PLPDF and APEX

Question

I want to PLPDF report printing in APEX 4.0.I succesfully installed the scripts in PLPDF schema using SQL*Plus.
I also worked out the installation test in SQL*Plus:
- create table
CREATE TABLE STORE_BLOB
(BLOB_FILE BLOB,
CREATED_DATE DATE);
- create test procedure
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test1 IS
l_blob BLOB;
BEGIN
Plpdf.init;
Plpdf.NewPage;
Plpdf.SetPrintFont('Arial',NULL,12);
Plpdf.PrintCell(50,10,'Test1');
Plpdf.SendDoc(l_blob);
-- store
INSERT INTO STORE_BLOB (blob_file, created_date)
VALUES (l_blob, SYSDATE);
COMMIT;
END;
- run test procedure
BEGIN
test1;
END;
/Everything went well but now i want to be able to generate PDFs in APEX. I didn't understood anything from the tutorial on PLPDF site:
http://plpdf.com/wp-content/articles/PLPDF/plpdf-reporting_in_APEX_environment.pdf
It would be great if someone could show me the steps to generate PDFs in APEX.
Kind Regards,
BgUrsea
APEX 4
10g XE

Answer 1

I've allready watch that but i didn't understood it very good.First of all:
Create the PL/PDF report: The report has a P_SESSION_ID parameter that receives the actual runtime application ID.
The report code has to contain a PLPDF_SESSION_IS_VALID function that verifies the session ID.What do they mean by "PL/PDF report" ?Is it a report region,html region,etc?
Another question is about the procedure:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE REP1(p_session_id NUMBER, p_par1 NUMBER) IS
l_blob BLOB;
BEGIN IF PLPDF_SESION_IS_VALID(p_session) THEN
<< PL/PDF API Calls Here >>
ELSE htp.p(’Invalid Session’);
END IF;
END; What should i put in: "PL/PDF API Calls Here"?
Kind Regards,
BgUrsea