I'm looking to have a button create a pdf from a...
# suitescripts
Sim Greenbaum
05/25/2021, 9:08 PMI'm looking to have a button create a pdf from a bill with adding some other info, i would assume I should use the render method?
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creece
05/25/2021, 9:09 PMYou use a suitelet and render the pdf that way
creece
05/25/2021, 9:09 PMbutton click -> launch suitelet -> display pdf
creece
05/25/2021, 9:10 PMYou use N/render if you want to render the special pdf though
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Sim Greenbaum
05/25/2021, 9:26 PMwhat is the benefit of suitelet , or a button firing a script?
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battk
05/25/2021, 9:54 PMN/render does not work clientside
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Sim Greenbaum
05/25/2021, 9:56 PMwell that answers it
Sim Greenbaum
05/25/2021, 9:58 PM@battk I wish i could search history in this slack, you once gave me a bunch of info on render and free maker
Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 5:04 PMI'm looking for more info on creating a suitelet and redning pdf , the docs are very confuzing
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battk
05/26/2021, 5:15 PMthe two techniques you need to combine are rendering a pdf file and making a suitelet return a file
battk
05/26/2021, 5:15 PMif you dont know either, i recommend starting at making a suitelet that returns a file (any file)
battk
05/26/2021, 5:17 PMthen making the button that opens a window to the suitelet
battk
05/26/2021, 5:17 PMafter you get that working and you confirm that its what you want, then you can move onto generating the file
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Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 6:16 PM@battk good advice
Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 7:12 PMim stuck at making the button open the suitelite
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battk
05/26/2021, 7:13 PMs
Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 7:14 PMlol my button is user event script
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battk
05/26/2021, 7:14 PMyour button's function runs client side
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Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 7:18 PMthe button function can be inside the userevent script or should be a 3rd file
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battk
05/26/2021, 7:21 PMi would recommend a client script file
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Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 7:22 PMso 3 files 1.button 2.client script function to launch the sutielet 3.suitelet
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battk
05/26/2021, 7:23 PMyes
battk
05/26/2021, 7:24 PMyou can combine the button with the client script if you make a form level client script
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Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 7:24 PMi thought for view mode button you use userevent script
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battk
05/26/2021, 7:25 PMif you are determined and know how eval works, you can skip the client script and generate a string representing your code for the functionName
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Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 7:25 PMgot it
Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 7:39 PMis it bad practice to hard code the full url inside a user event script ?
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battk
05/26/2021, 7:41 PMs
Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 8:00 PMim onto the next step generating the pdf , thias is the area iI am very lost in
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battk
05/26/2021, 8:01 PMdo you have a working template?
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Sim Greenbaum
05/26/2021, 8:01 PMnope
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battk
05/26/2021, 8:02 PMthats where you would want to start
battk
05/26/2021, 8:02 PMi recommend customizing the existing one until it looks like what you want
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Sim Greenbaum
05/27/2021, 4:59 PMhow do i pass in the id of the record to the suitelet ,
Sim Greenbaum
05/27/2021, 5:01 PM Copy code
var firesrc = `(id)=> {
var output = url.resolveScript({
scriptId: 'customscript825',
deploymentId: 'customdeploy1',
returnExternalUrl: true
})window.open( output, "_blank")
}`;Sim Greenbaum
05/27/2021, 5:30 PMi guess plain old js is the way
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battk
05/27/2021, 5:34 PMYou probably dont want to use the external url of your suitelet
battk
05/27/2021, 5:34 PMThats basically a public url
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Sim Greenbaum
05/27/2021, 5:34 PMyeah i siwrched that
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battk
05/27/2021, 5:35 PMUse the params parameter of url.resolveScript for your url parameters
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Sim Greenbaum
05/27/2021, 5:38 PMlol i just added to the ind but that is smarter
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