Question
Inovar
SA
Last activity: 20 Mar 2017 20:20 EDT
Need code to send attached object to user.. dont want to use OOB ViewAsPDF
I need to get the byte array for the PDF attached in a WO. I tried this but its not working.. I dont want to use ViewAsPDF as I need to get it in byte array for some other purpose.
String strAttachStream = tools.findPage("FileAttachment2").getString("pyAttachStream"); //FileAttachment2 is the attachement page.
byte[] byteArray1 = strAttachStream.getBytes(); // get the bytes
String pdfName="A.pdf";
String result=tools.sendFile(byteArray1 ,pdfName,false,null,true); //send the doc to user
I tried to decode the attachment also using String decoded_strAttachStream = com.pegarules.generated.pega_rules_default.Base64Decode(strAttachStream ); then getting the bytes. But its not working.
Accepted Solution
Pegasystems Inc.
GB
Take a look at this post:
https://collaborate.pega.com/question/how-display-pdf-sectioninvoice
It shows how to get the Base64 data of the attached PDF (or whatever) from the "pyAttachStream" property, and decode it to bytes using this Java:
byte[] byteArray=Base64Util.decodeToByteArray(pyAttachStream);
String result=tools.sendFile(byteArray, pxAttachName, false, null, false );
Inovar
SA
Thank You. This is what I was looking.
Do you know why below code was not working?
Sring decoded_strAttachStream = com.pegarules.generated.pega_rules_default.Base64Decode(strAttachStream );
byte[] byteArray1 = strAttachStream.getBytes(); // get the bytes
String result=tools.sendFile(byteArray1 ,pdfName,false,null,true); //send the doc to user
Inovar
SA
I need one more help.
Say I have the byte array of a PDF, now I need to add this byte array as attachment to work. I can write all the attachment code but need to know what should I put it in pyAttachStream? Is it
String pyAttachStream = Base64Util.encodeToString or encodeToString or encode ?
Thanks.
Capgemini
GB
Hi Piyush,
Once you have a pdf document as java object.
Try calling activity Code-Pega-PDF.AttachToWork it will attach the PDF to the work object.
No need to write your own activity :-)
Let me know if you need any more inputs with this.
Regards,
Vishal