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PDF tools

Jetveo offers a built-in tool for manipulating PDF documents. Accessible at App.Tools.Pdf.

Generating PDF documents​

The primary purpose of this tool is generating a pdf document from an html string. The html string is typically generated from a template. The tool provides a method App.Tools.Pdf.GenerateFromHtml() That takes in 8 arguments:

  • string documentHtml The html string, the pdf document is generated from.

Optional Arguments​

  • headerHtml An html string, that will define the header.
  • footerHtml An html string, that will define the footer.
  • paperSize An enum, that contains a few known paper sizes. (Default A4)
  • scale A floating-point number, that sets the scaling (Default 1.0)
  • margins An enum, which lets you choose margins from Large, Normal, None.
  • headerExtraMargin A floating-point margin size (Note: The value is in inches)
  • footerExtraMargin ...

The method returns a byte array, containing the pdf file content. To add the generated document as a revision, use x.AddRevision(fileName, generatedPdfContent), where

  • x is the desired document to update.
  • fileName is a string, with the desired file name.
  • generatedPdfContent is the byte array returned from GenerateFromHtml()

Here is a simple usage example​

public void GenerateAgreementPdf(Customer customer)
{
    var html_string = App.Templates.AgreementTemplate.Render(customer);
    var pdf_content = App.Tools.Pdf.GenerateFromHtml(html_string);

    string file_name = $"agreement_{customer.Name}.pdf";

    customer.Agreement.AddRevision(file_name, pdf_content);
}