Advanced APEX Tips and Techniques (tool tip, VCF), queries...

Question

Hi everyone,
First of all, I would like to thank the community for their help.
I have been working with APEX since a few months (December) ago, since then it has captivated most of my attention, because of what can be done with it…
This time I would like to ask for your advice about some new topics (tool tip and VCF or saving contacts) in regard to APEX, I created a calendar application –works as it meant to be- but now got some question to which I have not yet found an answer, (I have already looked on some online info).
1). Regarding to tool tip: as I mentioned before I have created a calendar application, and on it I am linking the events (specifically on calendar region) on it to some other pages, in the link that leads to the page I have put this:
select '<a title="TGB SCHEDUL" href="f?p=&APP_ID.:5:' || :APP_SESSION || '::::P5_ID: ' || ID || '">' || EVENT_NAME|| '</a>
' EVENT_NAME, START_DATE
from APP_TGB
This script does what it is meant to do link to a specific page. As I understand tool tip, if I want some message I have to place the comments on the title=''#COMMENTS#'' as I am using mozilla, as you can see I have a phrase and I would like to adjust it to every event in particular, I thought in using bind variables, so I look in google about how to create it, found how to... but no where to apply.
2). In concern to the VCF, I saw an example and tried to adjust it to my needs, but apparently I have done something inappropriate.
DECLARE CURSOR member_cur IS
SELECT id, quarter_fy08, kind_of_campaign, event_name, owner, partner, associationcollaboration, location, presales, marketing, chanel_manager, territory_manager, start_date, end_date, list, emailing, telemk, status, source_code_omo, attendees, leads, opps, budget, pipe_estimado, objetives, comments
FROM app_tgb
WHERE id = (
SELECT ' f?p=&APP_ID.:5: '||:APP_SESSION||'::::P5_id: '||id||' '
FROM APP_TGB
BEGIN
htp.init; -- wipe out the buffer
owa_util.MIME_HEADER('text/x-vcard; method=request');
for member_rec in member_cur loop
--Get the member information
htp.print('BEGIN:VCARD');
htp.print('VERSION:3.0');
htp.print('Event Details:');
htp.print('Event ID (consecutive number):' || member_rec.id);
htp.print('Quarter FY:' || member_rec.quarter_fy08 || ';;Event Name:' || member_rec.event_name ||';;Kind of Campaign:' || member_rec.kind_of_campaign);
htp.print('Start date:' || member_rec.start_date ||';;End date:' || member_rec.end_date ||';;Location:' || member_rec.location);
htp.print('Partner:' || member_rec.partner ||';;Association/Collaboration:' || member_rec.associationcollaboration);
htp.print('Owner:' || member_rec.owner ||';;Marketing:' || member_rec.marketing ||';;Presales:' || member_rec.presales);
htp.print('Chanel Manager:' || member_rec.chanel_manager ||';;Territory Manager:' || member_rec.territory_manager);
htp.print('Call for Entries:');
htp.print('List:' || member_rec.list ||';;Emailing:' || member_rec.emailing ||';;Telemk:' || member_rec.telemk);
htp.print('Event status:');
htp.print('Status:' || member_rec.status ||';;Emailing:' || member_rec.emailing ||';;Source Code (OMO):' || member_rec.source_code_omo);
htp.print('Investment & Results:');
htp.print('Attendees:' || member_rec.attendees ||';;Leads:' || member_rec.leads ||';;Opps:' || member_rec.opps);
htp.print('Budget:' || member_rec.Budget ||';;Pipe Estimado:' || member_rec.pipe_estimado ||';;Objetives:' || member_rec.objetives);
htp.print('Comments:');
htp.print('Comments:' || member_rec.comments);
htp.print('REV:20050707T234724');
htp.print('END:VCARD');
end loop;
END;
3). Referring to user groups, I have read on chapter 8, that creating groups I will be able to restrict access to various parts of an application, so I did create them and applied them but once again something happens.
Re: authorization scheme methods/techniques
What I am trying to do with the users, is to restrict their access to specific pages, so for example let's say that I do have these pages.
Start, calendar, insertion, update and report, on the start page I have a link to the insertion page, that I want it to be accessed just by those users who have some privileges (which I understand can be done with groups, to manage who can access to a page and who can not.), and to allow other user to go around to the allowed areas.
I do appreciate any kind of help or guidance.
Best regards,
Jaison José González Chaux

Answer 1

ABOUT VCF IN APEX
Hi everyone,
This time I will like to ask you for some advise in regard to VCF, the picture is this.
VCF in theory is working and on practice is working more or less… I say more or less because of this…
This is a small idea of my application.
I have a test application on APEX that is a calendar to insert data, on the page where I do have the calendar I have some hyperlinks for insertion and for viewing the reports, and on the calendar itself I do have a link for updating the event.
I have assigned the VCF file to the updating page (page that is linked from the calendar) and bring in the values that are meant to be, in theory it should create the VCF file well but it does not.
The only way it does create the VCF file is when I insert a new registry, click insert and then on the status bar of the browser (in my case mozilla firefox) hit the back button, then the VCF file is created as it’s meant to be.
I will appreciate if anyone can give me a hint, a suggestion, anything :)
I will attach the code I use for the VCF file.
declare
cursor user_cur is
select ID, OWNER
from APP_TGB
where ID = :p2_ID;
l_ID number;
l_OWNER varchar2(60);
begin
htp.init; -- Wipe out the buffer
owa_util.MIME_HEADER('text/calendar; method=request');
-- Get the event information
htp.print('BEGIN:VCALENDAR');
htp.print('PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 9.0 MIMEDIR//EN');
htp.print('VERSION:2.0');
htp.print('METHOD:PUBLISH');
htp.print('BEGIN:VEVENT');
htp.print('ORGANIZER:MAILTO: [email protected]');
htp.print('LOCATION: Application ' || :APP_ID);
htp.print('TRANSP:OPAQUE');
htp.print('SEQUENCE:0');
htp.print('Today is: ' || to_char(sysdate, 'yyyy-mm-dd') || ' ' || to_char(sysdate, 'hh24:mi:ss'));
htp.print('OWNER: (' || nvl(v('P2_OWNER'),l_OWNER) || ') ');
htp.print('PRIORITY:5');
htp.print('CLASS:PUBLIC');
htp.print('BEGIN:VALARM');
htp.print('TRIGGER:PT60M');
htp.print('ACTION:DISPLAY');
htp.print('DESCRIPTION:Reminder for account expiring');
htp.print('END:VALARM');
htp.print('END:VEVENT');
htp.print('END:VCALENDAR');
end;
The distribution of my pages is the following:
1. pag_inicio, the form of referring to it is p1_”any-atribute”… on this page there are the hyperlinks (insertion and report viewing) and the calendar itself.
2. pag_insertion, the form of referring to it is p2_”any-atribute”… on this page there are the insertion fields and a VCF button, create and cancel ones.
3. pag_update, the form of referring to it is p3_”any-atribute”… on this page there are the fields where the information is brought up, and a VCF, update and cancel buttons.
4. pag_report, the form of referring to it is p4_”any-atribute”… on this page you can see the fields in a report format.
5. checking_events, the form of referring to it is p5_”any-atribute”… this page is like the updating one, but with letting the user modify any value, it has a VCF.
6. pag_VCF, where the VCF code is.
I do appreciate your help and guidance.
Best regards,
Jaison J. González Chaux