Form to pdf convesion in apex3.2

hi all,
i created a form in oracle apex3.2 and after submitting it a print button is activated...how can i generate a pdf format of the form details by clicking on that print button...
please help me if anybody knows the answer
Edited by: user9139675 on Mar 10, 2010 1:34 AM

Hi:
Printing to PDF is not an 'out of the box' functionality in Apex.
You have a number of options though, and none of which are too difficult.
If you simply want the user to be able to produce and manually print a pdf file, you can install one of the many free PDF printing tools such as CutePDF. When the user prints, they simply select this as their printing device and it generates a PDF file that they can save to their local machine or pint. It is basic - but it works.
Alternatively, the very best but most expensive solution is to use the BI Publisher suite rom Oracle. This requires a user liscence. Details of how to integrate this are at:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/html/configure_printing.html
A less expensive, but still costs approach is plpdf which is a plsql library of procedures for creating and printing pdf documents. You can find further details at:
http://www.plpdf.com
Ahother, cost free, solution is to use Apache and Cacoon. Here are some details:
http://carlback.blogspot.com/2007/03/apex-cocoon-pdf-and-more.html
Finally, both JasperReports and Ruby on Rails are open source and provide mechanisms for pdf file generation and printing.
I hope this helps.
Bruce

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