FOP for PDF Report

I tried to implement FOP (to generate PDF report).
My configuration is the following :
- an Oracle DB (10.2) installed under /oracle/10.2
- An Apache Server (installed from CD Comp) + HTMLDB under /oracle/htmldb
OC4J folder is only present under /oracle/10.2
I tried to follow the steps given in the FOP/HTMLDB notes but when I try to generate a report, I have the following error :
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /htmldb_fop_render.jsp.
This is the url of the page when the error is diplayed :
http://oraserver:7777/htmldb_fop_render.jsp?ie=.pdf
Any one see the problem.

Hi,
I am using iAS 1.0.2.2.2 (Jserv) it is an Oracle Applications Environment.
I finished the whole note.
1. Downloaded the FOP jar files.
2. Unzipped the jar files in the JAVA_TOP of the Applications environment
3. JAVA_TOP is already in the class path of the jserv
4. Added the jsp file to the correct directory
5. Created the htmdb application with the java script
6. I put some debugging alerts in the java script
Now when I click on the pdf link I don't get any output. Because of the debugging statement in the java script I was able to figure out that the java script is not getting any output when it calls back the htmldb for the XML FOP outout.
I finally tried the URL which the java script uses directly. It came back with an empty xml file.
thanks
amit

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