Hello,
I am new to Oracle and I am trying to make (already existing) Oracle Workflows available in Oracle APEX. I want this so first of all we can centralize our applications. Secondly so we can see the workflows in other browsers then Edge/IE.
If it is not possible to get the workflows in APEX it would be enough to push a button and be able to open it. I am aware of the NPAPI problem where browsers like Chrome and Firefox have dropped support for java applets and I am aware of solutions like chrome extensions such as IE-Tab and CheerpJ. We do not really want to use this because of long term support. If IE-tab does not work in a year or so we can start again from scratch.
So I have 2 problems:
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Getting the workflows in APEX
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Opening workflows in other browsers then Edge/IE
I found a few possible solutions like:
· Flows for APEX (by Niels de Bruijn)
o This would mean we need to build the workflows from scratch with another technology
o People would need to learn this new way instead of still using the old way
· Makin REST API calls in APEX
o I don’t know how I would visualize the possible data into a workflow
· Starting the workflow via their URL if you push a button in APEX with an extension like IE-tab or CheerpJ
o As I said the support is a problem for this method
· Launching workflows via PL/SQL in APEX
o Not sure if this is possible or if I understood this the other way around
Am I right about the downsides on these solutions? What is the best way to solve my problem? Do you know other solutions that I am not aware of?
I would love to hear your opinion,
Kind regards,
Kevin