Export file to shared folder

[Riyaz]

Hi There

Is it possible to export a some documents such as Invoices, Purchase Orders, Some reports as PDFs to be saved under shared drives through a plugin.

Mean, map a selective shared drive in the plugin and save it there.

[SBarnes]

Below is the code out of the rest api that can create a pdf from a report that should be enough as a starting point

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public ServiceStack.Web.IHttpResult Get(ReportsPDFGETRequest request)
        {
            JiwaApplication.Manager manager = this.SessionAs<JiwaAuthUserSession>().Manager;

            JiwaApplication.Report.Configuration.ReportCollection m_Reports = manager.BusinessLogicFactory.CreateBusinessLogic<JiwaApplication.Report.Configuration.ReportCollection>(null);
            m_Reports.Read();

            // find report with request.ReportID
            JiwaApplication.Report.Configuration.Report report = m_Reports[request.ReportID];

            if (report == null)
                throw new JiwaApplication.Exceptions.RecordNotFoundException("Report not found");

            JiwaApplication.JiwaPrintReport.JiwaPrintReport printReportObject = manager.BusinessLogicFactory.CreateBusinessLogic<JiwaApplication.JiwaPrintReport.JiwaPrintReport>(null);
            printReportObject.Setup();

            printReportObject.LoadReport(report);

            if (request.ReportParameters != null)
            {
                foreach (ReportParameter reportParameter in request.ReportParameters)
                {
                    foreach (JiwaApplication.JiwaPrintReport.JiwaReportRange jiwaReportRange in printReportObject.JiwaReportRangeCollection)
                    {
                        if (printReportObject.JiwaPrintFormulaCollection[jiwaReportRange.FormulaKey].Name.Replace("{", "").Replace("}", "").Replace("@", "").Trim().ToUpper() == reportParameter.Name.Replace("{", "").Replace("}", "").Replace("@", "").Trim().ToUpper())
                        {
                            jiwaReportRange.Value = reportParameter.Value;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            printReportObject.UpdateReport();

            // export report to PDF
            string tempFolderPath = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();
            string fileName = report.Title;

            // Make filename safe
            foreach (char c in System.IO.Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars())
            {
                fileName = fileName.Replace(c.ToString(), "");
            }

            string fullFileName = System.IO.Path.Combine(tempFolderPath, fileName) + ".pdf";
            printReportObject.CrystalReportObject.ExportToDisk(CrystalDecisions.Shared.ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat, fullFileName);

            // Return the file
            System.IO.FileInfo fileInfo = new System.IO.FileInfo(fullFileName);
            return new HttpResult(fileInfo, asAttachment: request.AsAttachment);
        }


[Riyaz]

Hi Stuart

Thanks for the same, prefer to do this via plugin, is that not possible?

[Mike.Sheen]

Hi Stuart

Thanks for the same, prefer to do this via plugin, is that not possible?

Of course it is. Stuart's just provided the code from the REST API plugin that does what you need - you just need to grab the critical bits of code out of that.

[SBarnes]

Thanks Mike, yes that was my intention.

[Riyaz]

Thanks Mike & Stuart

[Riyaz]

Hi Mike and Stuart

Just further on this, it works fine for the reports but it wont if we try to save the sales order invoices, the printReportObject.LoadReport(report) wont accept it. It just throws the null error (Object reference not set)

Any suggestions pls

[SBarnes]

Without seeing the actual code it is largely impossible to comment can you post a copy of the plugin in question?

[Riyaz]

Sorry thought had attached it, here it is

[SBarnes]

Trying to print a report in the save start in never going to work as you can't run a crystal report for data that isn't in the database i.e. Jiwa has not saved the data yet.

The first step would be to change the event you are attaching to.