Creating the view layer for a query page
Now that we have created our application module and successfully tested it, we will go on to create our user interface. We will create a page that allows us to query data based upon the attributes in our application module. The page we create will look as follows at the end of this recipe:
To achieve this we will perform the following tasks:
Adding a page (PG)
Adding a query region (RG)
Adding a results region (RG)
Setting attribute properties
Testing the page
Adding a page (PG)
We need to create the page first before we can add any regions. A default OA Framework page will already have the corporate branding. We will create a page with just the corporate branding and a line of text to test the page.
How to do it...
To create a page object, perform the following steps:
In the Application Navigator tab, right-click on OAPacktProject.
Select New from the pop-up menu.
In the New Gallery window, navigate to Web Tier | OA Components and select Page from the Items:...
