Out Now!! Application Express 3.2.1

The Oracle Application Express 3.2.1 patch set is now available for download and provides not only fixes to the following bugs, but also some additional functionality and considerations as summarised by Joel and detailed in the patch set notes.

You can get hold of it by either:

• Downloading the full version from OTN.


• Download the patch set 8548651 from METALINK.

If you're upgrading from any APEX version pre-3.2, then you'll need to use the full OTN release. Otherwise if you're upgrading from 3.2, then you only need the patch set.

Also in this patch set, we have included an additional documentation chapter, entitled Accessibility in Oracle Application Express. This aims to provide information for users who are accessing Oracle Application Express utilizing only a keyboard or Freedom Scientific's screen reader JAWS. It details the current accessibility issues in APEX and shows workarounds where they are possible. (We hope to address a number of these issues in APEX 4.0.)

I would be very interested to hear from anyone who uses APEX with keyboard only, screen reader or other assistive technology to get feedback on how we can hopefully get better at being accessible to our users with disabilities. Also if you use APEX to build applications that have strict accessibility requirements and have feedback on your experiences then I would love to hear from you also.

Please drop me an email at the email address in my profile if you would like to talk about this.

Anthony.