I'm creating a suitelet. I want to include this fi...
# suitescripts
Simon
09/02/2022, 8:02 PMI'm creating a suitelet. I want to include this file
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf/1.0.272/jspdf.debug.js"></script>
When I save, I get
Fail to evaluate script: {"type":"error.SuiteScriptModuleLoaderError","name":"UNEXPECTED_ERROR","message":"syntax error (SS_SCRIPT_FOR_METADATA#9)","stack":[]}
What am I doing wrong ?
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battk
09/02/2022, 8:09 PMprobably requires 2.1
battk
09/02/2022, 8:29 PMand probably a _*require*_ Configuration since the define statement tries to register an alias id
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Simon
09/02/2022, 8:51 PMThanks. I'm looking at suiteql, there is a reference to an external file.
I think it's something else. I will do more research on the web. Thanks
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alien4u
09/02/2022, 9:31 PM@Simon Any particular reason to use an external library to create PDFs when NetSuite has it own templating system and N/render module to create PDFs?
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Simon
09/02/2022, 9:36 PMWe have a very complex form to create/update (group invoice). As you know, Advanced PDF is quite limited and for this task, Advanced PDF "cannot" do it, the ROI is not realistic. We've been searching for an alternative and we found it
Thanks
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alien4u
09/02/2022, 9:41 PMIf you use Advanced PDF Templates with SuiteScript and the N/render module you can accomplish anything you want, the use of external library should be your last resort when you are 100% sure you can’t do it with NetSuite and I can tell you for a fact this is not the case. This is only my advice.
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alien4u
09/02/2022, 9:42 PMIf you still want to use this you need to make sure you get the UMD or AMD compatible file to include it in the Client Script that you would attach to your Suitelet…
alien4u
09/02/2022, 9:43 PMA second option would be to create an inlinehtml field in your Suitelet and using the render module include the library directly from It CDN URL.
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Simon
09/02/2022, 9:45 PMThat's what I did (innerhtml). Now everything is fine You should see the code, it's super simple and we have all the flexibility we needed. We will replace all PDF with this new solution (jsPDF)
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alien4u
09/02/2022, 9:50 PMI don't want to be a negative Nancy here and I really really hate to break this down for you but sadly that is no how the business world works, NetSuite is a System that handles or manipulate finances and that means money, the moment your NOT official library stop working or anything bad happens and your company loses businesses or a big customer your are pretty much fired, specially when NetSuite Support tell and or demonstrate to your boss that native NetSuite functionality could prevent all that.
alien4u
09/02/2022, 9:50 PMAgain, only an advise... you do what you think is best...
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Simon
09/02/2022, 10:36 PMThanks for your comments, but let's say that we agree to disagree
Have a great labor day weekend
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ec
09/04/2022, 8:14 PM@Simon please do share your code
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Simon
09/05/2022, 2:02 PMUnfortunately I cannot share the final code but I can share where I start and I'm sure you can complete it
So, take the code below, save it in an HTML, run it, and click on
Generate PDF using jsPDF
Simon
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf/1.0.272/jspdf.debug.js"></script>
<script>
function generatePDF() {
var pdf = new jsPDF({
orientation: 'p',
unit: 'mm',
format: 'a5',
putOnlyUsedFonts:true
});
pdf.setFontSize(15);
pdf.text("Invoice Group #", 90, 20);
pdf.setFontSize(10);
pdf.text("Samsung",30, 20);
pdf.text("3655 North First Street", 30, 25);
pdf.text("San Jose, CA 95134", 30, 30);
pdf.text("United States", 30, 35);
pdf.text("Bill Address",20, 50);
pdf.text("One Verizon Way", 20, 60);
pdf.text("Basking Ridge", 20, 65);
pdf.text("New Jersey, NJ, 07920", 20, 70);
pdf.text("United States", 20, 75);
pdf.rect(84,55,25,7);
pdf.text("Amount Paid",85, 60);
pdf.rect(109,55,30,7);
pdf.text("$0.00",120, 60);
pdf.rect(84,62,25,7);
pdf.text("Amount Due",85, 67);
pdf.rect(109,62,30,7);
pdf.text("$2,688.00",120, 67);
pdf.rect(84,69,25,7);
pdf.text("Amount Due",85, 74);
pdf.rect(109,69,30,7);
pdf.text("$2,688.00",120, 74);
pdf.addPage();
pdf.setFontSize(30)
pdf.text(20, 20, 'The second page');
pdf.save('jsPDF_2Pages.pdf');
// window.open("jsPDF_2Pages.pdf", '_blank');
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<button onclick="generatePDF()">Generate PDF using jsPDF</button>
</body>
</html>
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