardImmediately("OA.jsp?page=/xxcus/oracle/apps/fnd/empre
c/webui/XxEmployeeCreateUpdatePG",
6.
null, (byte)0, null, hm, false, null);
7. }
8.
9. if ("updateEvent".equals(pageContext.getParameter(EVENT_PARAM))) {
10. String p_empNum = pageContext.getParameter("p_empNum");
11. HashMap hm = new HashMap();
12. hm.put("event", "update");
13. hm.put("empNum", p_empNum);
14. pageContext.forwardImmediately("OA.jsp?page=/xxcus/oracle/apps/fnd/empr
ec/webui/XxEmployeeCreateUpdatePG",
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null, (byte)0, null, hm, false, null);
16. }
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Once navigated to create page, we have to initialize the XxEmployeeVO1, so data

entered by user in the fields can be mapped to its attributes. And in case of update,
populate the records for the employee. We write this code in PR method
of XxEmployeeCreateUpdateCO (controller of XxEmployeeCreateUpdatePG page). First
we check if it is create or update event and will call a method from AM accordingly:
1. // XxEmployeeCreateUpdateCO :: PR method
2. public void processRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBea
n) {
3. super.processRequest(pageContext, webBean);
4. am = pageContext.getRootApplicationModule();
5.
6. if ("create".equals(pageContext.getParameter("event"))) {
7.
am.invokeMethod("initCreateEmp");
8. }
9.
10. if ("update".equals(pageContext.getParameter("event"))) {
11.
String empNum = pageContext.getParameter("empNum");
12.
Serializable[] param = { empNum };
13.
am.invokeMethod("initUpdateEmp", param);
14. }
15. }
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Write below methods in XxEmployeeAMImpl.java file:
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1. // XxEmployeeAMImpl ::
2. public void initCreateEmp() {
3. try {
4.
XxEmployeeVOImpl empCreateVO = getXxEmployeeVO1();
5.
empCreateVO.setMaxFetchSize(0);
6.
XxEmployeeVORowImpl row = (XxEmployeeVORowImpl)empCreateVO.
createRow();
7.
8. // here we are setting the employee number using a DB Sequence
9.
Number empNum = getOADBTransaction().getSequenceValue("EMPLOYE
E_NUMBER_S");
10.
row.setEmpno(empNum);
11.
empCreateVO.insertRow(row);
12.
row.setNewRowState(Row.STATUS_INITIALIZED);
13. } catch () {
14.
e.printStackTrace();
15.
}
16. }
17.
18. public void initUpdateEmp(String empNum) {
19. try {
20.
XxEmployeeVOImpl employeeVO = getXxEmployeeVO1();
21.
employeeVO.setWhereClause(null);
22.
employeeVO.setWhereClauseParams(null);
23.
employeeVO.setWhereClause("EMPNO = :1");
24.
employeeVO.setWhereClauseParam(0, empNum);
25.
employeeVO.setMaxFetchSize(-1);
26.
employeeVO.executeQuery();
27.
} catch (Exception e) {
28.
29.
}
30. }
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Finally, user can click on Save button to commit the data or Cancel to return back to
search page.
We will catch the save or cancel button click in PFR method

of XxEmployeeCreateUpdateCO and call a method from AM accordingly:
1.
// XxEmployeeCreateUpdateCO :: PFR method
2.
public void processFormRequest(OAPageContext pageContext,
3.
4.
5.
6.
OAApplicationModule am = pageContext.getRootApplicationModule()
;
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7.
8.
9.
10.
if (pageContext.getParameter("cancelBtn") != null) {
pageContext.forwardImmediately("OA.jsp?page=/xxcus/oracle/apps
/fnd/emprec/webui/XxEmployeeSearchPG", null, (byte)0, null, null, fal
se, null);
11.
}
12.
13.
if (pageContext.getParameter("saveBtn") != null) {
14.
15. /*Here we are performing commit operation
16.
and returning back to search page.
17.
Also we are fetching the updated/created
18.
emp num so we can display a message on search page*/
19.
20.
String savedEmp = am.invokeMethod("commit").toString();
21.
HashMap hm = new HashMap();
22.
hm.put("updated", "Y");
23.
hm.put("empUpdated", savedEmp);
24.
pageContext.forwardImmediately("OA.jsp?page=/xxcus/oracle/apps
25.
/fnd/emprec/webui/XxEmployeeSearchPG", null, (byte)0, null, hm, fals
e, null);
26.
}
27. }
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28. public String commit() {
29.
try {
30.
XxEmployeeVOImpl employeeVO = getXxEmployeeVO1();
31.
XxEmployeeVORowImpl row = (XxEmployeeVORowImpl)employe
eVO.first();
32.
String savedEmp = row.getEmpno().toString();
33.
getOADBTransaction().commit();
34.
return savedEmp;
35.
36.
37.
}
38. }
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39. // XxEmployeeSearchCO :: PR method
40. public void processRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean
webBean) {
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
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if ("Y".equals(pageContext.getParameter("updated"))) {
String updatedEmp = pageContext.getParameter("empUpdated");
throw new OAException("Employee Number " + updatedEmp +
" has been saved successfully.",
OAException.CONFIRMATION);
}
}
Message will be displayed after saving the data as shown below:
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Dependent LOV in OAF

Concept of dependent LOV is that, we select a value from one LOV field and based on
that value, another LOV field will show filtered results.
Here, I have used two LOVs: one for PO Headers and another for PO Lines.
So first, user will select a PO Header Id from LOV1.
As we are making these dependent, so LOV2 will show only those PO Lines that are
related to PO header Id selected.
==========================
We are creating Dependent LOV page, so specify the details of page as below:
Name: XxDemoDependentLovPG
Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.dpndntlov.webui
2) Create two new view objects (VO):
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Right click (dpndntlov) > New View Object (This will open a wizard having 7 steps).
Step 1
Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.dpndntlov.lov.server
Name: XxPoHeaderLovVO
Choose the radio button Read-only Access (as we are not performing any DML
operation). Click Next.
Step 2
select PO_HEADER_ID from po_headers_all where rownum <50
As there is no need to generate VOImpl/VORowImpl, keep defaults for step3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
and click Finish. Save All.
Second for PO Lines
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Right click > New View Object

Step 1
Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.dpndntlov.lov.server
Name: XxPoLinesLovVO
Choose the radio button Read-only Access. Click Next.
Step 2
select PO_HEADER_ID, PO_LINE_ID from po_lines_all
Keep defaults for step3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 and click Finish. Save All.
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Step 1
Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.dpndntlov.server
Name: XxDemoDependentLovAM. Click Next.
Step 2
Here we will add an instance of the VOs created in (2).
Select XxPoHeaderLovVO & XxPoLinesLovVO from Available View Objects and
shuttle it to Data Model using > button.
4) Creating the Page Layout & Setting its Properties:
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Page will appear as below :
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2) Create 2 items under defaultSingleColumn region (messageLovInput,
messageLovInput).
pageLayout:
ID: pageLayoutRN
AM Definition: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.dpndntlov.server.XxDemoDependentLovAM
Window Title: Dependent LOV Demo Page
Title: Dependent LOV Demo
defaultSingleColumn:
ID: singleColRN; Text: PO Lines Dependent on PO Header
messageLovInput (for PO Header):
ID: poHearderLov
Prompt: PO Header ID
messageLovInput (for PO Lines):
ID: poLineLov
Prompt: PO Line ID
Creating LOV regions:
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Expand poHearderLov
LOV,
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Step 1
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from Application Module drop down and select
E in available view usages. Click Next.
XxPoHeaderLovVO1
Step 2 L
choose
C region style as table from drop down. Click Next.
Step 3
AShuttle all the fields from available to selected attributes. Click Next.
Also modify the prompt to make it more user friendly (like PO Header ID).
This will create an item PoHeaderId under XxPoHeaderLovVO1 table region.
Set search allowed property to TRUE for the item created.
lovMap1:
LOV region item: PoHeaderId
Return item: poHearderLov
Criteria item: poHearderLov
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Similarly, create LOV region for poLineLov choosing XxDemoDependentLovAM as

AM and XxPoLinesLovVO1 as view object.
Modify the prompt to PO Lines ID.
This will create 2 items PoHeaderId1 & PoLineId under XxPoLinesLovVO1 table
region.
Set search allowed property of PoLineId to TRUE.
lovMap2:
LOV region item: PoLineId
Return item: poLineLov
Criteria item: poLineLov
Here, in lovMap3, we are making this dependent on first LOV by setting criteria
item as value of first LOV field.
lovMap3:
LOV region item:PoHeaderId1
Criteria item: poHearderLov
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Now select a value (PO Header Id) from LOV1 such as 4 (as shown in above screenshot).
Perform a search on PO Line ID LOV. This will show only those lines whose header Id is
4.
Below is screenshot for the same:
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PPR (Partial Page Rendering) in OAF

While developing pages, we may face some scenarios where the requirement is to make
modifications on the current page itself, instead of navigating to different page. Such as
selecting an item from a choice list might result in modifications to other fields or
clicking a button to add a new row in table region and many more like these.
All these tasks can be performed by simply refreshing the page however this could result
in performance issues. Another alternative is to use javaScript which will give faster
results but implementing complex functions can be a tough job using javaScript.
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this: Partial Page Rendering i.e. to re-render
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page events are quite similar to full page events. However, there are two important
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Adifferences
page rendering-specific event parameters which are not present on the full page event
equivalents. For example, partial page events may include an event parameter which
identifies the set of partial targets, or nodes that should be re-rendered.
The second difference between partial page events an full page events is how the events
are sent. Unlike full page events, partial page events must be sent in a way which does
not force the browser to reload the current page. To implement this capability, UIX PPR
uses a hidden iframe as a communication channel between the browser and the web
application running on the middle-tier. Partial page events are sent by forcing a
navigation in the hidden iframe, which in turns causes a request to be sent to the
application on the middle-tier. Since the iframe is hidden, the process of sending a partial
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page event and rendering partial page contents can take place behind the scenes, without
discarding the contents of the current page.
2) Partial Page Rendering Pass
When the partial page event is received by the application, the application responds by
determining the set of partial targets to render and performing the partial page rendering
pass. The partial page rendering pass is similar to a full page rendering pass. In both
cases, the UINode tree is traversed by calling render() on each node in the tree. However,
in the PPR case, only the contents generated by the partial targets are actually sent back
to the browser. All other contents are dropped. So, the partial page response is generally
much smaller, since only the modified contents are sent back to the browser.
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When the browser receives the partial page response, the new contents for each partial
target node are copied from the hidden iframe into the main browser window, replacing
the existing contents for each target node. For example, in the table navigation case,
rather than replacing the entire page, just the contents of the table itself are replaced.
Now lets create a simple page to implement PPR. In this page, there are 3 items
(employee number, employee name & job). I have attach a PPR event on employee
number field. Hence, user will enter the emp number and as soon as he tabs out, name
and job will populate on their respective fields without refreshing the page.
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We are creating a page for implementing PPR, so specify the details of page as below:
Name: XxPprDemoPG
Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.pprdemo.webui
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Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.pprdemo.server
Name: XxPprDemoVO
Choose the radio button Read-only Access (as no DML operation).
Click Next.
Step 2
select EMPNO, ENAME, JOB from employee
Keep defaults for step3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 and click Finish. Save All.
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Step 1
Package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.pprdemo.server
Name: XxPprDemoAM. Click Next.
Step 2
Here we will add an instance of the VO created in (2). Select XxPprDemoVO from
Available View Objects and shuttle it to Data Model using > button.
5) Creating the Page Layout & Setting its Properties :==========================

The page will appear as below:
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2) Create 3 items under defaultSingleColumn region (messageTextInput,
messageStyledText, messageStyledText).
ApageLayout:
ID: pageLayoutRN
AM Definition: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.pprdemo.server.XxPprDemoAM
Window Title: PPR Demo Page
Title: PPR Demo
defaultSingleColumn:
ID: singleColRN
Text: Enter Employee Number
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Right click on pageLayout region and create a new controller:
Name: XxPprDemoCO
package: xxcus.oracle.apps.fnd.pprdemo.webui
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messageTextInput (applied PPR event on this item):

ID: Empno
Prompt: Employee Number
Action Type: firePartialAction
Event: populateFields
messageStyledText (for Employee Name):
ID: Ename
Prompt: Employee Name
View Instance: XxPprDemoVO1
View Attribute: Ename
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ID: Job
Prompt: Job
View Instance: XxPprDemoVO1
View Attribute: Job
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We will capture populateFields event (PPR event) in PFR method of controller and call
the appropriate method from AMImpl class as shown in below code snippet:
public void processFormRequest(OAPageContext pageContext,
OAApplicationModule am = pageContext.getRootApplicationModule();
if ("populateFields".equals(pageContext.getParameter(EVENT_PARAM))) {
String empNum = pageContext.getParameter("Empno");
if (!("".equals(empNum.trim()))) {
Serializable[] param = { empNum };
String result =
am.invokeMethod("firePprEvent", param).toString();
if ("N".equals(result)) {
throw new OAException("Please enter valid employee number.",
OAException.ERROR);
}
} else {
String empnum = null;
Serializable[] param = { empnum };
am.invokeMethod("firePprEvent", param);
throw new OAException("Please enter employee number",
OAException.ERROR);
}
}
}
Code for firePprEvent method in XxPprDemoAMImpl.java file:
public String firePprEvent(String empNum) {
try {
XxPprDemoVOImpl vo = getXxPprDemoVO1();
vo.setWhereClause(null);
vo.setWhereClauseParams(null);
vo.setWhereClause("EMPNO = :1");
vo.setWhereClauseParam(0, empNum);
vo.setMaxFetchSize(-1);
vo.executeQuery();
XxPprDemoVORowImpl row = (XxPprDemoVORowImpl)vo.first();
if (row == null) {
return "N";
}
}
return "Y";
}
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User will enter employee number and tabs out. This will auto-populate the other two
fields without full page refresh as shown below:
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How to handle PPR events in Table regions in OA Framework

Hello all,
I have one table region where I am creating 6 rows by default. Now I have a requirement
wherein after selecting one poplist, I want to fire a PPR event and disable that row. In this
case we have to tell OAF which row to use. We achieve this using rowReference. If
anyone have similar requirement, try to use below code or get back to me.
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In Application Module:
public void nonEditable(String rowReference) {

try {
OAViewObject pVO = (OAViewObject) getXXBCR12TranslationVO1();
Row poRow[] = pVO.getAllRowsInRange();
OARow row = (OARow)findRowByRef(rowReference);
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if ("ENDIF".equals(row.getAttribute("Condition"))||
"ELSE".equals(row.getAttribute("Condition")) ) {
row.setAttribute("transfielddisable", Boolean.TRUE);
System.out.println("disabling field");
}
}
}
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JSF is also a framework which provide us a complete model of visual components,

Built in support for MVC architecture.

Support for connection pooling and session management.

Built in protection against web hacking.

Personalization We can change look and feel, layout or visibility of contents on

UIX (User Interface XML) Framework

UIX for UI Components (i.e. View part)

BC4J for business components (i.e. Model part)

<button destination=http://www.abc.com/index disabled=false text=goBtn>

public UINode getIndexedChild(RenderingContext context, int childIndex);

The Model is where the application implements its business logic.

The View is where the application implements its user interface.

2.2 Durable Personalizations and Extensions

Each layer only knows about the layers below it.

4. Implement the MODEL in OAF

Business logic/data handling (Model) is done using BC4J.

They are i) EmployeeEO.xml

EmployeeEO is name of the Entity Object (EO).

Two files will be created automatically after creating Entity Object(EO).

The below methods are available under .java file (EmployeeEOImpl.java)

create() [Add attribute defaulting logic in this method]

Entity Object (EO) should have following attributes:

Encapsulates a database query

Two files will be created after creating View Object (VO)

We will write code in .java files.

Application Module serves as container for ViewObjects and ViewLinks

6. Implement the CONTROLLER in OAF

CONTROLLER is used to enhance OA Framework page using logic for buttons,

Call methods of EntityObject from ViewObject only

Note: Please look ONION structure to understand above points.

2) NEVER change your UI layout properties in processFormRequest(). ALWAYS make

5) NEVER instantiate Beans using "new OA Bean()". ALWAYS use the

9) NEVER add member variables UNLESS THEY ARE TRANSIENT OR FINAL to

Navigation: - right click on Workspaces option in system-navigator Window and select

We can see the package structure (train.oracle.apps.ak.welcome.webui) in myprojects

Enter User Name: operations5 (oracle application user name)

Press OK button, then page web bean (WelcomePG.xml) will be created.

(It is like Tooltip text)

Select the .xml (WelcomePG.xml) and click right mouse button.

Step 8: Run the OAF Page (WelcomePG)

Display the message as Welcome <text item value> on the OAF

Set the Button item properties.

Step 3: Create Controller.

after processing the middle tier responds to browser.

The productBranding is used to place image beside corporate branding image

In above screenshot, Tutorial Application image is productBranding image.

Note: productBranding can contain only formattedText because In-ContextBranding

Set the properties for inContextBranding item.

Example: Customer <b> SUN MicroSystems-Menlo Park</b>

How do display default string in Text Item when page is rendered

Write above code in processRequest Method or processFormRequest of CONTROLLER

How do display message in different colour problem

rawtxt.setText("Inventory Details are Transferred");

rawtxt.setText ("<b><i><font color= red> Inventory Details are

Output for returnNavigation link (Return to Security Page):-

See the below screenshot.

processRequest(OAPageContext pageContext, OAWebBean webBean)

Following problems are related to work on Database data

task2Info = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM FWK_TBX_SUPPLIERS";

throw new OAException(supplier count :+task2Type,

See below screen shot for output.

"PARAM1 => :1); END; ";

pageContext.writeDiagnostics(am, sqle.getMessage(), 4);