CFML to PDF

[dudeatwar]

Where is it not outputing the direct content without the tags? I can create the pdf for the browser and create the pdf, however, the pdf shows all the html code and not the desired output. (Shows <img src="logo.gif"><p><strong>Hello.....) When I want the pdf to show the image and not the backend. Here is the code:

<cfset PDFname = "#getfile.filenum#_contact.pdf">
<cfset mydirectory = "C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\AMS\#PDFname#">
<cfheader name="Content-Type" value="pdf">
<cfscript>
// create a 'Document' object
document = CreateObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.Document");
document.init();
// get an outputstream for the PDF Writer
fileIO = CreateObject("java", "java.io.FileOutputStream");
// call the constructor, pass the location where you want
// the pdf to be created
fileIO.init("#mydirectory#");
// get a PDF Writer var
writer = CreateObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter");
// call the static 'getInstance' factory method
writer.getInstance(document, fileIO);
// open the document
document.open();
// create a new paragraph
paragraph = CreateObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.Paragraph");
paragraph.init("#myletter#");
// create a new chunk
//chunk = CreateObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentUnder");
//chunk.init("#myletter#");
// create a new paragraph
// add the paragraph
document.add(paragraph);
// close the document (PDF Writer is listening and will automatically
// create the PDF for us
document.close();
</cfscript>

Please reply with any advice, Thanks.

[BKBK]

Why don't you use the cfdocument tag?

[dudeatwar]

I am trying to save the pdf file. I can output just fine. I didn't see anywhere that I could use cfdocument to save the pdf?

[Newsgroup_User]

dudeatwar wrote:
> I am trying to save the pdf file. I can output just fine. I didn't see
> anywhere that I could use cfdocument to save the pdf?

parsing/working with HTML in iText is a pain. use cfdocument. if by "save the
pdf" you mean to a file, use the filename = "filename" option.