Auto generate apex pages based on metadata

Dear All,
Is there a way where I can auto-generate pages in apex by providing some metadata?
Ex: If I provide all the metdata with which kind of items to be created for the attributes and pass it to apex, can it generate the pages automatically then?
Or, if this metadata can be converted into xml file which can be given as a input to apex and then, can it then auto-generate pages from there on wards?
With question much more simplified, Can the apex pages be generated dynamically??
Regards,
Krishna

Is there a way where I can auto-generate pages in apex by providing some metadata?
Ex: If I provide all the metdata with which kind of items to be created for the attributes and pass it to apex, can it generate the pages automatically then?
Or, if this metadata can be converted into xml file which can be given as a input to apex and then, can it then auto-generate pages from there on wards?
With question much more simplified, Can the apex pages be generated dynamically?? There are several ways to approach your question.
If you want to generate actual Apex pages through code, you can take a look at ApexGen:
http://code.google.com/p/apexgen/
If you just want to create dynamic pages (ie dynamic content on a page), just use one or more PL/SQL Regions on your page and render whatever you need on the page, possibly in combination with the APEX_ITEM package.
Also check out the new Apex 4 plugin architecture.
- Morten
http://ora-00001.blogspot.com

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Hello,
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