Creating Customize Report

Question

Greetings all,
I am fairly new to Apex and I have seen the reports and have been able to generate them. I am looking to make a customized report based on a query. I am trying to create a report that looks more like a web page than a row colum report, if that makes sense.
I have an image of what I am trying to describe but not sure how get it out to the world.
I am thinking that I have my main report with a link to each record and when the customer clicks the link, it will open the report that I assume would be an blank page with HTML and the fields from the table interspersed on the HTML Form? I have a webpage with an image of what I am trying to get to:
[Report Layout|http://www.steadmanusa.com/reportlayout.htm]
So if you look at the image, I am thinking that everything in black will be static text on the page. The header and images will be static as well. The only thing that will change on the report is that it will draw the field information from the table in a database if that makes sense.
If someone can point me to a tutorial on how to do something like this or if you have an example, I would certainly appreciate it. This might be one of the last things I need to accomplish to go live with the site I am configuring for my team.
Thanks in advance
Wally Steadman

Answer 1

I am thinking that I have my main report with a link to each record and when the customer clicks the link, it will open the report that I assume would be an blank page with HTML and the fields from the table interspersed on the HTML Form?Start by creating new pages with the "Form on a Table with Report" pattern: select Form > Form on a Table with Report from the page wizard. This will give you the basic structure of a main report with links to a detail page. The detail page can be customised to meet your layout requirements, probably using a custom page template (or indeed an entire custom theme) incorporating the static content.
"RECORDID", "NAME", and "FIELD6" can be implemented as text items, and "FIELD3" and "FIELD4" would be hidden items and included in the static text using the substitution string syntax &FIELD3./&FIELD4.
If someone can point me to a tutorial on how to do something like this or if you have an exampleBest idea would be for you to have a go on apex.oracle.com, and seek assistance from the forum if you hit any problems.