Substitution-Strings in external JS-Files

Hi, can anybody tell me how to include external JavaScript-Files? When loading them in "Static-Files" Substitution-Strings like "#WORKSPACE_IMAGES#" or "&WORKSPACE_IMAGES." are not working. Thanks for your help!

Hi,
This is known limitation. See these posts
referencing workspace image in CSS file
Re: How to reference CSS in a template
2.2 uploaded css files, images and substitution strings
Regards,
Jari
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- make your changes to the file, once you are happy, simply right-click and select commit. you can then enter comments on the file.
- now, anyone else who wants to edit that file will see your changes when they request a lock or issue the "update" command.
You can review every version of the file, diff versions, "Tag" a version of your code, and the list goes on.
After a few hours you'll be comfortable with the client process. I think the server component of it deters most people as you have a number of choices to make and it can be slightly complicated to install. For this reason, I STRONGLY recommend trying one of the hosting providers as then all you have to worry about is the client-side. Additionally, your code is now backed-up off-site.
I don't have any personal experience with these services, but here are a few reasonably priced ones. The first one has a free option which is where I would start with a test project just to get a feel for it.:
- https://www.projectlocker.com
- http://svnrepository.com/
For what it's worth, the APEX team uses SubVersion, as do many dev teams inside Oracle (not the DB dev team though). Also, the new https://samplecode.oracle.com uses Subversion as part of an offering from CollabNet. My 1st project hosted there is called logger . You can brows the logger subversion repository here: https://logger.samplecode.oracle.com/source/browse/logger/
Links:
- [TortoiseSVN Client|http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/]
- [SubVersion Server|http://subversion.tigris.org/]
Tyler Muth
http://tylermuth.wordpress.com
[Applied Oracle Security: Developing Secure Database and Middleware Environments|http://sn.im/aos.book]
Edited by: Tyler on Nov 17, 2009 2:57 PM

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Ghanta Tagore

Hi
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Pasting my piece o code to do this
===============
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================
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http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/oracle9i/daily/sept19.html

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import java.util.jar.*;
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http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/java/io/FileOutputStream.html
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