Can Frabik create PDF reports?

[wqwi853]

I am wondering if Fabrik is able to create PDF files formatted a certain way based on data that are in lists/db tables? This would be to create some sort of exported report functionality that's a bit nicer looking than a CSV.

Thanks!

 

[wqwi853]

It appears that PDF Output can accomplish what I'm looking for. My question is that I already have Fabrik installed. Do I need to reinstall the entire extension from the Github repository or can I just add the files I need?

 

[cheesegrits]

Our PDF output relies on having the DOMPDF library installed, which is **huge** (mostly the fonts), so we can't include it in the install ZIP.

So you'll have to do a github update (see wiki). WHich sounds scary / complicated, but it's really just a case of downloading a (non-installable) ZIP, extracting it, and uploading everything in it to overwrite the files on your server. We strongly suggest you do an Akeeba backup first, of course.

-- hugh

 

[wqwi853]

I followed the github update procedure and when I try to generate some PDF output I get "Failed to load PDF document". The DOMPDF library is definitely in my joomla installation. Any idea why it wouldn't be working?

 

[wqwi853]

The solution for me was to turn on PDF debugging in the Fabrik options, loading the pdf, then turning off debugging PDF. Now I am getting generated PDF's from my list.

I found that solution here. http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.ph...stalled-with-github-update.41449/#post-209247

 

[wqwi853]

The solution for me was to turn on PDF debugging in the Fabrik options, loading the pdf, then turning off debugging PDF. Now I am getting generated PDF's from my list.

I found that solution here. http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.ph...stalled-with-github-update.41449/#post-209247

Replying to myself. The above solution worked for one of my websites now the same solution isn't working on another on of my websites. Running 3.7.2 Joomla and Fabrik 3.6 so I'm not sure if that makes a difference. Did the git update just like my other sites, the DOMPDF libraries are where they need to be. Tried turning on debugging and I get a nice layout of my data, turn off debugging it downloads a corrupted PDF.

Any ideas?

 

[cheesegrits]

Unfortunately, all we can do is provide a "best effort" at PDF generation, by handing your HTML to the DOMPDF library. If DOMPDF chokes on it, there's nothing we can do.

One thing you can test is with the DOMPDF online tester:

http://eclecticgeek.com/dompdf/debug.php

Enable PDF debug in Fabrik, then copy and paste the source of that into the debugger. See if it throws any errors.

-- hugh