Hey Guys, I am working on a project where the customer have to, using a specific step, to join datas to a step using variables, to generate a PDF automatically usning triggers and to finally send this pdf using connectors. IS it possible to do so or not ? I am using SendGrid to send External Email…

Hey @FahdERM - Totally possible. A few different approaches to this: Create a dedicated document step that is formatted like you want your PDF. Use the Print step trigger action to save the step to a PDF document Send that PDF out with a custom widget to encode the attachment as base64. Thread he…

Hey @Pete_Hartnett , Thank you for your answer but for the first one, the user has, obligatory, to save the pdf File using the windows dialog box right? What my customer want to do is to generate the pdf using the formatted step and to send it just by pressing one button and without having the need…

Hey @FahdERM - Right. So if that is the case I would definitely use the second approach. A little more involved to get setup but a better operator experience. Pete

Hey @Pete_Hartnett , Great. I will test that and keep you informed of the result. Thank you for your help,

Hey @Pete_Hartnett , I tried to test this widget today but i think it didn’t work correctly for me. An other thing, i think i can’t add variables to the pdf content right? Because the need of the customer is to be able to generate the PDF using the app variables and after that to be able to send it.…

Hey- Made another iteration of this widget to (hopefully) make its operation more clear. In short, this widget takes an array of objects, each of those objects needs: Text - the text to be displayed X - The x position of the text, from the top left corner y - The y position of the text, from …

Hey @Pete_Hartnett , Thank you for your answer but i can’t get the image in the widget i don’t know why. Despite the image URL, i get white page in my app. Any ideas why? thanks,

Hey @FahdERM - The IMG URL Prop needs to be set to a web hosted link to your form. the example I am using is: https://i.ibb.co/XLp9RrW/kaizen-audit.jpg [image] Pete

Hey @Pete_Hartnett , Thank you for these answers. Is it possible to convert this B64 file to PNG or JPEG and to also save it automatically with the Email sending on the User computer? thank you for your help,

Hey @FahdERM - Totally, here is a SO thread that walks through going from base64 to image- [user2996174] convert base64 to image in javascript/jquery javascript, jquery, base64 asked by user2996174 on 05:52AM - 20 Jan 14 UTC …

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@Pete_Hartnett ???

Any idea?

How to parse an object array to a custom widget?

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