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Add rows dynamically in a pdf using PDF Doc from template smart service

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
June 12, 2023
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Hi Appian folks!

I want to add rows dynamically in a pdf file using PDF Doc from Template smart service. I created a CDT with multiple values and mapped that variable to the pdf field. Although it won't create one row for each value.

Is it possible to create a new row in a pdf dynamically for every value in CDT using PDF Doc from Template smart service?

mathieud0001

Brainy

PDFs are not really good at this.

I would suggest one of the following:

- Generate rows dynamically with HTML and convert to PDF

- Generate PDF rows using XSL-FO

Both can be accomplished with the following plugin:

[View:https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/dynamic-document-generator]

ashwini.nemadeAuthor

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I tried converting a template to HTML and then creating PDF from HTML. The dynamic table is created but now I am not able to get image in a PDF. The image is static and it is displayed in HTML template but not in PDF. I have also converted the image into base64 string. Anything that I missed here?

mathieud0001

Brainy

Unfortunately, the conversion from HTML does not handle images but I'm pretty sure that XSL-FO does handle it (the images needs to be encoded directly in the XML though.

Otherwise, your other options are to use a commercial converter (i.e. Aspose).

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