Generate PDF with Header Image

[karthikdurga]

I have a requirement to generate pdf and attach it to a record. I've used OOB GeneralPDF script include and achieved that (code below). However, I am unable to pass header image and footer text. Any suggestions on how to pass header/footer ? Thanks in advance.

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'   
}); 

[Patrick Fedigan]

Hello Karthik,

Seems to me that it is only passing in HTML information for the PDF. I would create a HTML header and HTML footer to append to the front and back of your HTML <p>Hello World!</p> message.

You can create an HTML header with inline styling like this example below:

<div class="body" style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">
<div class="topnav" style="background-color: #2d4c61; padding: 5px; float: left; width: 100%; color: #ffffff; verticle-align: middle;">
<div style="margin: 13px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;">Company</div></div></div>

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Patrick

[karthikdurga]

Hi Patrick

I tried passing the header and footer in the html but it doesn't print on every page. I looked at the script include GeneralPDF and has a variable this.headerimage. However, when I pass the image link it doesn't show up on PDF. Please let me know if you have any other ideas. Thanks for your response.

[robert033]

Hi Karthik,

Did you find a solution for this? I`m facing the same issue.

[amadosierra]

If you have a personal instance, enable the HR module and check how it leverages the PDF creation there using templates and other artifacts.