Document rendering in browser window

RE: Document rendering in browser window

amitm9 — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:20:33 GMT

Hi Abhishek,

Till 18.2 version it is not possible with Appian OOB functionalities. You need to have a plugin for the same or convey business/client for Appian limitation. If you are looking for plugin, Filenet could be a possible answer. Thank you.

RE: Document rendering in browser window

bhanuprakashm — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 07:03:48 GMT

Hi Abhishek,

AFAIK there is no way to edit the document in appian. For this you have to use "abode pro" tool is available.Once the document is edited. You have to follow the steps described by ekanshj.

Hope this is help to u.

RE: Document rendering in browser window

ekanshj — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 06:05:23 GMT

Hi Abhishek,
Till 18.2 Appian only provides you to download the document using downloadDocument link for which you need to fetch the document in appian first from sharepoint. a!documentViewerField() is a new functionality for viewing the document on the screen but there also you will not be able to edit the document.
Whereas there is a plugin available that you can use to work with PDF's. (PDF Tools) where it can perform these actions: Merge PDF, Extract PDF Pages, Fill PDF, Create PDF Content, Convert PDF to Image, Compress PDF, Get PDF Metadata, Get PDF Text, Get PDF Form Fields.

RE: Document rendering in browser window

nicholash893817 — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 01:48:22 GMT

If you just need to be able to support the PDF being opened in a browser, you can configure a Web API to return a document (start by using the template for download document)

Set the header: Content-Disposition: "inline" to open it in the browser window. If the browser supports it, the PDF will open in a new tab, otherwise it will download the file to be opened natively.

You can configure your web api to call a process or integration that's been connected to Sharepoint to return the file and provide it for download.

RE: Document rendering in browser window

vishnuv — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 06:48:25 GMT

Hi ,
Are you getting any error or just a blank output when you trying to do so. Looks like an issue has been raised with Appian and below are few threads regarding the same:
community.appian.com/.../kb-1719-document-viewer-does-not-render-documents-in-firefox
community.appian.com/.../kb-1583-web-content-component-not-rendering-content
I would suggest to reach out to Appian support for a possible resolution of your query.

Thanks.