Generate PDF from HTML report

To generate a PDF from an HTML report you have to configure the next steps:

1. set the option <generatePdf>true</generatePdf> in the declarations section of the report module

   <reports ......>
    <declarations>
      <chartFormat id="chartFormat1"> ....    </chartFormat>
      <summaryFormat id="formatStatusMap"> ....    </summaryFormat>
      <htmlTableFormat id="htmlTableFormat1NL" tableStyle="tableStyle1"> ....    </htmlTableFormat>
      <dateFormat id="dateFormat1"> ...  </dateFormat>
      <numberFormat id="numberFormat1"> ... </numberFormat>
   
      <generatePdf>true</generatePdf>
      <generatePdfCommandLineOptions>--orientation Landscape</generatePdfCommandLineOptions>  
   
      <templateDir>$REPORT_TEMPLATE_DIR$</templateDir>
      <reportsRootDir>$REPORT_ROOT_DIR$</reportsRootDir>
      <reportsRootSubDir>nl/fluvial</reportsRootSubDir>
   
      <sendToLocalFileSystem>true</sendToLocalFileSystem>
   
      <timeZone ..
      <locale ....
    </declarations>
   

2. Note that the option sendToLocalFileSystem should be set to true. To generate an Image from reports (zip files) stored in the database, you can configure a similar option in the ReportExport configuration.
3. in the global.properties the option REPORT_HTML2PDF_PROGRAM should be defined.
   For example to REPORT_HTML2PDF_PROGRAM=%REGION_HOME%/Modules/Reports/bin/wkhtmltopdf.exe

Currently the wkhtmltopdf program is used, which is available for windows and various linux distributions

Notes:

• The wkhtmltopdf application is known to crash if spaces are used in the directory names of the fews client.
• If you want to reference images in the HTML which you export when you make the reports you must include the argument --enable-local-file-access