Introduction to ADF Desktop Integration Form-Type Components Inserting an ADF Button Component

6 Working with ADF Desktop Integration Form-Type Components 6-1 6 Working with ADF Desktop Integration Form-Type Components This chapter describes how you can insert and configure components that ADF Desktop Integration provides to allow end users to manage data retrieved from a Fusion web application. This chapter includes the following sections: ■ Section 6.1, Introduction to ADF Desktop Integration Form-Type Components ■ Section 6.2, Inserting an ADF Button Component ■ Section 6.3, Inserting an ADF Label Component ■ Section 6.4, Inserting an ADF Input Text Component ■ Section 6.5, Inserting an ADF Output Text Component ■ Section 6.6, Inserting an ADF List of Values Component ■ Section 6.7, Displaying Output from a Managed Bean in an ADF Component ■ Section 6.8, Displaying Concatenated or Calculated Data in Components

6.1 Introduction to ADF Desktop Integration Form-Type Components

Rather than expose an ADF Form component in the components palette described in Section 5.5, Using the Components Palette, ADF Desktop Integration uses the following components to create form-type functionality in an integrated Excel workbook: ■ ADF Input Text ■ ADF Output Text ■ ADF Label ■ ADF List of Values ■ ADF Button Note: ADF Desktop Integration does not support components inserted in a merged cell. 6-2 Desktop Integration Developers Guide for Oracle Application Development Framework

6.2 Inserting an ADF Button Component

The ADF Button component renders a button in the Excel worksheet at runtime. End users click this button to invoke one or more actions specified by the ClickActionSet group of properties. The LowerRightCorner and Position properties determine the area that the button occupies on the Excel worksheet at runtime. Figure 6–1 shows a button in an Excel worksheet in design mode. The property inspector for the button is in the foreground. When an end user clicks the button at runtime, it invokes the array of actions specified by ClickActionSet. Figure 6–1 ADF Button Component For more information about the properties of the ADF Button component, see Section A.8, ADF Button Component Properties. To insert an ADF Button component: 1. Open the integrated Excel workbook.

2. Select the cell in the Excel worksheet where you want to anchor the component.

3. In the components palette, select ADF Button and click Insert Component.

Alternatively, in the Oracle ADF tab, select ADF Button from the Insert Component dropdown list.

4. Configure properties in the property inspector to determine the actions the

component invokes at runtime in addition to the appearance, design, and layout of the component. Table 6–1 outlines some properties you must specify values for, and provides links to additional information. Working with ADF Desktop Integration Form-Type Components 6-3

5. Click OK.

If you want to add navigation buttons in your integrated Excel workbook to navigate to previous or next record, see Section 6.9, Using Navigation Buttons.

6.3 Inserting an ADF Label Component