generateDocument
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- Functions.generateDocument(String objectId, String recordId, String templateId, String format)
- Generates document of templateId evaluated with params in the format.
- If the format is PDF, it generates the document in PDF format, otherwise HTML format. It relates this generated document to the object of type objectId and record identifier recordId.
Generates a document based on an HTML Document Template.
Syntax
Result result; result = Functions.generateDocument(String object, String recordID, String printTemplate, String format);
Parameters
- object
- The name or identifier of the object that contains the record of interest.
- recordID
- The identifier of the record to pass to the template.
- printTemplate
- The name or identifier of the Document Template
- format
- Specify CONSTANTS.DOCUMENT.HTML or CONSTANTS.DOCUMENT.PDF
Return
- Usage
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- Use result.getID() to retrieve the document ID
- Pass it to the Functions class getDocument() method to get a PlatformFileBean that contains the document
- Example
- This example calls generateDocument for a lead, creating a HTML document.
String printTemplateID = ""; String leadID = ""; // Some code to populate printTemplateID. // Some code to populate leadID. Result result = Functions.generateDocument("LEAD", leadID, printTemplateID, CONSTANTS.DOCUMENT.HTML); int resultCode = result.getCode(); if(resultCode < 0) { String msg = "Some Message"; Logger.info(msg + ":\n" + result.getMessage(), "Doc"); // Log details Functions.throwError(msg + "."); // Error message } else { // Some business logic. }