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Generating PDF of order confirmation?

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Yung Yi Wang
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Posted on 11/07/2016 16:23:35

Hello,

Question: I want to generate a PDF file of an order confirmation. Is there a build in function for this? Or do I need to build everything custom?

I noticed there is a class of PDF, but how can I request an order confirmation of an order? Is it possible to request order information in querystring?


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Nicolai Høeg Pedersen
Posted on 11/07/2016 17:09:00
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Hi Yung.

If you have a page in DW, you can add &pdf=true to it and Dynamicweb will generate a PDF version of the page.

When you create an order in DW you get a link to the order confirmation with a parameter called "&CompletedOrderSecret={secret}". The {secret} value comes from the completed order, Order.Secret. So you can create a page with the cart module, add a rendering as you want it to look for the entire PDF content, call the page with "&CompletedOrderSecret={secret}&pdf=true" and then you have a PDF file of the order confirmation. When you do this, you have to make sure the server can browse the URL on the server as well (DNS issue sometimes can be a problem)

Because of licensing issues you are not "allowed" to code against the PDF class. Not unless you buy a license.

BR Nicolai

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