Disabling regions in the APEX interface

Question

Using APEX 2.2.1 we would like to create a reporting system where we (IT) create the views and users can create the report pages (selecting the columns and where clause).
1. Is there a way to hide/disable the regions in the APEX interface (for users only) so that for instance, only the Region Report is available to the user when creating a page. So that all they have to do is enter a SQL statement and optionally change column names or order. The idea is to use the APEX interface as much as possible without us having to create a new interface.
2. If the above is not possible how feasible/recommendable would it be to create our own interface so that using the APEX API it creates new pages/regions dynamically.
Regards,
/Cafetero

Answer 1

Hi Dennis,
Will Deleting the controls solve the purpose ? I tried moving the controls from the visible part of the front panel. but when the code was run the controls came back to their original position. Then I discovered that the full featured user interface has some code to set the position,size etc of the controls. This part of the code also checks the number of controls present. So I was wondering if just editing the configuration alone could disable the controls.
Thanks