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papreed117357
March 3, 2023
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Word to pdf conversion

  • March 3, 2023
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Hi All,

I have requirement to generate a pdf file where user is given option to enter text value in the pdf file. 
I thought to go with Docx with Dynamic template but I am not sure how to generate user input field in the pdf file

Thanks in advance

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    abhayd3663
    abhayd3663
    March 3, 2023

    You need to have editable pdf. I am not aware of any Appian plugin which generates the editable pdf. Did you checked in APP Market already?

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    nareshs945
    March 3, 2023

    There are several ways to generate PDF doc in Appian using plugins 

    you can use PDF tools plugin to generate PDF document if all user is filling same PDF

    1. Upload the PDF template to your App

    2. Provide Appian UI for user to enter the data

    3. Parse the user entered data to PDF template using fill PDF smart service (From PDF tools plugin)

    Other Option (combination of Docx with Dynamic template & Dynami Document Generator plugin )

    1. Create a docx template with the data format that you want 

    2. Upload template to your App

    3. Provide UI for user to enter data

    4. Parse the data to docx template and generate a document using Docx with Dynamic template feature

    5. use PDF from DOCX smart service to generate a PDF doc

    abhayd3663
    abhayd3663
    March 6, 2023

    See if following plug-in is useful here. 

    community.appian.com/.../search-and-replace-text-in-ms-word-document

    I am the author of this plug-in. It was developed way back in 2017. But I can help you fix any issues you might observe with the plug-in.

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