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sonaperth
attach pdf to notes & attachments
hi guys,
how to attach a pdf file to 'notes & attachments' part of an object?
i was able to generate a pdf file using the visualforce with a custom controller.
then they ask to automatically generate and Attach the pdf file to the 'notes & attachment' as well when you press the custom 'buttons and links'.
all i can find is how to attach it to email.
can anyone help? thanks in advance.
Hello sonaperth;
Try this;
public void attach() {
Attachment myAttach = new Attachment();
myAttach.ParentId = 'xxxxxxxxxx';//Id of the object to which the page is attached
myAttach.name = 'DisplayName.pdf';
PageReference myPdf = Page.myPdfPage;//myPdfPage is the name of your pdf page
myAttach.body = myPdf.getContentAsPdf();
insert myAttach;
}
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Hello sonaperth;
Try this;
public void attach() {
Attachment myAttach = new Attachment();
myAttach.ParentId = 'xxxxxxxxxx';//Id of the object to which the page is attached
myAttach.name = 'DisplayName.pdf';
PageReference myPdf = Page.myPdfPage;//myPdfPage is the name of your pdf page
myAttach.body = myPdf.getContentAsPdf();
insert myAttach;
}
I am a novice at programming and have finally finished my renderPDF page and it looks fine. However, I cannot figure out what the next step is to save and attach. The code below is a mystery to me. Can someone help? Is this supposed to be created as an Apex Class? a Controller? or is it part of the VF page that renders the PDF? or something else? What does "public void attach" mean? I cannot find anything to help me finish this project.
I wanted to render a particular Lead Layout as a PDF, which I created in VF, and added a button. What I would really like is if, on the click of the button, the PDF is rendered and saved as an attachment. Please Help!!!
Thank you.
Prageeth,
How do I use the code snippet that you have provided so that I can save VF pages renderas PDF to notes & attachments (I mean does this come in a class or part of the VF controller, sorry I'm a little new when it comes down to VF stuff)?
I will give kudos if you can help me.
Thank you,
Steve Laycock
i kinda have the same requirement, adding the manually attached document to the notes and attachment section. As above, where did you add the controller code? As a separate controller or added to vf page controller?!
thanks,
GR
I want to convert VF to PDF and then save it to Notes and attachments and below are the VF pages and apex class.
When I run the process, a pdf is created successfully at the right location under the Custom__c but its blank. When I "login to community as a user", again the same vf page is blank but when I create a custom link of vf page in Custom__c object, I see the entire letter in pdf. Before putting the extension and action tag, I was able to see the same page from the custom link and from "login to community as a user". Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong, why its showing blank page.
Also VF page render the output dynamically, its not a static page.
Please help me.
1st Visualforce Page: (Letter)
<apex:page standardcontroller="Custom__c" extensions="attachPDFToCustom" action="{!attachPDF}" standardStylesheets="false" showHeader="false" applyHtmlTag="false" applyBodyTag="false" docType="html-5.0" >
<apex:include pageName="Letter_V2"/>
2nd Visualforce Page: (Letter_V2)
<apex:page renderAs="pdf"> </apex:page>
Apex Class:
public class attachPDFToCustom {
public attachPDFToCustom(ApexPages.StandardController standardPageController) {
}
public void attachPDF() {
PageReference pdfPage = Page.Letter_V2;
Attachment attach = new Attachment();
Blob pdfBlob;
try {
pdfBlob = pdfPage.getContent();
}
catch (VisualforceException e) {
pdfBlob = Blob.valueOf('Some Text');
}
attach.parentId = ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('id');
attach.Name = 'Letter - '+ system.Now() + ' .pdf';
attach.body = pdfBlob;
insert attach;
}
}
Thank you
Regards,
Ankit