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haba713

PDF export

Hi

What is the easiest way of implementing the functionality where form is
stored as a PDF file to server's local filesystem when user submits the
form (in form runner)?

Or has Orbeon already a REST interface for getting the PDF?

Harri

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Erik Bruchez

Re: PDF export

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Harri,

There is an option to store the PDF in the persistence layer (at the
moment eXist, Oracle, MySQL, or your own if you write your own
service).

There is not built-in option to store the PDF in the filesystem, but
to do this I would implement a custom persistence layer:

http://wiki.orbeon.com/forms/doc/contributor-guide/form-builder-integration-notes#TOC-Persistence-API

If using the persistence layer, then the PDF is easily accessible
through the REST persistence API.

-Erik

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Harri T. <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi
>
> What is the easiest way of implementing the functionality where form is
> stored as a PDF file to server's local filesystem when user submits the form
> (in form runner)?
>
> Or has Orbeon already a REST interface for getting the PDF?
>
> Harri
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haba713

Re: Re: PDF export

On 11.6.2010 1:11 Erik Bruchez wrote:
>
> There is an option to store the PDF in the persistence layer (at the
> moment eXist, Oracle, MySQL, or your own if you write your own service).

Thanks for the answer! This is good news!

How can this option be switched on? I didn't find it from the
documentation. Is the feature supported in Community Edition?

Harri

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Erik Bruchez

Re: Re: Re: PDF export

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You know, I think I was just wrong! You can email the PDF, send it to
Alfresco, or make the PDF available to a confirmation page, but not
save it into the persistence layer.

It would be good to figure this out though. What is your exact use case?

-Erik

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Harri T. <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On 11.6.2010 1:11 Erik Bruchez wrote:
>>
>> There is an option to store the PDF in the persistence layer (at the
>> moment eXist, Oracle, MySQL, or your own if you write your own service).
>
> Thanks for the answer! This is good news!
>
> How can this option be switched on? I didn't find it from the documentation.
> Is the feature supported in Community Edition?
>
> Harri
>
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haba713

Re: PDF export

We need integration to a system that is able to do a scheduled fetch of PDF from the filesystem.

Can I find some documentation about Alfresco and email interfaces from orbeon.com answering to questions below?

How can the interfaces be taken in use (maybe some configuration options to properties-local.xml)?
Which stardards are they based on (maybe JCR & SMTP respectively)?

Harri

On 15.6.2010 4:34 Erik Bruchez wrote:

You know, I think I was just wrong! You can email the PDF, send it to
Alfresco, or make the PDF available to a confirmation page, but not
save it into the persistence layer.

It would be good to figure this out though. What is your exact use case?

-Erik

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Harri T. [hidden email] wrote:

On 11.6.2010 1:11 Erik Bruchez wrote:

There is an option to store the PDF in the persistence layer (at the
moment eXist, Oracle, MySQL, or your own if you write your own service).

Thanks for the answer! This is good news!

How can this option be switched on? I didn't find it from the documentation.
Is the feature supported in Community Edition?

Harri


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haba713

Re: PDF export

In reply to this post by Erik Bruchez

Hi! Form runner seems to have a REST address (if I understand REST in
right sense) for getting the PDF:

http://[host]:[port]/orbeon/fr/[application-id]/[form-id]/pdf/[document-id]?fr-language=en

I can use tools like wget for saving it into the server file system.

Harri

On 15.6.2010 4:34 Erik Bruchez wrote:

> You know, I think I was just wrong! You can email the PDF, send it to
> Alfresco, or make the PDF available to a confirmation page, but not
> save it into the persistence layer.
>
> It would be good to figure this out though. What is your exact use case?
>
> -Erik
>
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Harri T.<[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> On 11.6.2010 1:11 Erik Bruchez wrote:
>>
>>> There is an option to store the PDF in the persistence layer (at the
>>> moment eXist, Oracle, MySQL, or your own if you write your own service).
>>>
>> Thanks for the answer! This is good news!
>>
>> How can this option be switched on? I didn't find it from the documentation.
>> Is the feature supported in Community Edition?
>>
>> Harri
>>
>>
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haba713

Re: PDF export

PDFs seem to be generated in US Letter format. Is there a configuration
option (properties-local.xml) for changing it to A4 format?

Harri

On 27.6.2010 15:56 Harri T. wrote:

> Hi! Form runner seems to have a REST address (if I understand REST in
> right sense) for getting the PDF:
>
> http://[host]:[port]/orbeon/fr/[application-id]/[form-id]/pdf/[document-id]?fr-language=en
>
>
> I can use tools like wget for saving it into the server file system.
>
> Harri
>
> On 15.6.2010 4:34 Erik Bruchez wrote:
>> You know, I think I was just wrong! You can email the PDF, send it to
>> Alfresco, or make the PDF available to a confirmation page, but not
>> save it into the persistence layer.
>>
>> It would be good to figure this out though. What is your exact use case?
>>
>> -Erik
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Harri T.<[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> On 11.6.2010 1:11 Erik Bruchez wrote:
>>>> There is an option to store the PDF in the persistence layer (at the
>>>> moment eXist, Oracle, MySQL, or your own if you write your own
>>>> service).
>>> Thanks for the answer! This is good news!
>>>
>>> How can this option be switched on? I didn't find it from the
>>> documentation.
>>> Is the feature supported in Community Edition?
>>>
>>> Harri
>>>
>>>
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haba713

Re: PDF export

Adding

@page {
size: A4;
}

to CSS resolves this issue.

Harri

On 28.6.2010 13:04 Harri T. wrote:

> PDFs seem to be generated in US Letter format. Is there a
> configuration option (properties-local.xml) for changing it to A4 format?
>
> Harri
>
> On 27.6.2010 15:56 Harri T. wrote:
>> Hi! Form runner seems to have a REST address (if I understand REST in
>> right sense) for getting the PDF:
>>
>> http://[host]:[port]/orbeon/fr/[application-id]/[form-id]/pdf/[document-id]?fr-language=en
>>
>>
>> I can use tools like wget for saving it into the server file system.
>>
>> Harri
>>
>> On 15.6.2010 4:34 Erik Bruchez wrote:
>>> You know, I think I was just wrong! You can email the PDF, send it to
>>> Alfresco, or make the PDF available to a confirmation page, but not
>>> save it into the persistence layer.
>>>
>>> It would be good to figure this out though. What is your exact use
>>> case?
>>>
>>> -Erik
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Harri T.<[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> On 11.6.2010 1:11 Erik Bruchez wrote:
>>>>> There is an option to store the PDF in the persistence layer (at the
>>>>> moment eXist, Oracle, MySQL, or your own if you write your own
>>>>> service).
>>>> Thanks for the answer! This is good news!
>>>>
>>>> How can this option be switched on? I didn't find it from the
>>>> documentation.
>>>> Is the feature supported in Community Edition?
>>>>
>>>> Harri
>>>>
>>>>
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Alessandro Vernet

Re: Re: PDF export

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Harri,

Excellent; thank you for sharing this back with the community.

Alex

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Harri T. <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Adding
>
> @page {
> size: A4;
> }
>
> to CSS resolves this issue.
>
> Harri
>
> On 28.6.2010 13:04 Harri T. wrote:
>>
>> PDFs seem to be generated in US Letter format. Is there a configuration
>> option (properties-local.xml) for changing it to A4 format?
>>
>> Harri
>>
>> On 27.6.2010 15:56 Harri T. wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi! Form runner seems to have a REST address (if I understand REST in
>>> right sense) for getting the PDF:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://[host]:[port]/orbeon/fr/[application-id]/[form-id]/pdf/[document-id]?fr-language=en
>>>
>>> I can use tools like wget for saving it into the server file system.
>>>
>>> Harri
>>>
>>> On 15.6.2010 4:34 Erik Bruchez wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You know, I think I was just wrong! You can email the PDF, send it to
>>>> Alfresco, or make the PDF available to a confirmation page, but not
>>>> save it into the persistence layer.
>>>>
>>>> It would be good to figure this out though. What is your exact use case?
>>>>
>>>> -Erik
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Harri T.<[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11.6.2010 1:11 Erik Bruchez wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is an option to store the PDF in the persistence layer (at the
>>>>>> moment eXist, Oracle, MySQL, or your own if you write your own
>>>>>> service).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the answer! This is good news!
>>>>>
>>>>> How can this option be switched on? I didn't find it from the
>>>>> documentation.
>>>>> Is the feature supported in Community Edition?
>>>>>
>>>>> Harri
>>>>>
>>>>>
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