HTML to PDF

Overview

Version 1.0.0 - Accepts inline and internal styles and also adds images in the PDF if they are publicly hosted. Based on content, multiple pages will be created in the PDF. The Smart Service will accept HTML files with properly closed tags including <br> and <img> tags otherwise the node will be errored out.

Version 2.0.0 - Everything with Version 1.0.0 and ability to generate PDF from HTML with landscape orientation.

Key Features & Functionality

Inputs

  • Source Document (Document) - The html file to be converted into PDF.
  • New Document Name (Text) - Name for the newly created PDF Document.
  • New Document Desc (Text) - Description of the output PDF Document.
  • Save In Folder (Folder) - Folder to which the output PDF Document to be saved in.

Outputs

  • New Document Created (Document) - The output PDF file.
  • Error Message (Text) - Error message received.
  • Error Occurred (Boolean) - Set to true on the occurrence of error.
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  • v2.1.1 Release Notes
    • Security patch updated
  • FYI, new version is throwing an error and pausing process execution:

    2022-09-26 15:33:18,796 [Appian Work Item - 172 - WorkID 107 - execution02 - process 536871483 - model 1172 : UnattendedJavaActivityRequest] ERROR com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest - An error occurred while executing activity: id=536877167, classname=com.vuram.plugins.htmltopdfconversion.HtmlToPdfConversion
    java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
    	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor.createInstance(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:247)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor.createActivityInstance(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:211)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultUnattendedActivityExecutor.validate(DefaultUnattendedActivityExecutor.java:18)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:84)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequestResponseCreator.getJavaActivityResultResponse(UnattendedJavaActivityRequestResponseCreator.java:21)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.getJavaActivityResultResponse(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:67)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute0(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:55)
    	at com.appiancorp.common.persistence.data.AppianDataUserContextProvider.executeWithConsistentDataReads(AppianDataUserContextProvider.java:143)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ProcessContinuationRequest.executeOuter(ProcessContinuationRequest.java:68)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ContinuationRequest.execute(ContinuationRequest.java:129)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.onMessage(UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.java:36)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.WorkItem.run(WorkItem.java:110)
    	at org.springframework.jca.work.SimpleTaskWorkManager$DelegatingWorkAdapter.run(SimpleTaskWorkManager.java:239)
    	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
    	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
    	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)
    Caused by: java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems: 
    	The import org.apache.log4j cannot be resolved
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    
    	at com.vuram.plugins.htmltopdfconversion.HtmlToPdfConversion.<init>(HtmlToPdfConversion.java:12)
    	... 20 more

Comment
  • FYI, new version is throwing an error and pausing process execution:

    2022-09-26 15:33:18,796 [Appian Work Item - 172 - WorkID 107 - execution02 - process 536871483 - model 1172 : UnattendedJavaActivityRequest] ERROR com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest - An error occurred while executing activity: id=536877167, classname=com.vuram.plugins.htmltopdfconversion.HtmlToPdfConversion
    java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
    	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor.createInstance(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:247)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor.createActivityInstance(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:211)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultUnattendedActivityExecutor.validate(DefaultUnattendedActivityExecutor.java:18)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:84)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequestResponseCreator.getJavaActivityResultResponse(UnattendedJavaActivityRequestResponseCreator.java:21)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.getJavaActivityResultResponse(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:67)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute0(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:55)
    	at com.appiancorp.common.persistence.data.AppianDataUserContextProvider.executeWithConsistentDataReads(AppianDataUserContextProvider.java:143)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ProcessContinuationRequest.executeOuter(ProcessContinuationRequest.java:68)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ContinuationRequest.execute(ContinuationRequest.java:129)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.onMessage(UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.java:36)
    	at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.WorkItem.run(WorkItem.java:110)
    	at org.springframework.jca.work.SimpleTaskWorkManager$DelegatingWorkAdapter.run(SimpleTaskWorkManager.java:239)
    	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
    	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
    	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)
    Caused by: java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems: 
    	The import org.apache.log4j cannot be resolved
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    	Logger cannot be resolved to a type
    
    	at com.vuram.plugins.htmltopdfconversion.HtmlToPdfConversion.<init>(HtmlToPdfConversion.java:12)
    	... 20 more

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