I'm currently trying to send the results of a selection via E-Mail, more precisely as an attachment. My goal is to create a XML-File (which works so far) and a PDF, both fed from the internal table in which the selected data is held. The internal table is declared with a custom type. My current code for sending the E-Mail with the XML attachment looks like following:
lr_send_request = cl_bcs=>create_persistent( ).
lr_document = cl_document_bcs=>create_document( i_type = 'HTM'
i_text = lt_text
i_subject = lv_subject ).
* ----- converting data of internal table so it is suitable for XML
...
* -----
lr_document->add_attachment( i_attachment_type = 'BIN'
i_attachment_subject = 'output.xml'
i_attachment_size = xml_size
i_attachment_language = sy-langu
i_att_content_hex = xml_content ).
lr_send_request->set_document( lr_document ).
On the web I was only able to find how to convert spooljob (whatever that is :/) into PDF. With functions like that I may be able to solve my problem but then I can't attach the XML anymore.
How can I convert the data of the internal table into a PDF file to attach it to the E-Mail in the same way I do with the XML?
There are multiple way to create PDF:
Create report with Smartform and get output in PDF format. Sample code
If your system has adobe form license create with adobe form.
Use zcl_pdf class for creating native pdf file.
Using CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF FM for getting printer spool as pdf (thanks #Sandra Rossi).
If your PDF is simple (not include complex table, vertical text, images, etc) use third option, otherwise try first or second.
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I'm using OpenXml SDK to generate word 2013 files. I'm running on a server (part of a server solution), so automation is not an option.
Basically I have an xml file that is output from a backend system. Here's a very simplified example:
<my:Data
xmlns:my="https://schemas.mycorp.com">
<my:Customer>
<my:Details>
<my:Name>Customer Template</my:Name>
</my:Details>
<my:Orders>
<my:Count>2</my:Count>
<my:OrderList>
<my:Order>
<my:Id>1</my:Id>
<my:Date>19/04/2017 10:16:04</my:Date>
</my:Order>
<my:Order>
<my:Id>2</my:Id>
<my:Date>20/04/2017 10:16:04</my:Date>
</my:Order>
</my:OrderList>
</my:Orders>
</my:Customer>
</my:Data>
Then I use Word's Xml Mapping pane to map this data to content control:
I simply duplicate the word file, and write new Xml data when generating new files.
This is working as expected. When I update the xml part, it reflects the data from my backend.
Thought, there's a case that does not works. If a customer has no order, the template content is kept in the document. The xml data is :
<my:Data
xmlns:my="https://schemas.mycorp.com">
<my:Customer>
<my:Details>
<my:Name>Some customer</my:Name>
</my:Details>
<my:Orders>
<my:Count>0</my:Count>
<my:OrderList>
</my:OrderList>
</my:Orders>
</my:Customer>
</my:Data>
(see the empty order list).
In Word, the xml pane reflects the correct data (meaning no Order node):
But as you can see, the template content is still here.
Basically, I'd like to hide the order list when there's no order (or at least an empty table).
How can I do that?
PS: If it can help, I uploaded the word and xml files, and a small PowerShell script that injects the data : repro.zip
Thanks for sharing your files so we can better help you.
I had a difficult time trying to solve your problem with your existing Word Content Controls, XML files and the PowerShell script that added the XML to the Word document. I found what seemed to be Microsoft's VSTO example solution to your problem, but I couldn't get this to work cleanly.
I was however able to write a simple C# console application that generates a Word file based on your XML data. The OpenXML code to generate the Word file was generated code from the Open XML Productivity Tool. I then added some logic to read your XML file and generate the second table rows dynamically depending on how many orders there are in the data. I have uploaded the code for you to use if you are interested in this solution. Note: The xml data file should be in c:\temp and the generated word files will be in c:\temp also.
Another added bonus to this solution is if you were to add all of the customer data into one XML file, the application will create separate word files in your temp directory like so:
customer_<name1>.docx
customer_<name2>.docx
customer_<name3>.docx
etc.
Here is the document generated from the first xml file
Here is the document generated from the second xml file with the empty row
Hope this helps.
I have added custom column to store company logo. I have used file api of moodle like :
$mform->addElement('filepicker', 'certificatelogo', 'Company Logo', null,
array('maxbytes' => $maxbytes, 'accepted_types' => '*'));
$mform->setDefault('certificatelogo', '0');
$mform->addHelpButton('certificatelogo', 'certificatelogo', 'certificate');
Once the form is submitted itemid will be stored in custom column. Say "648557354"
Now I need to get image to print logo on certificate. How can I get image path from itemid? Do I need to store any other information to retrieve image?
The itemid returned is the temporary id of the draft area where the file is stored whilst the form is being displayed. You need to copy the file into its 'real' location, when the form is submitted, otherwise the file will be automatically deleted after a few days (and it will only be accessible to the user who originally uploaded it).
I'd always recommend using the filemanager element, if you are planning on keeping the file around (filepicker elements are for files you want to process and discard, such as when uploading a CSV file data to parse and add to the database).
Details of how to use it are here:
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Using_the_File_API_in_Moodle_forms#filemanager
But the basic steps are:
Copy any existing files from the 'real' area to the draft area (file_prepare_standard_filemanager).
Display the form.
On submission, copy files from the draft area to the 'real' area (file_postupdate_standard_filemanager).
When you want to display the file to the user, get a list of files stored in the file area (defined by the component, filearea, context and, optionally, itemid, you used in file_prepare_standard_filemanager and file_postupdate_standard_filemanager). You can do this with: $fs = get_file_storage(); $fs->get_area_files().
For those files (maybe only 1 file, in your case), generate the URL with moodle_url::make_pluginfile_url.
Make sure your plugin has a PLUGINNAME_pluginfile() function in lib.php, to examine incoming file requests, do security checks on them, then serve the file.
There is a reasonable example of all of this at: https://github.com/AndyNormore/filemanager
what I want to do is automatically create PDFs with data from SQL Server 2008 R2. After creation a string shall be added in the first line of the file. This "header" has to be clear text (right click PDF -> edit -> write string in the first line) and therefore can't be added in the pdf-creation process. The codes in the header are beeing used by another job for further processing.
Is there a way to do that via SQL?
Sample data looks like:
Name | Date | Time | Place | Appointment
John Doe |2014-09-15| 11:00 | Narnia | 12:30
I already found ways to create the PDF, using SSRS and subscription or the procedure mentioned here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/creatingapdffromastoredprocedure/1104/
But I wasn't able to write text to first line, just appended it at the end of the file.
Any help is much appreciated!
This can not be done in SQL. There are a few options that I now of that you can look into to see if it will suite your needs.
NOTE : These are not trivial tasks.
Implement your own device renderer, falling back on the default pdf render.
Override the built in pdf renderer to add your custom header.
Use the SSRS web service api and implement the Render method allowing the access to the Pdf as byte[] and further manipulate it to your needs.
The 3rd method would be the most straightforward and ideal method and would work in both web and windows apps.
I am looking for a way to actually get the contents of the file itself, in its text format, dumped. E.g.: i don't want a dictionary object, i don't want some sort of extractionstrategy option, i just want the same text document that itextsharp uses to parse... the WHOLE thing as a string or stringbuilder...
I have not yet found a way to do this using any tools what so ever... my problem is that i am trying to read a dynamic PDF into a C# application... and we all know that those darn dynamic PDFs can't be parsed by iTextSharp (AcroForm and AcroFields always comes up empty), so i figured that if i can get the actual text dump of the entire file, i can see what it looks like and parse it myself for this specific task (e.g.: make a class for each document i know i can received, and make a map there based on what i see).
If anyone can help me do that, or even better, find a way, in C#, to extract the XML Source for the PDF (kinda like clicking the XML Source tab in LiveCycle) instead, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Matt
If you are looking for the actual operators and commands of each page in the raw text format, try the following code:
var reader = new PdfReader("test.pdf");
int intPageNum = reader.NumberOfPages;
for (int i = 1; i <= intPageNum; i++)
{
byte[] contentBytes = reader.GetPageContent(i);
File.WriteAllBytes("page-" + i + ".txt", contentBytes);
}
reader.Close();
I am looking for a way to actually get the contents of the file
itself, in its text format, dumped. E.g.: i don't want a dictionary
object, i don't want some sort of extractionstrategy option, i just
want the same text document that itextsharp uses to parse... the WHOLE
thing as a string or stringbuilder...
Unfortunately the data that itextsharp uses to parse are not yet text; the operators in that data are given in some textual format but the actual glyphs may be given in a completely arbitrary ad-hoc encoding. That been said, often some standard encoding is used as it is the most simple solution for the components in use. You cannot in general count on that, though. The answer by VahidN shows you how to access the starting points for that content; not seldomly, though, that page content data he extracts only contain references to resources which are contained in different objects.
my problem is that i am trying to read a dynamic PDF into a C#
application... and we all know that those darn dynamic PDFs can't be
parsed by iTextSharp (AcroForm and AcroFields always comes up empty),
This sounds as if you actually have a completely different task at hand. Dynamic forms and their contents are not part of the page content but instead stored in a separate XML Forms Architecture stream.
iText in Action, 2nd edition, in chapter 8 gives you some information on how to access the XFA stream data, for a first glimps look at the sample XfaMovie.cs.
You might also want to look at the iText XML Worker project for easier manipulation of XFA streams.
if you just want to dump the text, try this:
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(pdfFileName);
String text = "";
nPages = reader.NumberOfPages;
for (int i = 0; i < nPages; i++)
{
text += PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(reader, i + 1);
}
I have a code that handles displaying a blob from a local Oracle database. I store both JPG and PDF files as blob. I could view the JPG file, but not the PDF. I have checked these
$self->content_type('image/jpg')
to
$self->content_type('application/pdf').
And the Blob does have data. I checked the length and it has "184546".
All I get when I click the link for the pdf file is a blank page with the title GETIMAGPAGE(application/pdf).
Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Also, How can we have the content_type to enable two different mime_types? For example in my case both image as well as pdf, depending on what we get?
File::MMagic can recognize the type of data using magic numbers.
use File::MMagic;
$magic = File::MMagic->new;
$self->content($blob);
$self->content_type($magic->checktype_contents($blob));
If you don't want to require a native/plugin PDF reader, perhaps FlexPaper might fit your needs.