Knowledge Base for DX 7 : FormPdfUtil

Description

• org.joget.apps.form.service.FormPdfUtil
• Under wflow-core module
• Utility class used to generate PDF file based on a form and its data

Code Sample

import org.joget.apps.app.model.AppDefinition;
import org.joget.apps.app.service.AppUtil;
import org.joget.apps.form.service.FormPdfUtil;
 
AppDefinition appDef = AppUtil.getCurrentAppDefinition();
String formId = "crm_account";
String id = "0001";
 
//generate the pdf file in bytes
byte[] pdf = FormPdfUtil.createPdf(formId, id, appDef, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);

Methods

createPdf

public static byte[] createPdf(java.lang.String formId, java.lang.String primaryKey, org.joget.apps.app.model.AppDefinition appDef, org.joget.workflow.model.WorkflowAssignment assignment, java.lang.Boolean hideEmpty, java.lang.String header, java.lang.String footer, java.lang.String css, java.lang.Boolean showAllSelectOptions, java.lang.Boolean repeatHeader, java.lang.Boolean repeatFooter)

Create PDF file based on form

createPdf

public static byte[] createPdf(java.lang.String html, java.lang.String header, java.lang.String footer, java.lang.String css, java.lang.Boolean showAllSelectOptions, java.lang.Boolean repeatHeader, java.lang.Boolean repeatFooter)

Create PDF file based on Form HTML

formatHtml

public static java.lang.String formatHtml(java.lang.String html, java.lang.String header, java.lang.String footer, java.lang.String css, java.lang.Boolean showAllSelectOptions, java.lang.Boolean repeatHeader, java.lang.Boolean repeatFooter)

Prepare the HTML for PDF generation

getRenderer

public static org.xhtmlrenderer.pdf.ITextRenderer getRenderer()

Gets the renderer

getResourceURL

public static java.net.URL getResourceURL(java.lang.String resourceUrl)

Gets the full URL of a resource

getSelectedFormHtml

public static java.lang.String getSelectedFormHtml(java.lang.String formId, java.lang.String primaryKey, org.joget.apps.app.model.AppDefinition appDef, org.joget.workflow.model.WorkflowAssignment assignment, java.lang.Boolean hideEmpty)

Get the HTML of a form

removeEmptyValueChild

public static org.joget.apps.form.model.Element removeEmptyValueChild(Form form, org.joget.apps.form.model.Element element, org.joget.apps.form.model.FormData formData)

Removed the field elements which has empty value from the form