text_templates::create_pdf_content (public)

 text_templates::create_pdf_content -template_id template_id \
    -set_var_call set_var_call

Defined in packages/acs-tcl/tcl/pdf-procs.tcl

Create the pdf content from a template

Switches:

-template_id

(required)

The template to use for the preview. It is assumed that the template_id is the same as the revision_id to be used for the template.

-set_var_call

(required)

procedure-name which sets the variables used

Returns:

the pdf-file-name

Author:

Christian Langmann <C_Langmann@gmx.de>

Created:

2005-07-07

Partial Call Graph (max 5 caller/called nodes):

Testcases:

No testcase defined.

Source code:

    
    # create html.file
    set html_content [create_html_content -template_id $template_id -set_var_call $set_var_call]
    set fp [file tempfile tmp_html_filename [ad_tmpdir]/pdf-XXXXXX.html]
    puts $fp $html_content
    close $fp

    # create pdf-file
    set tmp_pdf_filename "${tmp_html_filename}.pdf"
    set htmldoc_bin [parameter::get -parameter "HtmlDocBin" -default "/usr/bin/htmldoc"]
    if {[catch {exec $htmldoc_bin --webpage --quiet -t pdf -f $tmp_pdf_filename $tmp_html_filename} err]} {
        ns_log Error "Error during conversion from html to pdf: $err"
    }
    file delete -- $tmp_html_filename

    if {[ad_file exists $tmp_pdf_filename]} {
        return $tmp_pdf_filename
    } else {
        return ""
    }

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