Generate live PDF from snippet instead of html resource
XStreamke opened this issue · comments
Dear,
I've used the TV's to generate on the fly, but it generates on the fly in the browser...What I want to do is generating the PDF via a snippet on the fly...Is it possible or I just need to do it using mpdf?
Regards,
Kevin
Sorry, I don’t understand your question.
At the moment I use a link and that link generates the PDF. So I have to manually create a 'post' for each PDF I need. But what I want to do is to automate that process eg. a batch schedule. So that I automatically call the module, generate the PDF, save the PDF somewhere and feed the next one. Without user interaction or a website page. I have a strong believe that isn't possible with PDFResource, and thus I shall need to do it using mPDF straight away.
PDFResource could generate the PDF on the fly or during saving the resource. You need it on the fly, if I understand you right. That has to be enabled in the system settings.
That's enabled. So I get it immediately when I go to the resource that renders it. But I wanted to use it also on a plain trigger from php or a snippet call. So not just that you need to 'visit' the page.
Anyway, I'll sort it out once I have time enough.
The PDF file is generated and it stays there for download. Maybe that's enough.
On the other hand, you could create a MODX symlink, that could render that MODX resource with a different template. That template has to trigger PDFResource and it could contain a simple javascript redirect to the PDF file. Could that be a solution?
Closing because of lack of response