I have an app that needs to generate a PDF (an invoice) using data from an onsite database. We need to:
1. Name the PDF based on a variable passed to the screen.
2. Save the PDF to two locations on the local network.
I've tried multiple Forge Components, including FileSystem, PDF Convertor, Ultimate PDF and Reactive HTML2PDF, that seemed like they might do what I need but I can't get anything to work.
Is there anyone who could point me in the right direction?
Hi @Donna Williams ,
I am using Ultimate PDF you can check this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGozdBMgOGE&t=275s on Youtube, which illustrate step by step creating and downloading pdf
If you want to save it
1- store binary data in a database as binary (I Recommend this one)
2- or you may need to create extension to send binary data to be saved in specific location
3- You can use on of the forge plugin to save files (e.g. FileSystem)
Best of luck
Thank you. I feel like using FileSystem is the way to go, but I have no idea how to implement it.
What you can do is to install the component from forge and the demo as well, in the demo you will find a simple how to use the forge component.
https://www.outsystems.com/forge/component-overview/68/filesystem
click on the arrow down you will find
Hi Mate,
If you want to use File system then you can refer file system forge components. It has code and demo that you can try.
Thanks,Hitesh