Hi,
I'm trying to generate a PDF file from a web page using PDF Control.
Suppose we have tho buttons on the web page:
BUTTON 1:
<button type='Button'
style='height: 30px;' name='GenerateQuoteDocument'
id='GenerateQuoteDocument' onclick=" location.rel='nofollow' href = '@Url.Action("GenerateQuoteDocument", "Quote", new {QuoteId = Model.QuoteId})' ">
Compila Documento Offerta
</button>
<button type='Button'
style='height: 30px;' name='GenerateQuoteDocumentWithLetter'
id='GenerateQuoteDocumentWithLetter' onclick="GenerateQuoteDocumentWithLetterClick()">
Compila Documento Offerta con Lettera Presentazione
</button>
The second button calls the following javascript function:
function GenerateQuoteDocumentWithLetterClick() {
debugger;
$.ajax({
url: '@Url.Action("GenerateQuoteDocumentWithLetter", "Quote")',
type: 'POST',
async: false,
contentType: 'application/json;',
data: JSON.stringify({ QuoteId: @Model.QuoteId, TxtSpett: $("#txt_spett").val(), TxtData: $("#txt_data").val(), TxtText1: $("#txt_aca").val(), TxtText2: $("#txt_serv").val()}),
success: function (valid)
{
if(valid) {
} else {
}
}
});
}
The controller methods are these:
ACTION 1
public ActionResult GenerateQuoteDocument(int QuoteId)
{
bool result = false;
Quote quote = db.Quotes.Include(c => c.Customer).Include(s => s.Site).Include(st => st.ServiceType).Include(sr => sr.Service).Include(p => p.QuoteEquipments).FirstOrDefault(i => i.QuoteId == QuoteId);
if (quote != null)
{
string dataPath = DefaultResolveApplicationDataPath(quote.Service.ServiceCode + ".pdf");
Stream file1 = new FileStream(dataPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument docpdf = new PdfLoadedDocument(file1);
PdfLoadedForm form = docpdf.Form;
var txt_aree = form.Fields["AREE"] as PdfLoadedTextBoxField;
if (txt_aree != null)
txt_aree.Text = quote.ServiceArea;
var txt_numapp = form.Fields["NUMAPP"] as PdfLoadedTextBoxField;
if (txt_numapp != null)
{
txt_numapp.Text = "" + (quote.NumInt ?? 0);
}
...
docpdf.Form.Flatten = true;
return docpdf.ExportAsActionResult("Off_" + quote.QuoteCode + ".pdf", HttpContext.ApplicationInstance.Response, HttpReadType.Save);
}
else
{
return RedirectToAction("Edit", "Quote", QuoteId);
}
}
ACTION 2
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult GenerateQuoteDocumentWithLetter(int QuoteId, string TxtSpett, DateTime TxtData, string TxtText1, string TxtText2)
{
var DOC_REPOSITORY_FOLDER = db.Settings.FirstOrDefault(c => c.SettingCode.Equals("DOC_REPOSITORY_FOLDER")).SettingVal;
bool result = false;
Quote quote = db.Quotes.Include(c => c.Customer).Include(s => s.Site).Include(st => st.ServiceType).Include(sr => sr.Service).Include(p => p.QuoteEquipments).FirstOrDefault(i => i.QuoteId == QuoteId);
if (quote != null)
{
//GENERATE PDF 1
string dataPathLP = DefaultResolveApplicationDataPath("LP.pdf");
Stream fileLP = new FileStream(dataPathLP, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument docpdfLP = new PdfLoadedDocument(fileLP);
PdfLoadedForm formLP = docpdfLP.Form;
...
var docnameLP = ControllerContext.HttpContext.Server.MapPath(@"~/") + DOC_REPOSITORY_FOLDER + @"\LP_" + quote.QuoteCode + ".pdf";
docpdfLP.Form.Flatten = true;
docpdfLP.Save(docnameLP);
docpdfLP.Close();
//GENERATE PDF 2
string dataPath = DefaultResolveApplicationDataPath(quote.Service.ServiceCode + ".pdf");
Stream file1 = new FileStream(dataPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument docpdf = new PdfLoadedDocument(file1);
PdfLoadedForm form = docpdf.Form;
...
var docname = ControllerContext.HttpContext.Server.MapPath(@"~/") + DOC_REPOSITORY_FOLDER + @"\OFF_" + quote.QuoteCode + ".pdf";
docpdf.Form.Flatten = true;
docpdf.Save(docname);
docpdfLP.Close();
//MERGE 2 PDFs
PdfDocument finalDoc = new PdfDocument();
// Creates a string array of source files to be merged.
string[] source = { docnameLP, docname };
// Merges PDFDocument.
PdfDocument.Merge(finalDoc, source);
var PDFLPdocname = ControllerContext.HttpContext.Server.MapPath(@"~/") + DOC_REPOSITORY_FOLDER + @"\LPOFF_" + quote.QuoteCode + ".pdf";
//Saves the final document
finalDoc.Save(PDFLPdocname);
//Closes the document
finalDoc.Close(true);
return docpdf.ExportAsActionResult(PDFLPdocname, HttpContext.ApplicationInstance.Response, HttpReadType.Save);
}
else
{
return RedirectToAction("Edit", "Quote", QuoteId);
}
}
Ok. When I call ACTION 1 everything is ok, that is PDF is created and downloaded and page is not reloaded.
Instead, when I call ACTION 2, the PDF is correctly created and saved, but the result is not downloaded and the view is reloaded, loosing the fields values used as parameters in the ajax call.
Is there a workaround for this problem?
Thanks
