About the Application Home Page

To view a specific application, select the application on the Application Builder home page. The Application home page appears. The application ID and the application name display at the top of the page.

The following four large icons appear next:

Run Application submits the pages in the current application to the Application Express engine to render viewable HTML. See "How the Application Express Engine Renders and Processes Pages".
Edit Attributes links to the Application Attributes page where you can access Standard Attributes (attributes common to the entire application), Security Attributes, and Globalization Attributes. See "About Application Attributes".
Shared Components links to a list of shared components and user interface controls that can display or be applied on every page within an application. See "About the Shared Components Page".
Export/Import links you to the Export Import Wizard. Use this wizard to import and export an entire application as well as related files such as cascading style sheets, images, static files, script files, themes, user interface defaults, and workspaces (or database user accounts). "Exporting an Application and Related Files".

A search bar appears in the center of the page and features the following controls:

Page. Search for a page ID or name by entering a case insensitive keyword or phrase in the Page field and clicking Go. To view all pages in an application, leave the Page field blank and click Go. You control how many rows display by making a selection from the Rows list.
View. By default, each page displays as a large icon. You can change the appearance of the page by making a selection from the View list. You can control how many pages display, by making a selection from the Display list. See "Page Display Alternatives".
Create Page. Click the Create Page button to launch a wizard to create a new page. See "Adding Pages to an Application".

About the Tasks List

A Tasks list displays on the right side of the Application home page.

The Task list contains the following links:

Delete this Application deletes the current application. See "Deleting an Application".
Manage Page Groups links to the Page Groups page. Make the pages within your application easier to access by organizing them into page groups. See "Grouping Pages".
Manage Page Locks links to the Locked Pages page. Locking pages in an application prevents conflicts during application development. See "Locking and Unlocking a Page".
View Application Reports displays links to summary application reports. See "Viewing Application Reports".

Page Display Alternatives

You can control how the pages display on the Application home page by making a selection from the View list. Available View options include:

Icons (the default) displays each page as a large icon identified by the page name.
Details displays each page as a line in a report. Each line includes the page ID, the page name, when the page was last updated, and who last updated the page.

This view also includes a Lock and a Run icon. Use the Lock icon to prevent conflicts during application development. Click the Run icon to submit a page to the Application Express engine and render viewable HTML.