Layout Options - Page Order Does Not Work Correctly

Question

I have a Photosmart C7280 All-in-One printer.  The Layout Option - Page Order does not work as expected.  The User Guide (page 95) states that the default for a multiple page document is to print first page first.  The manual states that to print last page first requires one to change the Page Order to "Back to Front".  For my Excel, Word, Internet Explorer and PDF pages, I need to leave the Page Order as "Front to Back" if I want the last page to print first.  This makes no sense.  In addition, I can't get my Quicken reports to print last page first no matter what I try.  Does anyone no why the Page Order does not work as expected for Excel, Word, IE and PDF, and does not work at all for Quicken?

Answer 1

Keisha,
If you uncheck the "show" option, then the corresponding HTML for that item is not rendered on the page. Thus, when you try to inspect that item via APEX_APPLICATION.G_F02, it simply doesn't exist.
One trick that I use when I want to have hidden items on the page, but not make them take up any space, is to concatenate them to items that will be visible.
Using your query as an example, I would re-write it like this:
SELECT APEX_ITEM.CHECKBOX(1,ROWNUM,'CHECKED')ATTENDED,
APEX_ITEM.HIDDEN(2,C.PARTY_ID)
  || APEX_ITEM.HIDDEN(3,C.PARTY_TYPE_CODE)
  || C.PARTY_TYPE_CODE PARTY_TYPE_CODE,
S.PERSON_ID,
S.PERSON_FIRST_NAME AS NAME,
C.PARTY_CASE_ID
FROM CASE.PARTY C
INNER JOIN DN.PERSON S
ON C.PARTY_ID = S.PERSON_ID
WHERE C.PARTY_CASE_ID = :P18_CDBCASE_ID
AND C.PARTY_SEQ_NO = :P18_SEQThus, the second APEX report column will contain the HTML for the hidden items PARTY_ID & PARTY_TYPE_CODE, as well as the value for PARTY_TYPE_CODE. When you submit the page, you should not encounter any issues.
Thanks,
- Scott -
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