bit of a meta question, if you want your users to ...
# advancedpdfd
David B
02/28/2023, 11:11 PMbit of a meta question, if you want your users to be able to control how the PDF for a transaction will print (i.e. controlling whether/how certain elements would print), how would you go about doing this?
Currently I'm using a bunch of body and line checkboxes (like "Print stock status message")
It just feels.... inelegant.. esp. for the line-level options (currently 4 options, but it's turning into a bit of a wall of checkboxes)
David B
02/28/2023, 11:12 PMthinking about having an "advanced print" button that would load a suitelet (maybe in iframe) and have all the options there (would have to replicate the item sublist with just the item names and different checkboxes)
Then pipe this through to
N/renderDavid B
02/28/2023, 11:13 PMmaybe also saving the suitelet selections/options to a custom text field in JSON format so it can be used by the suitelet next time the "advanced print" button is pressed
David B
02/28/2023, 11:13 PMbut doing all of this to just abstract away all the checkboxes from the actual transaction feels a bit like overkill...
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Tristan Day
02/28/2023, 11:29 PMCheckboxes is how we do it, it may be inelegant but it's effective and robust and has little technical debt
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Tristan Day
02/28/2023, 11:29 PMcheckboxes, sometimes a dropdown / custom record to hold certain configs etc
Tristan Day
02/28/2023, 11:29 PMbut yes, suitelet is overkill imo
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David B
02/28/2023, 11:30 PMsourcing settings from a custom record select field for preset configurations might be a good way to go.
Thanks for the advice!
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