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This page presents a set of frequently asked questions about the Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) and links to where to find the answers to them.

JDeveloper IDE General

• What are commonly used keyboard shortcuts in the editor?
• Navigation keyboard shortcuts and tricks
• Default Keymapping list
• How to set up JAD Decompiler for use in JDeveloper (to not get JDeveloper generated stubs when debugging or navigating into Classes)

• How do I write JDeveloper extensions?
• Introduction to Developing JDeveloper Extensions
• Building an extension to JDeveloper or SQL Developer is now easy
  
• Sample JDeveloper Extension - Go To File Shortcut

ADF General

• How do I enable ADF diagnostics?
• 5.5.3.2 Enabling ADF Business Components Debug Diagnostics

• What do I modify ADF to set dbms_application_info for the database session so DBAs can monitor performance of my application?

• Implementing Instrumentation in ADF applications - for enhanced administration (Lucas Jellema)

• What's the difference between ADF and OAF?

• OAF vs ADF over Oracle Applications (Shiv Saroj)

ADF Business Components

• How do I populate the primary key of my entity object from a database-trigger-assigned sequence value?
• 6.6.3.8 Trigger-Assigned Primary Key Values from a Database Sequence
• How to use Bind Parameters with ViewObjects
• ADF BC: Fun with Bind Parameters - Part One - Complex Order By clauses
  
• ADF BC and Faces: Fun with Bind Parameters Part Two - Locale specific database querying from the ViewObjects
  
• Fun with ADF BC Bind Parameters - Part Three: Support for generic bind-parameters in ADF Business Components
  
• ADF BC - Fun with Bind Parameters Part Four - Choosing between various Pre-Canned Queries by leveraging the View Link bind-parameter
  
  
• How do I use a view object with named bind variables to create a search form?
• 5.9 Using Named Bind Variables
• 10.5.2 How to Work with Named View Object Bind Variables
• 18.4 Creating Search Page Using Named Bind Variables
• How do I override the default database error messages in ADF BC?
• Don't constrain yourself: displaying alternative database constraint error messages with ADF BC
• What are ADF BC custom properties used for?
• I rest my case: Converting ADF BC EO/VO attributes to upper and lower case with custom properties
• How do I remove additional unnecessary key attributes in a view object with one or more reference entity usages?
• 7.3.1.4 Removing Unnecessary Key Attributes from Reference Entity Usages
• How can I bind an array of values into the "IN" clause of a view object's SQL statement?
• See example# 1 (Array of String Domain Example) on Dive Into ADF
  
• Can I integrate ADF BC and Oracle Designer's Table API?
• Integrating the Oracle Designer Legacy Table API with Oracle JDeveloper 11g ADF Business Components
• Can I change the default prompts generated for ADF Business Component attributes?
• ADF BC: Changing the default prompts generated by ADF Business Components

JavaServer Faces (JSF)

• How do I reference an application module from a JSF backing bean?
• 8.5.3.1 How to Access an Application Module Client Interface in a JSF Web Application
• What do the implicit EL objects do?
• Some explicit language about implicit EL objects
• What is the easiest way to work with EL expressions in my backing bean code?
• Source for a Simple EL Helper Class
• Why are JSF components derived from the same set of base Java classes?
• Part 1: Demystifying ADF Faces black magic - component categorisation
• What is a JSF component behavioural interface?
• Part 2: Demystifying ADF Faces black magic - component behavioural interfaces
• Can I split the faces-config.xml file?
• Using multiple faces-config.xml files in JSF
• How do I extend the JSF lifecycle?
• Extending ADF's FacesPageLifecycle

ADF Faces

• How do I build cascading LOVs in ADF Faces?
• JDeveloper - Cascading Lists of Values over 2 combo boxes
• JDeveloper 11 Live Demo - Cascading List of Values
• Improved 10.1.3 ADF Faces Cascading LOV Example
• JDeveloper 11 - Business Services Cascading List of Values
• Mutually dependent dropdown lists in ADF Faces - leveraging ADF BC Bind Parameters and ADF Faces Partial Page Rendering

• How to I create a delete record facility for each record in an ADF Table?

• Add a Delete Record icon to a data bound ADF Table
  

• How do I populate an af:tree component programmatically?

• Back to programming: Programmatic ADF Faces Tree component

• Can I prevent keyboard navigation to a rendered component?

• ADF Faces: How-to exclude a component from keyboard navigation

• How to display an open file dialog and upload a file from the UI?

• ADF Faces: Direct file download through managed bean (Frank Nimphius)

• How do I force the user to select a row in a table?
• How to enforce row selection in ADF Faces table before next step (Jakub Pawlowski)

ADF Faces Rich Client (RC)

• How do I implement templating in ADF Faces RC?

• Templating in Oracle JDeveloper 11g

• How do I work with the drag and drop features in ADF Faces RC?

• Drag and Drop in ADF Faces Rich Client

• Can ADF Faces RC work with JavaScript?

• ADF Faces RC: An Introduction to JavaScript
• ADF Faces RC: More on JavaScript

How do I remove that annoying spinning Oracle logo?

• How-to configure a custom splash screen for ADF Faces RC (Frank Nimphius)

Security

• How do I reference the current user in my components/backing beans/ADF BC application module?

• J2EE Container Managed Security: How to reference the current user

• Can I use database tables for authentication?

• Using database tables for authentication in ADF applications (Johan Tuitel)

HTTPAnalyzer

• How do I configure JDeveloper's HTTP Analyzer?

• Configuring the HTTP Analyzer to record HTTPS traffic
• Understanding Rules in the HTTP Monitor in JDeveloper 11
• Handy JDeveloper utility: the Http Analyzer

Product integration

• Can I integrate ADF and Oracle Forms?

• Sample files for Oracle Forms and ADF Faces integration

• Can I work with Oracle Reports and ADF?

• JDev/ADF sample - Opening Report Window in ADF Faces

• Can Oracle Portal work with ADF?

• Integrating a JSF application in Portal

• Can JDeveloper work with Microsoft Excel?

• Export ADF Table To Excel

• Uploading CSV files into dynamic ADF Faces tables - programmatically creating columns