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Merkle UK
GB
Last activity: 1 Mar 2023 22:05 EST
Table borders not reflected in Downloaded PDF
Generated PDF not got the Table borders and alignment. Tried different options from old pdn articles - Troubleshooting HTML-to-PDF Conversion issues | Support Center (pega.com).
PDF table borders do not display | Pega
We are using Pega 8.6.3 and I am calling OOTB pyViewAsPDF from my Activity.
Also tried by setting below as well, but didn't work.
tools.putParamValue("pyHTMLDisableProcessing","true"); tools.putParamValue("pyCompactStyleForPDF","true");
Attached is the Section(which got table) and how it is displayed in Generated PDF without borders.
Bits in Glass
IN
@VenkatasivaK2881 Have you tried HTMLToPDF activity with attachToWork to generate and attach it to case
Merkle UK
GB
@Anoop Krishna , Yes I did and its same, no borders in table and the alignment.
Bits in Glass
IN
@VenkatasivaK2881 inside the pdf is it table layout which refers to pagelist?
Merkle UK
GB
@Anoop Krishna yes, its a pagelist
Bits in Glass
IN
@VenkatasivaK2881 you can try referencing pagelist to a table using HTML. There you can explicitly provide borders attribute to table tag.
Pegasystems Inc.
IN
@VenkatasivaK2881 can you please share the markup from the HTMLToPDF last step in tracer.
Merkle UK
GB
@RahulBojanapally please find attached the entire HTMLStream of PDF.
Bits In Glass
IN
It's possible that the issue with table borders not being reflected in the downloaded PDF is related to the way Pega generates PDFs from HTML content.
One solution to try is to explicitly specify the table border styles in the CSS stylesheet of the HTML content. For example, you can add the following CSS style to the table tag:
table {border-collapse: collapse;} table td {border:1px solid #ccc;}
This will set the border style of all tables columns to a solid gray line with a width of 1px and collapse the borders so that adjacent cells share borders.
If you have already tried this solution and it didn't work, you can try to troubleshoot the issue by inspecting the generated HTML code and checking if the table border styles are being properly applied. You can also check the Pega logs for any errors or warnings related to the PDF generation process.
Another solution is to use a third-party PDF generation library that supports CSS styles better than Pega's built-in PDF generator. One example is iText, which has a Java library that can be integrated with Pega to generate PDFs with better CSS support.
If none of the above solutions work, you can consider reaching out to Pega support or consulting with a Pega developer for further assistance.