This is a tutorial for building a PDF app with Express & Node.js. In this playlist, we will build an app that will be able to convert Office to a PDF, generate invoices from a template and create thumbnails.
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Part 1 – Initial Setup:
Part 3 – Replace Text in a PDF:
Part 4 – Watermark PDF:
Part 5 – Get PDF thumbnail:
Part 6 – Extract text from a PDF:
In this video we’ll cover:
– Getting user input from the client from req.query
– Designing an Office template to convert to PDF
– Implementing the endpoint to convert Office documents to PDF
– Setting up PDFTron PDFNet-Node
Resources:
PDFTron SDK Node.js
NPM Module
GitHub Sample
Introduction: (0:00)
Handling ‘/’ endpoint: (0:30)
User input with req.query: (2:20)
Office template design: (4:00)
Implementing /convertFromOffice: (6:15)
Reading files from disk: (11:30)
Recap: (13:20)
Next steps : (14:30)…(read more)
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How do you loop through a list of items in the docx template? That is not covered nor is it stated in your documentation anywhere.
when i want to use this library. i have got the next error:
"Error: License key is required for function 'PDFNet.runWithCleanup'."
how i can get license key. And can i use without lincense key?
what about the password protected documents.
how to operate them
does it work with xlsx files? I'm wanting to transform an xlsx file into a pdf
Is it free or do we need to purchase license?
Is there any problems if i use Docker to run cause i see in your document your library doesn't not support Linux Alpine
Deos this conversion also supports XPS to PDF
I have this error when converting a file:
Exception:
Message: An error occurred while converting the file.
Detailed error:
Exception:
Message: Unable to find printer
Conditional expression: success
Version : 9.0.0.77728
Platform : Windows
Architecture : AMD64
Filename : Convert.cpp
Function : trn::PDF::ToPdfPrinterManager::InitPrinter
Linenumber : 782
Failed exporting document to fixed format.
HRESULT: Wyst─ůpi┼é wyj─ůtek.
COM Interop Error:
Code: 0
Source: Microsoft Word
Description: Eksportowanie nie powiod´┐Żo
si´┐Ż, poniewa´┐Ż nie zainstalowano tej funkcji.
Help File: C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice121045WDMAIN11.CHM
Help Context ID: 25726
ARG Index: 0
File: "Word.cpp":401
Log:
Start check system account.
Start checking registry.
Registry check done.
Creating a Word application instance.
Word application instance created.
Application.AutomationSecurity ID obtained.
Application.AutomationSecurity value set to 3.
Application.DisplayAlerts ID obtained.
Application.Version ID obtained.
Application version: 12.
Application.Build ID obtained.
Application build: 12.0.4518.
Application.Documents ID obtained.
Opening document "G:projecttempdocx3abc.docx".
Documents.Open ID obtained.
Document "G:projecttempdocx3abc.docx" opened.
Exporting document to "C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/pdftron/Trn-27476-1629478948-073504bc-c6f8-416a-b52b-92b6449e9d8c.pdf".
Document.ExportAsFixedFormat ID obtained.
printing to printer G:To coU015B dla pani Anetytempdocx3abc.docx
AssocQueryString printto: "C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice12WINWORD.EXE" /n /dde
AssocQueryString print : "C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice12WINWORD.EXE" /x /n /dde
Created new PDFNet Mutex
WaitForSingleObject start
WaitForSingleObject End
printo: C:/Users/Gawel/AppData/Local/Temp/pdftron/Trn-27476-1629478948-256f0f1b-72ba-469c-86ae-bb39174e255a.xps
Using HKCU
Return value for delete registry: 0
Return value for delete registry: 0
Return value for release mutex: 0
Return value for close mutex: 0
Error destructing ToPdfPrinterManager
Conditional expression: false
Version : 9.0.0.77728
Platform : Windows
Architecture : AMD64
Filename : Convert.cpp
Function : trn::PDF::Convert::ToPdf
Linenumber : 1970
When did he ad const {PDFNet} = require('@pdftron/pdfnew-node');???????
Getting Error: Failed to find the CLSID for Word.Application. Any Idea why this error coming while converting .docx or .xlsx file to PDF although converting pdf to png working fine with PDFTron Library.
node:1552) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "chunk" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer. Received an instance of Object
at ServerResponse.end (_http_outgoing.js:784:13)
at D:pdfBuildindex.js:45:13
(Use `node –trace-warnings …` to show where the warning was created)
(node:1552) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `–unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:1552) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
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