PL/PDF EXAMPLE

For creating PDF's using PL/PDF how would I pass a report that is say on page 4 to the PL/PDF methods?
I'm able to create a simple "test page" by creating a pl/sql block before header loads. Now I need to determine how to pass the report itself to display in the browser in PDF format.
Thanks,
BT

Hi Bob,
Unfortunately you can't just 'pass' a report to be rendered by PL/PDF you need to build up the report in PL/PDF itself using the different procedure calls available in the PL/PDF packages.
You can however do much to make your procedures 'generic' in that you can pass in a query and have your report generation routine use that query to generate the report. Alternatively you can use 'templates' with PL/PDF although I have no direct experience of that.

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