Chapter 9. Reporting and Printing

In versions of APEX prior to version 3.0, printing was often seen as one of the weakest areas. It has always been possible to use the print functionality of the browser to print the web page that is currently being viewed (for example, if it contains a report), and this sort of built-in browser functionality may be sufficient in many cases. However, if you require more complex printing or you wish to print only the report, rather than the entire content of the page, clearly you will need another solution.

APEX version 3.0 introduced printing functionality, a much-welcomed improvement (perhaps one of the key features that encouraged people to justify upgrading from an earlier version of APEX). However, the introduction ...

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