Installing Oracle BI Publisher / XML Publisher Desktop

Getting Oracle BI Publisher Desktop: The current version of Oracle BI Publisher Desktop is available on Oracle Technology Network (OTN) at:http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/publishing/index.html
From this site, download Oracle XML Publisher Desktop 5.6.2 for Microsoft Windows. To use Oracle BI Publisher desktop, you must meet the following requirements:

•          Microsoft Windows 2000 or later

•          Microsoft Word 2000 or later

•          Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4 or later

XML Publisher Concurrent program - XMLP

In this blog post I will detail the step by step process of developing a XML publisher report using an RDF type report concurrent program in oracle apps.

The XML publisher windows desktop patch has to be applied in you PC before developing the XML template