Hi,

I am facing one problem while creating PDF using life cycle designer tool.

I am trying to generate a PDF that will contain a simple textInput with some text. I am using a snapshot class to capture this component.

This captured image is converted to base64 using base64Encoder.Now, this encoded string creates a problem with lifeCycle Designer..

If I enter,say 7, in textInput, the PDF gets generated properly with a complete snaphot of text box and the text within. But if I enter some other text, say XXDD, the PDF generation fails. Is there any problem with decoding the base64 encoded string?

Here is some code snippet :

// Flex code

private function generateImagePdf() : void {
                       
            var url:String = "/pdfSampleApp";
                     
        var snapshot:ImageSnapshot = ImageSnapshot.captureImage(uname);// uname is a textInput
        containerImage = ImageSnapshot.encodeImageAsBase64(snapshot);
        url = url + "/PDFGeneratorServlet?xmlData="+xmlImageModel";
         navigateToURL(new URLRequest(url), "_New");
       
        }

// this XML is passed as parameter

<mx:XML id="xmlImageModel" >
    <root><imagefield>{uname}</imagefield></root>
</mx:XML>

//java

//This code wil build the document from param String. This param is a parameter from request.

String param = req.getParameter("xmlData");

DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
            DocumentBuilder db;
            Document doc = null;
            db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
            doc = db.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(param)));

 

  processElement(doc.getDocumentElement());

helper.importDataset(doc);

// Save new PDF as a byte array in the current session
            byte[] bytes = helper.saveToByteArray();

            // Close any resources
            helper.close();

            resp.setContentType("application/pdf");
            resp.setContentLength(bytes.length);

            BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(resp
                    .getOutputStream());
            bos.write(bytes);

 

private void processElement(Element elem) throws Exception {
        System.out.println("****************************************");
        System.out.println("Tag:  " + elem.getNodeName());
        //System.out.println("NS:   " + elem.getNamespaceURI());

        NodeList children = elem.getChildNodes();
        for (int ii = 0; ii < children.getLength(); ii++) {
            Node child = children.item(ii);
            if (child instanceof Element)
                processElement((Element) child);
            else if (child instanceof Text) {
                String a = child.getNodeValue();
                a = a.replace(' ', '/');
                child.setNodeValue(a);

                System.out.println("Text: " + child.getNodeValue());
            }
        }
        System.out.println("****************************************");
    }

 

 

 

On printing the value of the node <imageField> gives me data like:

         iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAN4AAAA4CAYAAACSekYo.// this is Base64 encoded string. For this case the PDF generation is successful, but if the string contains some spaces in between, the PDF generation fails.

Please suggest!