Generate pdf from web form

How can I create a web form that will generate a pdf of everything in the form?

Jose,
i suggest you start with looking at the status of the report with id=14511 in the logs of the reportserver. You can find these from the Oracle Entreprise Manager by selecting the reportserver -link, than follow the failed/completed task-links.
If the report finished succesfully, Internet Explorer probably tried to show the report before it was finished. If this is the case, you can build a small timer that waits for the report to finish or that queries the report server if the report is finished before you trie to show the report.
Questions:
Can you show the report when you enter the url to the report manually in Internet Explorer?
Do you use Headstart?

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