GET_PRINT_DOCUMENT Function Signature 4

This function returns a document as BLOB using XML based report data and RTF or XSL-FO based report layout.

Syntax

APEX_UTIL.GET_PRINT_DOCUMENT (
    p_report_data         IN CLOB,
    p_report_layout       IN CLOB,
    p_report_layout_type  IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'xsl-fo',
    p_document_format     IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'pdf',
    p_print_server        IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL )
    RETURN BLOB;

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_report_data`	XML based report data, must be encoded in UTF-8.
`p_report_layout`	Report layout in XSL-FO or RTF format.
`p_report_layout_type`	Defines the report layout type, that is "xsl-fo" or "rtf".
`p_document_format`	Defines the document format, that is "pdf", "rtf", "xls", "htm", or "xml".
`p_print_server`	URL of the print server. If not specified, the print server is derived from preferences.

Example

The following example shows how to use the GET_PRINT_DOCUMENT using Signature 4 (Document returns as a BLOB using XML based report data and RTF or XSL-FO based report layout). In this example, GET_PRINT_DOCUMENT is used with APEX_MAIL.SEND and APEX_MAIL.ADD_ATTACHMENT to send an email with an attachment of the file returned by GET_PRINT_DOCUMENT. Both the report data and layout are taken from values stored in page items (P1_XML and P1_XSL).

DECLARE
    l_id number;
    l_document BLOB;
BEGIN
    l_document := APEX_UTIL.GET_PRINT_DOCUMENT (
        p_report_data         => :P1_XML,
        p_report_layout       => :P1_XSL,
        p_report_layout_type  => 'xsl-fo',
        p_document_format     => 'pdf');
 
   l_id := APEX_MAIL.SEND(
       p_to        => :P35_MAIL_TO,
       p_from      => 'admin@example.com',
       p_subj      => 'sending PDF by using print API',
       p_body      => 'Please review the attachment.',
       p_body_html => 'Please review the attachment');
 
   APEX_MAIL.ADD_ATTACHMENT (
       p_mail_id    => l_id,
       p_attachment => l_document,
       p_filename   => 'mydocument.pdf',
       p_mime_type  => 'application/pdf');
END;