WB22 - Report To PDF

Hi All

I am printing to a pdf and then loading it into the browser. Here is my code:

sFile is string = fDataDir()+"\"+DateSys()+TimeSys()+".pdf"

iDestination(iPDF, sFile)

iPrintReport(RPT_RollCallList)

FileDisplay(sFile, "application/pdf")

fDelete(sFile)

I need the pdf to be sent to a separate tab so that when it is closed the page that it is called from will be returned to? At the moment it opens on the same tab that the report is called from.

Cheers
André

Hi André,

the button in which this code is should have a setting of "new browser" on the first tab.

And you should REMOVE the fdelete, as the file will in some case be deleted before it can be displayed.

best regards

Fabrice Harari
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Hi Fabrice

The maestro strikes again - cool - that sorted it.

On the matter of deleting the file - how do you deal with removing these temporary files going forward?

Cheers
André

Hi André,

to remove the old files, at the beginning of the code to print a new report, I check the date time of the files in that directory, and I delete anything older than 24hours...

You already have the datetime in the name, you just need to move your files to a subdirectory for that process to be extremely fast.

This will also allow the user to download the file after they read it in their browser.

best regards

Fabrice Harari
International WinDev, WebDev and WinDev mobile Consulting

Free Video Courses, free WXShowroom.com, open source WXReplication, open
source WXEDM.

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Hi Fabrice

Thanks - will try something like that.

Cheers
André