PDF printing by Apache FOP : what are the prerequisites ?

Hello,
I'm actually looking for a way to print reports, and I've 2 questions :
1) If I'm not wrong there are three means : BI Publisher, Apache FOP and an other XSL-FO like Cocoon...
-> For budgetary reasons, we can't use BI Publisher.
-> Besides, my company owns the Oracle Standard Edition, so I'm not even sure we can use Apache FOP : in every documentation FOP is deployed in App Server or Enterprise Manager, and we don't have those. OC4J seems installed on our server but it may not work without Application Server...
-> So is Cocoon the solution ?
2) We're about installing Apex 4.0. We want to be able to print interactive reports, with aggregations and sums. Does it possible and are there differences between report engines ?
Thanks a lot !
Fanny

Hi Fanny,
I stand to be corrected, but my understanding regarding OC4J licensing is this.
OC4J can be downloaded and installed in standalone configuration from OTN under the OTN license, which is fairly restrictive and means that it cannot be used for production or commercial purposes. This applies whether it is installed on the database server or on a separate server. In order to license it you need to buy an OAS or Weblogic license. This is in contrast to Oracle's HTTP server, which can be installed standalone and is included in the database server license provided it is installed on the same server as the database. If the HTTP server is installed on a separate server to the database then it too requires an OAS or Weblogic license.
My guess for this anomally is that the HTTP server is based on Apache, an open source product and it was originally installed as part of the database up until version 9i. After that it was separated out as a companion product. Where as OC4J is based on a proprietary product called Onion, which Oracle acquired. Commercially going forward, Oracle is pushing Weblogic. If you want a free app server then you can opt for the free version of Glassfish, an Oracle product or Tomcat.
If you do need a supported environment you can also get Standard One versions of Weblogic and OAS which are considerably cheaper than the Enterprise versions and you can get a supported version of Glasfish for around the same cost.
You should also note that Oracle BI plus OAS or Weblogic is a complete development and deployment product for business intelligence reporting, whereas Apache FOP and an app server is purely a deployment environment. If you wish to do something more sophisticated than the standard PDF option available in Apex, which is pretty basic, you will need to acquire some sort of XSL-FO production tool. As alluded to previously, Java4less produce a minimally priced one, but there are others in the market place.
Regards
Andre

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