This week’s tip is about giving your users some feedback if you are making them wait. Users will likely be more patient with a database process if given some idea of how long it will take and what is going on in the background. One of Hayden’s favorite solutions involves using the “Progress Bar Pro” plugin by United Codes.
Useful link
Check out United Codes’ APEX plugin called “Progress Bar Pro.”
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APEX Instant Tips #158: Opening multiple browser tabs
Are you concerned about users opening multiple browser tabs? You should be...Marwa and Anton explain.
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APEX #157: Refreshing Region Plugin Regions
Anton and Marwa discuss how to make region plugins regions refreshable. Anton provides a boilerplate plugin...
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APEX Instant Tips #156: Informing users about background processes
Anton and Marwa discuss Background processes: informing users of what is happening and what occurs upon...
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APEX Instant Tips #155: About icons and buttons builder
We have extended the Universal Theme application to allow more customization within the icon and button...
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APEX Instant Tips #154: How to Recenter a Map Region
What is this episode about? Hint: Initial position in zoom, isn’t enough…
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APEX Instant Tips #153: Everything you always wanted to know about combobox but never thought to ask
With Combo boxes, you must manage your business rules and watch for multi-user concurrency issues. Anton...
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APEX Instant Tips #152: APEX.debug
In this episode, Anton and Marwa compare Console.log, APEX_debug.log, APEX_debug.message, and APEX.debug.setlevel.
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APEX Instant Tips #151: Updates to tips 148, 146 & 53
A review and update of 3 previous instant tips: Checksum, Faceted Search, and Multilingual Apps from...
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