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ThierryC

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VVPDF - vvPDdf.addHTML

06-14-2019, 09:49 AM

I see this is part of the vvPdf service program, but unfortunately not documented nor any examples..

can this be used ?

we would like to create a document with F.e a header doc that consists of a logo (on the left , a title center, and a date on the right alignment

but cannot seem to make this work with the supplied pdf-procedures..

is this the correct way or is there another way to create pdf's directly from within RPG.
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robert.swanson

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06-15-2019, 06:00 AM

Hi Thierry,

The addHTML procedure might work for what you're trying to do. It was a bit of an experiment, hence not documented (yet). But you should be able to use it provided you add [ROOT_PATH]java/cnxpdf.jar to your Portal Admin > Settings > Java CLASSPATH setting.

We'll add an example program for vvPDF_addHTML to the next build. Here's what it will look like:

Code:

      /copy qcpylesrc,vvHspec                                                  
     ** --------------------------------------------------------------        
     **         Copyright (C) 2008-2019 CNX Corporation                        
     ** --------------------------------------------------------------        
     **     Object ID: EXPDF04                                                
     **       Version: V5.2                                                    
     **   Description: Valence Examples - PDF - using addHTML procedure        
     ** --------------------------------------------------------------        
     **--------------------------------------------                            
     **  d specs                                                              
     **--------------------------------------------                            
     d pdfDoc          s                   like(document)                      
     d html1           s          65535a   varying                            
     d html2           s          65535a   varying                            
     d htmlfld         s             40a                                      

      /define includePDF                                                      
      /copy qcpylesrc,vvDspec                                                  
     **--------------------------------------------                            
     **  program start                                                        
     **--------------------------------------------                            
      /free                                                                    
       // specify the full name and path of the PDF document you wish to create
       vvPDF.path=vvUtility_getValenceSetting('PDF_PATH')+'pdfSample.pdf';                      

       // create the PDF document object                                                        
       pdfDoc = vvPdf_newDocument(vvPDF);                                                        

       // create a sample html string.                                                          
       html1 = '<html><body><h1>Example Heading<h1></body>/html>';                            

       // pass the PDF document and the html string to render the html inside the PDF document.  
       vvPdf_addHTML(pdfDoc: html1);                                                            

       // create a variable to be added to the html string.                                      
       htmlfld = '555 Main St.';                                                                
       html2 = '<html><body><h1>Address is: ' + htmlfld +                                        
               '</h1></body></html>';                                                            

       // pass the PDF document and the html string to render the additional html in the document.
       vvPdf_addHTML(pdfDoc: html2);                                                            

       // close the document                                                                    
       vvPdf_closeDocument(pdfDoc);                                                              

       vvOut.download='Y';        
       vvOut.file='expdf04.pdf';                                
       vvOut_file(vvUtility_getValenceSetting('PDF_PATH')+      
                  'pdfSample.pdf':vvOut);                        

       *inlr=*on;

Let us know how it works out!

Last edited by robert.swanson; 06-15-2019, 06:05 AM.

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