Using the Binding ID Picker Using the Expression Builder

5-8 Desktop Integration Developers Guide for Oracle Application Development Framework Figure 5–6 Property Inspector Window for an Oracle ADF Component

5.7 Using the Binding ID Picker

The binding ID picker is a dialog that enables you to select Oracle ADF bindings at design time to configure the behavior of Oracle ADF components at runtime. You invoke the binding ID picker from the property inspector. The binding ID picker filters the Oracle ADF bindings that appear, based on the type of binding that the Oracle ADF component property accepts. For example, the SuccessActionID property for an ADF Button component supports only action bindings. Therefore, the binding ID picker filters the bindings from the page definition file so that only action bindings appear, as illustrated in Figure 5–7 . Getting Started with the Development Tools 5-9 Figure 5–7 Binding ID Picker For more information about ADF Desktop Integration component properties and the bindings they support, see Appendix A, ADF Desktop Integration Component Properties and Actions.

5.8 Using the Expression Builder

You use the expression builder to write Expression Language, or EL, expressions that configure the behavior of components at runtime in the Excel workbook. You invoke the expression builder from the property inspector of component properties that support EL expressions. For example, the Label property in Figure 5–8 supports EL expressions and, as a result, you can invoke the expression builder to set a value for this property. You can reference bindings in the EL expressions that you write. Note that the expression builder does not filter bindings. It displays all bindings that the page definition file exposes. See Table 4–1 to identify the types of bindings that each ADF Desktop Integration component supports. To add an expression in the Expression box, select the item and click Insert Into Expression . You can also double-click the item to add it in the Expression box. Table 5–4 describes the folders available in the expression builder. 5-10 Desktop Integration Developers Guide for Oracle Application Development Framework Figure 5–8 Expression Builder For more information about using the expression builder, see Section 9.3, Applying Styles Dynamically Using EL Expressions. For information about the syntax of EL expressions in ADF Desktop Integration, and guidelines on how you write these expressions, see Appendix B, ADF Desktop Integration EL Expressions.

5.9 Using the Web Page Picker