Designing the User Interface with Oracle ADF Databound Components

The Data Control Palette provides the design time support for creating the Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF) binding definitions in your databound client project. You use the Data Control Palette to quickly design databound applications for these valid document types:

Note: The Data Control Palette may appear empty when you first open it. Follow the procedure below to populate the palette with business services from your model project.

To populate the Data Control Palette with business services:

Create the business services that you want your Oracle ADF application to access. The business services appear in your model project.
Register the business services in your model project with the ADF data controls. If the Data Control Palette is already open, the business services hierarchy appears in the top portion of the palette.

To layout an ADF-enabled document with the Data Control Palette:

If you want to create a Struts-based web application, choose a page design approach to create a JSP or ADF UIX web page.

OR

If you want to create a Model 1-style web application that does not rely on Struts, create the JSP or ADF UIX web page in your view project.

OR

If you want to create a Swing application, create an empty JClient panel in your view project.
Right-click a valid document type in your view project and choose Open. The JSP page, ADF UIX page, or JClient panel opens in the Visual Editor.
Open the Data Control Palette and insert databound UI components into the open document .
(Optionally) Use the Data Control Palette to insert business service actions into the open document.
(Optionally) Use the Data Control Palette to insert the return value of a method invocation into the open document.

See the related topics for details about the types of components available in the Data Control Palette.