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Building Custom PDF Reports

with Oracle Application Express

and the APEX Listener

Chaitanya Koratamaddi

Principal Product Manager

Oracle Application Express

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• Oracle Application Express PDF Printing Architecture

– Oracle APEX with Apache FOP

– Oracle APEX with BI Publisher

– Oracle APEX with APEX Listener

• Configuring APEX Listener as a Print Server

• Printing a Simple Classic Report as PDF

• Creating and Using a Fully Custom Report Layout

Agenda

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Oracle APEX PDF Printing Architecture

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Oracle APEX with Apache FOP

• OC4J (10.1.3.2) or above

• Installation under /home/oracle/utilities/fop/fop.war

• APEX calls apex_fop.jsp through utl_http

• Supports XSL-FO based templates

• Template design using third party tools

• Output to PDF and XML

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Oracle APEX with BI Publisher

• Oracle BI Publisher 10.1.3.2.1 or above

• APEX calls “convert” Servlet through utl_http

• Supports XSL-FO and RTF based templates

• Template design using MS Word Plug-In

• Output to PDF, Word, Excel, HTML and XML

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Oracle APEX with APEX Listener

• APEX Listener 2.0 includes FOP support

• APEX generates report XML data with

XSL-FO style sheet in single document

• Listener intercepts file and renders PDF document

• PDF is then downloaded straight to browser

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APEX Listener as Print Server

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Printing a Simple Classic Report as a PDF

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Creating a Custom Report Layout

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Key Benefits

• No separate external printing engine is required

• Using a supported Oracle product, APEX Listener

• Single step configuration as a print server for Oracle

Application Express

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