Interactive pdf reports - Reports thru XML Publisher

Hello All,
We have a requirement wherein the customers should be able to keyin the data in the pdf reports that are generated through oracle and save the same. This way the customers can reduce lot of paper work. Our reports are developed through Reports 6i and templates are developed through XML publisher.
Kindly let us know if we can generate interactive pdf reports using Oracle reports 6i & XML publisher.
Thanks,
Sathish

Hi Naresh
Im assuming you are in E Business Suite ?
So to be clear:
1, You have an English base template?
2, You have loaded a Spanish translation file ?
3, When you run the template it generates English ?
IF so, you need to go into the Options popup (forms) and select Spanish as the language you want before running the report. Sorry, it can not be defaulted at the moment,
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