XML Publisher and Oracle 11i10

Has anyone used XML Publisher with 11i10? I heard that AR, GL, and AP (11i10) are not compatible with XML Publisher - is this true? I thought was the XML Publisher was independent of modules.
Pls share any experience with the tool - challenges, installation, comparison to Optio, etc.
Thanks,

Hi Vishnu
XMLPublisher is compatible with all 11i10 modules to varying degrees. At its basic level you can take an application's existing Oracle Reports and apply RTF layout templates using XMLP to generate PDF, HTML,Excel and RTF. Applications are building out new templates all the time but its pretty straightforward to do this yourself, check the concurrent manager integration white paper on metalink.
Many applications have embedded XMLP technology allowing you to generate output via their UI. For example you can now generate a high fidelity purchase order including terms and conditions directly from the PO UI.
Moving forward you will see more and more integration with XMLP as it is now the production reporting standard for the EBusiniess Suite.
Regards
Tim

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C:\Framework\Jdeveloper\jdevhome\jdev\myprojects\xxxmlrep\oracle\apps\ak\webui\EmpCO.java
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/*===========================================================================+
| Copyright (c) 2001, 2005 Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA, USA |
| All rights reserved. |
+===========================================================================+
| HISTORY |
+===========================================================================*/
package xxxmlrep.oracle.apps.ak.webui;
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import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import oracle.apps.fnd.common.VersionInfo;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAException;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.server.OAApplicationModuleImpl;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAControllerImpl;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageContext;
import oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.beans.OAWebBean;
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private static final int DEPTH = 4;
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User,
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public class Constants
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<Label>SOFTWARE</Label>
<Label>HARDWARE</Label>
<Label>SERVICES</Label>
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<xsl:for-each-group select=".//SALE" group-by="YEAR" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<Label>
<xsl:value-of select="current-group()/YEAR" />
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</xsl:for-each-group>
</ColLabels>
<DataValues>
<RowData>
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Has anyone used XML Publisher with 11i10? I heard that AR, GL, and AP (11i10) are not compatible with XML Publisher - is this true? I thought was the XML Publisher was independent of modules.
Pls share any experience with the tool - challenges, installation, comparison to Optio, etc.
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I am trying to output a customer list containing customer number and customer name using 11i ( 11.5.10 CU2) with latest XML publisher patches on.
How do I debug the following error in OPP log:
[UNEXPECTED] [72156:RT1088889] oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParseException: Expected ';'.
The XML ouput file is generated fine but get the following error in the log file.
| Starting concurrent program execution...
+-----------------------------
Spawned Process 13471
Executing request completion options...
------------- 1) PUBLISH -------------
Beginning post-processing of request 1088898 on node O11IDEV at 03-APR-2006 13:57:35.
Post-processing of request 1088898 failed at 03-APR-2006 13:57:37 with the error message:
One or more post-processing actions failed. Consult the OPP service log for details.
------------- 2) PRINT -------------
Finished executing request completion options.
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[4/3/06 6:02:53 AM] [main] Starting GSF service with concurrent process id = 72156.
[4/3/06 6:02:53 AM] [main] Initialization Parameters: oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPServiceThread:2:0:max_threads=5
[4/3/06 6:02:53 AM] [Thread-12] Service thread starting up.
[4/3/06 6:02:53 AM] [Thread-13] Service thread starting up.
[4/3/06 1:16:08 PM] [OPPServiceThread0] Post-processing request 1088889.
[4/3/06 1:16:08 PM] [72156:RT1088889] Executing post-processing actions for request 1088889.
[4/3/06 1:16:09 PM] [72156:RT1088889] Starting XML Publisher post-processing action.
[4/3/06 1:16:09 PM] [72156:RT1088889]
Template code: COCXDOTEST
Template app: COC
Language: en
Territory: US
Output type: PDF
[040306_011610131][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] ------- Preferences defined PreferenceStore -------
[040306_011610132][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] ------- Environment variables stored in EnvironmentStore -------
[040306_011610133][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_BUFFER_MAX]:[2]
[040306_011610134][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [USER_ID]:[-1]
[040306_011610134][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_PLSQL_RESET]:[false]
[040306_011610135][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [NLS_TERRITORY]:[AMERICA]
[040306_011610135][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [RESP_APPL_ID]:[-1]
[040306_011610136][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_MAX_JDBC_CONNECTIONS]:[500]
[040306_011610136][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [NLS_SORT]:[BINARY]
[040306_011610137][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_IDLE_THRESHOLD.LOW]:[-1]
[040306_011610138][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_BUFFER_MIN]:[1]
[040306_011610138][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [RESP_ID]:[-1]
[040306_011610139][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS]:[.,]
[040306_011610139][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_BUFFER_DECAY_SIZE]:[5]
[040306_011610140][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [NLS_LANGUAGE]:[AMERICAN]
[040306_011610140][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_IDLE_THRESHOLD.HIGH]:[-1]
[040306_011610140][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE]:[AMERICAN]
[040306_011610141][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [LOGIN_ID]:[-1]
[040306_011610141][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [NLS_DATE_FORMAT]:[DD-MON-RR]
[040306_011610142][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [APPS_JDBC_URL]:[jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION=(LOAD_BALANCE=YES)(FAILOVER=YES)(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS
=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=O11IDEV.concentra.com)(PORT=9200)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=DEV1)))]
[040306_011610143][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [SECURITY_GROUP_ID]:[0]
[040306_011610144][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [NLS_CHARACTERSET]:[US7ASCII]
[040306_011610144][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_CONTEXT_CHECK]:[true]
[040306_011610145][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_BUFFER_DECAY_INTERVAL]:[300]
[040306_011610145][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_USABLE_CHECK]:[false]
[040306_011610147][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] ------- Properties stored in Java System Properties -------
[040306_011610148][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_BUFFER_MAX]:[2]
[040306_011610149][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [sun.cpu.isalist]:[pa2.0 pa1.2 pa1.1 pa1.0]
[040306_011610149][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.version]:[1.3.1.09]
[040306_011610150][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.awt.graphicsenv]:[sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment]
[040306_011610150][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.specification.vendor]:[Sun Microsystems Inc.]
[040306_011610151][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [sun.io.unicode.encoding]:[UnicodeBig]
[040306_011610151][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [JTFDBCFILE]:[oracle/app/dev1app/dev1appl/fnd/11.5.0/secure/o11idev_dev1.dbc]
[040306_011610152][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.runtime.name]:[Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition]
[040306_011610153][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [user.home]:[u02/app/dev1app]
[040306_011610153][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.specification.version]:[1.3]
[040306_011610154][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.vm.info]:[mixed mode]
[040306_011610154][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [user.dir]:[u02/app/dev1app/dev1appl/dev1csf/log/DEV1_o11idev]
[040306_011610155][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.io.tmpdir]:[var/tmp/]
[040306_011610155][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [LONG_RUNNING_JVM]:[true]
[040306_011610155][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.ext.dirs]:[opt/java1.3/jre/lib/ext]
[040306_011610156][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [dbcfile]:[oracle/app/dev1app/dev1appl/fnd/11.5.0/secure/o11idev_dev1.dbc]
[040306_011610156][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [FND_JDBC_BUFFER_MIN]:[1]
[040306_011610157][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.awt.fonts]:[]
[040306_011610157][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.class.version]:[47.0]
[040306_011610158][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [OVERRIDE_DBC]:[true]
[040306_011610158][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [sun.cpu.endian]:[big]
[040306_011610159][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.class.path]:[/opt/java1.3/lib/rt.jar:/opt/java1.3/lib/tools.jar:/opt/java1.3/jre/lib/rt.jar:/opt
/java1.3/jre/lib/i18n.jar:/oracle/app/dev1app/dev1comn/java/appsborg.zip:/oracle/app/dev1app/dev1ora/8.0.6.9/forms60/java:/oracle/app/dev1app/d
ev1comn/java]
[040306_011610160][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [os.name]:[HP-UX]
[040306_011610160][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [sun.boot.class.path]:[/opt/java1.3/jre/lib/rt.jar:/opt/java1.3/jre/lib/i18n.jar:/opt/java1.3/jre/lib/
sunrsasign.jar:/opt/java1.3/jre/classes]
[040306_011610161][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.vendor.url.bug]:[http://www.hp.com/go/Java]
[040306_011610161][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [user.timezone]:[America/Chicago]
[040306_011610162][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.vm.name]:[Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM]
[040306_011610163][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [CACHEMODE]:[DISTRIBUTED]
[040306_011610164][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [cpid]:[72156]
[040306_011610164][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.vm.specification.name]:[Java Virtual Machine Specification]
[040306_011610165][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.vm.vendor]:[Hewlett-Packard Company]
[040306_011610165][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [user.language]:[en]
[040306_011610166][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.library.path]:[/opt/java1.3/bin/../jre/lib/PA_RISC2.0/native_threads:/opt/java1.3/bin/../jre/lib
/PA_RISC2.0/server:/opt/java1.3/bin/../jre/lib/PA_RISC2.0:/oracle/app/dev1app/dev1ora/iAS_1.0.2/lib:/oracle/app/dev1app/dev1ora/8.0.6.9/network
/jre11/lib/PA_RISC/native_threads:/oracle/app/dev1app/dev1appl/cz/11.5.0/bin::/oracle/app/dev1app/dev1ora/8.0.6.9/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/lib]
[040306_011610167][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [path.separator]:[:]
[040306_011610167][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.vm.specification.version]:[1.0]
[040306_011610168][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.awt.printerjob]:[sun.awt.motif.PSPrinterJob]
[040306_011610168][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [file.separator]:[]
[040306_011610169][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.runtime.version]:[1.3.1.09-030418-12:59]
[040306_011610170][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.vm.specification.vendor]:[Sun Microsystems Inc.]
[040306_011610171][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.vendor]:[Hewlett-Packard Co.]
[040306_011610172][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [file.encoding.pkg]:[sun.io]
[040306_011610172][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.vendor.url]:[http://www.hp.com/go/Java]
[040306_011610173][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [logfile]:[oracle/app/dev1app/dev1appl/dev1csf/log/DEV1_o11idev/FNDOPP72156.txt]
040306_011610174][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [os.arch]:[PA_RISC2.0]
[040306_011610174][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [os.version]:[B.11.11]
[040306_011610174][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.home]:[opt/java1.3/jre]
[040306_011610175][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.specification.name]:[Java Platform API Specification]
[040306_011610175][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [sun.boot.library.path]:[opt/java1.3/jre/lib/PA_RISC2.0]
[040306_011610176][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [line.separator]:[
[040306_011610176][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [file.encoding]:[8859_1]
[040306_011610177][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [user.name]:[oradev]
[040306_011610177][][EXCEPTION] [DEBUG] [java.vm.version]:[1.3.1 1.3.1.09-_18_apr_2003_14_01 PA2.0]
[4/3/06 1:16:13 PM] [UNEXPECTED] [72156:RT1088889] oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParseException: Expected ';'.
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLError.flushErrors1(XMLError.java:205)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLReader.scanNameChars(XMLReader.java:1001)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLReader.scanQName(XMLReader.java:1677)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLReader.getEntity(XMLReader.java:1928)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseContentEntityRef(NonValidatingParser.java:1575)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseElement(NonValidatingParser.java:1202)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseRootElement(NonValidatingParser.java:301)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseDocument(NonValidatingParser.java:268)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:227)
at oracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLTClassic.transform(XSLTClassic.java:172)
at oracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLTWrapper.transform(XSLTWrapper.java:160)
at oracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:1015)
at oracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:968)
at oracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:209)
at oracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.createFO(FOProcessor.java:1561)
at oracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.generate(FOProcessor.java:951)
at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.runProcessTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:5975)
at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.processTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:3555)
at oracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.processTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:3614)
at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.XMLPublisherProcessor.process(XMLPublisherProcessor.java:229)
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I was able to correct the error. The data contained an '&' sign and that was causing the xml parser to fail with the above error. If the & is replaced by a different character other than & then this error does not occur.
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XML Publisher in Oracle Applications - Merge PDFs in Templates

Requirement,
I have PDF files stored in Huge Blob columns in a oracle apps tables.
I would like to make a single PDF using the XML publisher template to merge all these PDFs into a single PDF file and show the merged PDF file, when user clicks on view output of the concurrent programme.
I am not interesed in using the Java apis provided as of now. I would like to acheive this using only template builder, without any java coding.
Any help would be appreciated on how to build the template. I have tried displaying images and it worked and i am not sure how i can do the samething with PDF files stored in HUGE BLOB columns.
Oracle XML Publisher Version is 5.6.3 which is being used by our Oracle Applications.
Thanks
Ram.

Requirement,
I have PDF files stored in Huge Blob columns in a oracle apps tables.
I would like to make a single PDF using the XML publisher template to merge all these PDFs into a single PDF file and show the merged PDF file, when user clicks on view output of the concurrent programme.
I am not interesed in using the Java apis provided as of now. I would like to acheive this using only template builder, without any java coding.
Any help would be appreciated on how to build the template. I have tried displaying images and it worked and i am not sure how i can do the samething with PDF files stored in HUGE BLOB columns.
Oracle XML Publisher Version is 5.6.3 which is being used by our Oracle Applications.
Thanks
Ram.

Migration of our reports from Streamserve to XML publisher in Oracle EBS

Dear All,
I am working for a company using Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2 and we have several critical reports developped with Streamserve V3 (Customer Invoice , Sales Order Acknowledgment, Shipping Advice, PO layout, ...).
For various reasons we plan to abandon Streamserve and migrate to XML publisher or BI publisher whose functionalities seem to cover most of our needs.
However, my knowledge of XMLP/BIP is quite basic and I need some information on how to implement the reports.
I will be very glad and grateful if someone accepts to share his/her experience by answering a few questions :
1) What are the main differences between the XML publisher version included in APPS 11.5.10.2 and the standalone version of BI publisher ?
2) In most of our reports the language depends on the third party (vendor, customer, carrier, ...) so in the same report batch we can have some documents to be printed in English, while some other should be in French.
Is it possible to achieve that with XMLP or is the language to be chosen when submitting the concurrent request ?
3) As for languages, the delivery of the document (email or printed paper) depends also on the third party.
Is it possible in a same batch to have some documents emailed and other not ?
4) The bursting engine seems to be the main solution to manage the way documents are delivered.
a) How can we automatically launch it after the main request completion ? (most of our reports are scheduled to run periodically)
b) Is it possible to make bursting with a dynamically generated control file ?
c) What if the bursting engine does not couver all our needs ? Is there a way to develop our own deliver logic ? If so, where to find a step by step procedure to achieve that ? (knowing that we are newbies in Java language)
5) Some of our reports must be generated in PCL rather than PDF. I think that is not native in XMLP so what may be the workaround ?
Thanks in advance for your very helpfull answers.
Best regards
Karim Helali
Paris, France

Thank you Steven for your quick reply.
Here are my comments/precisions :
1) What we would like to konw is what are the functionnalities included only in that standalone version. This way we can decide if it is worth paying the quite expensive extra licence for BIP or if the EBS version of XMLP is enough for us.
I tried out to find this quite basic information without success. If anyone can indicate an oracle reference document
2) I know that the language is chosen via the template. Also, when you submit an XMLP concurrent request in EBS you have to choose which template to apply for the layout. So it looks like it is not posssible within a unique concurrent request to generate documents in more than one language. Is it so or am I missing something ?
3) Regarding documents multiple delivery management, I undertsand that we can do it either with bursting engine or with specific JAVA code implementing XMLP APIS. Even we are newbies in JAVA, we can deal with that. But I am quite puzzled as I find nowhere a document that explains how to develop that and especially how to integrate this within EBS.
Let me explain you our current logic with Streamserve and let me know how this can be implemented within XMLP :
- a report is setup in EBS as Executable type = SqlPlus / Output Type=PDF
- the SQLPLUS scripts takes into account the user request's parameters and generate an XML(like) file including all the data
- at the end the SQLPLUS calls a specific shell that runs the Streamserve step : the XML file is passed to the specific streamserve binary report wich generates several outputs (global PDF for the concurrent request output + global PCL flow sent to the printer queue + 0-n physical file(s) for archiving + 0-n email(s) sent ...)
- The language and delivery modes are not unique within a batch: they are decided per document in the streamserve binary report (based on third party setup included in the XML data file). So we don't need to launch a report batch per language or delivery mode.
I think such process should be possible using XMLP java APIS but I am quite stuck as I don't know how to start. Has anyone implemented such a global process in EBS with XML ?
Thanks again
Karim Helali

XML Publisher and Spawned processes

Does XML Publisher work with statements in the Ebusiness Suite as they are spawned processes and not your usual oracle report?
Thanks,
Mark

Hi,
Yes it does but it is a two step process. When you run statements it doesn't call the output post processor to generate the XMLP Output. You need to either run the XML Report Publish request, or call via the submit request api from the after report trigger.
From memory it is the ARXSGP conc program you need to set to output as XML not ARXSGPO. ARXSGP is spawned by ARXSGPO.
Thanks
Paul

Sales - Quoting Functionality - XML Publisher and XSL.

Hi ,
We have changed output in Quoting to use XML Publisher instead of Reports Server.
How can we view the XML tags to create the XSL file?
Its possible to see XML output from PO's , SOA's etc when printed vis Concurrent Mgr and Oracle Forms but the raw XML is not available when using in Sales and Printing a Quote ( uses sample xsl in XML Publisher at the moment...Am formatting this.. but have no raw xml).
Any ideas?
Cheers
Stephen

I know what I can do in RTF and maybe it´s enough:
1. Ensure you are using both tabs of the help text, you can start in Status Bar and continue with Help Key.
2. You can also use multiple fields one after another.
3. If you fill all of that and need more space I would consider moving the function out into its own XSL template and register it as a sub template and reference it from your main template. This is especially useful if you are going to need the same function across multiple templates.
My problem was why I can´t use XSL-FO - XML in XMLSPY, have´nt anybody tried to go out of the WORD-RTF and code som XSL? Maybe it´s not possible and I have to use WORD-RTF.
/Daniel

XML Publisher and namespace

I´m using XML Publisher 5.5 with Template Builder. I have created an RTF document that works perfect with XML Publisher. I now want work more complicated with my template using XSL. I have through Template Builder created an XSL-FO style sheet.
I open the xsl-doc in XMLSPY, assinging an xml-doc and try to preview expecting the result to be the same as using Template Builder but the layout gets all messed up and I get an error that says that the namespace xmlns:xdofo="http://xmlns.oracle.com/oxp/fo/extensions" is invalid.
The complete start tag:
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"
xmlns:ora="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/"
xmlns:xdofo="http://xmlns.oracle.com/oxp/fo/extensions"
xmlns:xdoxslt="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.apps.xdo.template.rtf.XSLTFunctions"
xmlns:xdoxliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.1">
Does anybody know where I should point my namespace or what I´m doing wrong?
Regards,
Daniel

I know what I can do in RTF and maybe it´s enough:
1. Ensure you are using both tabs of the help text, you can start in Status Bar and continue with Help Key.
2. You can also use multiple fields one after another.
3. If you fill all of that and need more space I would consider moving the function out into its own XSL template and register it as a sub template and reference it from your main template. This is especially useful if you are going to need the same function across multiple templates.
My problem was why I can´t use XSL-FO - XML in XMLSPY, have´nt anybody tried to go out of the WORD-RTF and code som XSL? Maybe it´s not possible and I have to use WORD-RTF.
/Daniel

XML Publisher and Garnishments

We are converting our code from Optio to XML Publisher. We started with what we thought was our most simplistic form (Garnishments), but have been unable to find what process to relate the XML template to in order to get our output.
If anyone out there has setup garnishments out of Oracle Payroll with XML Publisher I would greatly appreciate some insight on how this was done so we can move forward. We've been stalled for a couple weeks.
Thanks,
Adam Cumming

Hi, were you able to implement XML Checkwriter with garnishments eventually? Oracle is still working on it (BUG 6779249 ), but if you have a workaround, Could you please teach me how to do it. This is critical for our go live.
Thanks, NG

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How do i write a simple application engine program for an XML Publisher report in Peoplesoft?
Thanks in advance.
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Create sample output data in xml format and create a data source type rowset.
create the report defination with above data source.
Create a AE and create the rowset by using peoplecode, run the xmlp report by using PeopleCode and publish it in PeopleCode.

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