Hello.
I have created a PDF file. I want to set th...
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NickSuite
12/12/2019, 10:54 AMHello.
I have created a PDF file. I want to set the file ID and file URL in the PDF File. Is there a way I can load the file, and set the desired values and save the file again? I have tried this so far:
var file = nsFile.load({id: fileId});
var a = file.getContents();
var encodedString = nsEncode.convert({
string: a,
inputEncoding: nsEncode.Encoding.BASE_64,
outputEncoding: nsEncode.Encoding.UTF_8
});
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battk
12/12/2019, 10:56 AMnot sure what you are trying to do
battk
12/12/2019, 10:57 AMbut you won't be able to do it by trying to convert a binary file to utf8
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NickSuite
12/12/2019, 10:59 AMSo in my file, I want to add the file URL. How can I do that?
NickSuite
12/12/2019, 10:59 AMBecause URL is not generated until the file is generated.
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NElliott
12/12/2019, 11:00 AMNo the url and id is defined by the system, the whole point of the url is so you can access it in the NS filecabinet.
The ID is generated automatically to prevent collision in the file system rather than creating havoc supplying your own id.
Why would you want to mess with either?
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battk
12/12/2019, 11:00 AMi believe the key term here is
in my filen
NickSuite
12/12/2019, 11:00 AMI don't want to supply my own ID neither the URL. I just want to get these values after the file is saved, and load the file and set those values in the relevant columns in the file.
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battk
12/12/2019, 11:03 AMgenerate a new pdf
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NickSuite
12/12/2019, 11:04 AMI don't want to generate new PDF. I want to update that same file. is this possible?
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battk
12/12/2019, 11:12 AMnot really
battk
12/12/2019, 11:13 AMyou can try finding a pdf parser on npm and see if it works
battk
12/12/2019, 11:13 AMbut generating the pdf again is really the easiest way
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NElliott
12/12/2019, 11:14 AMYou could try loading the file, getting the content, altering the content, re-assigning the file content and saving it but I don't think it will work...
You are probably better creating the new one and deleting the old afterwards.
NElliott
12/12/2019, 11:15 AMActually, hold that thought, I'm pretty sure if you create a file with the same name it overwrites the file...
I feel sure I've done this with plaintext files historically.
Not sure about PDF's though.
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NickSuite
12/12/2019, 11:17 AMIf I generate the PDF again, it will give a new Idea and new URL. So it will not be helpful for me.
NickSuite
12/12/2019, 11:17 AM@NElliott I can try saving it with the same name.
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battk
12/12/2019, 11:18 AMyou can overwrite files in netsuite
battk
12/12/2019, 11:18 AMsame everything but the contents change
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NickSuite
12/12/2019, 11:37 AM@NElliott and @battk that worked! I created an empty file, get the ID and URL, and then saved it with the actual content. It worked!
NickSuite
12/12/2019, 11:37 AMThanks alot!
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NElliott
12/12/2019, 11:45 AMtook a little while, glad I recalled that it overwrote the file.
Just make sure you don't switch the file folder otherwise you'll end up with duplicate named files in your system although the internal id's will of course differ. 🙂
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