Once you understand the type of functionality available in a demonstration application, the next step is to learn more about how each page is constructed. You edit an application using Application Builder. Using Application Builder you can edit existing pages in an application, add pages to an application, or create entirely new applications.
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The Developer toolbar is a quick way to edit the current application, the current running page, create a new page, control, or component, view session state, or turn edit links on or off.
The Developer toolbar consists of the following links:
Edit Application links you to the Application Builder home page. See "About the Page Definition".
Edit Page accesses the Page Definition for the current running page. See "About the Page Definition".
Create links to a wizard for creating a new page, region, page control (item, button, branch, computation, process, or validation), or a shared control (navigation bar icon, tab, list of values, list, or breadcrumb). See "Creating an Application"
Session links you to session state information for the current page. See "Viewing Session State".
Debug toggles the page between Debug and No Debug mode. See "Accessing Debug Mode".
Show Edit Links toggles between Show Edit Links and Hide Edit Links. Clicking Show Edit Links displays edit links next to each object on the page that can be edited. Each edit link resembles two colons (::) and appears to the right of navigation bar items, tabs, region titles, buttons, and items. Clicking on the link displays another window in which to edit the object.
There are two ways to edit a demonstration application:
From Demonstration Applications page, click Edit next to the desired application.
If you are running an application, click Edit Page on the Developer toolbar.
The Application Builder appears. The application ID and application name display at the top of the page.
You can run the current application, edit application attributes, create shared components, export and import information, or create a new page by clicking one of the following:
Run Application submits the pages in the current application to the HTML DB engine to render viewable HTML.
Edit Attributes displays the Edit Application Attributes page.
Shared Components links to a new page for building shared application components and user interface controls.
The Pages that make up the application display at the bottom of the page. To access a specific page, select it. To search for a specific page, enter a case insensitive query for the page title or page ID in the Find field and click Go.