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‎09-19-2016 03:36 AM
Hallo SN,
I found this tutorial on how to generate pdf in geneva. (PDF Generation in Geneva ). I am trying to generate the same in Helsinki. I cant to seem to get it to work. Is there a method to get it to work in Helsinki?
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‎10-07-2016 03:47 AM
Simplified code (Helsinki AJAX Script Include) for generating a PDF from HTML
example method you can call from a UI action (obviously you would want to replace the hardcoded bits with what you require)
var PDF = Class.create();
PDF.prototype = Object.extendsObject(AbstractAjaxProcessor, {
_document : null,
example : function (){
this.createPDF('<p>Hello World!</p>', //HTML to convert to PDF
'incident', //Attach PDF to table
'd324db7d2b9aa20072675aa419da1547', //Attach PDF to record/sys_id
'myFile.pdf'); //attachment filename
},
createPDF : function(html, table, sys_id, filename) {
var pdfDoc = new GeneralPDF.Document(null, null, null, null, null, null);
this._document = new GeneralPDF(pdfDoc);
this._document.startHTMLParser();
this._document.addHTML(html);
this._document.stopHTMLParser();
this._saveAs(table, sys_id, filename);
},
_saveAs : function (table, sys_id, filename){
var att = new GeneralPDF.Attachment();
att.setTableName(table);
att.setTableId(sys_id);
att.setName(filename);
att.setType('application/pdf');
att.setBody(this._document.get());
GeneralPDF.attach(att);
},
type: 'PDF'
});

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‎09-19-2016 05:41 AM
Are the necessary plugins activated? There are at least two that could help:
PDF Generator (com.snc.pdf_generator)
WebKit HTML to PDF (com.snc.whtp)
I believe the first one is the one you need.
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‎09-19-2016 06:16 AM
Hallo Dreas,
I have activated the Plugin. My problem was how to generate the pdf document. In the Script include (GeneralForm), it is commented that you can use :
var pdfDoc = new GeneralPDF.Document(null, null, null, this.sf.html);
to create the pdf.
I was trying to create a pdf from a glide record:
var gr=new GlideRecord("sys_user");
gr.addQuery("sys_id",'62826bf03710200044e0bfc8bcbe5df1');//
gr.query();
if(gr.next()){
var pdfDoc = new GeneralPDF.Document(null, null, null, gr);
}
but the pdf is not being attached to the record.
Am i missing something?
Regards,
Boniface

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‎09-19-2016 06:22 AM
I guess yes
The 4th parameter you are using is intended to be some HTML which will be used to render the content of the document.
I believe the PDF generation has changed a bit between the releases. Have a look at script include GeneralForm as an example on how to create the PDF.
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‎09-28-2016 11:28 PM
Hallo Draes,
sorry for the late feedback. We ended up going another route. But your input was helpful. Thanks