With the introduction of Application Express 4.2, Oracle decided to add native support for several HTML5 item types. By adding this support, it is now possible to use these item types like you would use any other item type.
This recipe will show how to use these item types in an APEX application.
First, we have to make sure that we have an application available that uses a template that supports HTML5. To do so, follow the steps in the previous recipe.
Also we have to make sure that the database schema we are using for this application has access to the EMP
table.
First of all, we need to add a form to Page 1, so we can add some items.
In the new application that uses Theme 25, find the blank Page 1 in Application Builder and open it.
Right-click on Regions and click on Create to start making a new region.
Select Form and click on Next.
Select Form on a Table or View and click on Next.
Under Table / View Name, select the option EMP...