Filament•6mo ago

Form to PDF

Has anyone created a form to pdf method before I start? Idea is to allow downloading a PDF of the form's data. i.e. for paper or document management systems.

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bardolf_6969•6mo ago

Have a look at this package - https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-pdf/v1/introduction

Introduction | laravel-pdf

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toekneeOP•6mo ago

Thanks I know how to generate PDF's, it's more if anyone has built a method for generating the page for printing/pdf.

Matthew•2mo ago

Hi @toeknee Did you progress with this? Looking for a solution to convert a completed form/page, into a stored PDF.

toekneeOP•2mo ago

Not really I built a custom quick render

Matthew•2mo ago

Ahh..ok. Is that easily done, can you point me somewhere ?

toekneeOP•2mo ago

Sorry, I just used DomPDF and did it on an action, rendering a blade. i.e.

    $filepath = 'pdfs/my_view';
    $filename = $record->name . '_' .now() . '.pdf';   
    $pdf = Pdf::loadView('pdf.my_view', [
        'record' => $record,
    ]);
    $pdf->render();
    $canvas = $pdf->getDomPDF()->getCanvas();
    $canvas->page_script(function ($pageNumber, $pageCount, $canvas, $fontMetrics) {
        // Text to display
        $text = "Page $pageNumber of $pageCount";
        // Margins from the bottom right
        $marginRight = 10;
        $marginBottom = 20;
        // Font and font size
        $fontSize = 10;
        $font = $fontMetrics->getFont('Helvetica');
        // Set position
        $textWidth = $fontMetrics->getTextWidth($text, $font, $fontSize);
        $xPosition = $canvas->get_width() - $textWidth - $marginRight;
        $yPosition = $canvas->get_height() - $marginBottom;
        // Draw text
        $canvas->text($xPosition, $yPosition, $text, $font, $fontSize);
    });
    
    $pdf->save(
        $filepath.$filename, 's3'
    );
    return response()->streamDownload(function () use ($file) {
        echo $file;
    }, $filename);

    $filepath = 'pdfs/my_view';
    $filename = $record->name . '_' .now() . '.pdf';   
    $pdf = Pdf::loadView('pdf.my_view', [
        'record' => $record,
    ]);
    $pdf->render();
    $canvas = $pdf->getDomPDF()->getCanvas();
    $canvas->page_script(function ($pageNumber, $pageCount, $canvas, $fontMetrics) {
        // Text to display
        $text = "Page $pageNumber of $pageCount";
        // Margins from the bottom right
        $marginRight = 10;
        $marginBottom = 20;
        // Font and font size
        $fontSize = 10;
        $font = $fontMetrics->getFont('Helvetica');
        // Set position
        $textWidth = $fontMetrics->getTextWidth($text, $font, $fontSize);
        $xPosition = $canvas->get_width() - $textWidth - $marginRight;
        $yPosition = $canvas->get_height() - $marginBottom;
        // Draw text
        $canvas->text($xPosition, $yPosition, $text, $font, $fontSize);
    });
    
    $pdf->save(
        $filepath.$filename, 's3'
    );
    return response()->streamDownload(function () use ($file) {
        echo $file;
    }, $filename);

SoraKeyheart•2mo ago

I use Typeset.sh

Matthew•2mo ago

@toeknee Thanks for supplying this. It is similar to what I am doing, but I have an issue with the extensive CSS from filament and the other locations not being available. Other than creating the css and making them statically available (not keen), have you found a way around that ? @SoraKeyheart , does Typeset.sh go anyway to solve the CSS issue?

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