Hello everyone,
While reviewing our applications with the APEX Visualizer, we encountered a notification (see screenshot). Under the version check for APEX 22.1, item 6.1.6 Deprecated Properties shows that the properties for Region Image and Image Tag Attributes are deprecated. Specifically, the notification refers to the images arrow_down_gray_dark.gif and arrow_up_gray_dark.gif, which are used in several pages of our applications.
This sparked our curiosity, and we started investigating where these entries might come from. We eventually found the relevant image references in the wwv_flow_page_plugs table. This table stores information and settings for plugins, and it seems that Classic Reports are also treated as a type of “plugin” that saves its settings there.
Interestingly, while we can remove these entries using an update script, they reappear after each application import - even in APEX 24.1.5 and even though they aren’t included in the installation script of the application. It seems like APEX assumes that a Classic Report requires these entries and automatically adds them back during the import.
Has anyone experienced similar behavior or has any idea why these entries keep reappearing after an import? We would appreciate any insights or solutions!
Thanks in advance,
Kai