Dynamic background in template from automation

[Herve_Heritier]

Hello.

I try to use dynamic background form JobInfos variables workflow to template.

For testing I use constant string since the JobInfos does’nt exist during design.

When I run the template from the workflow, the Jobinfo stay empty…

var result = “”;
result = automation.jobInfos.JobInfo2;
if (result == “”)
result = “C:\Temp\job0109OO563G20DC333AE5FB5.dat.pdf”;
result = “file:///” + result.replace(/\/g,“/”);
var background = merge.template.contexts.PRINT.sections[“Section 1”].background;
background.source = BackgroundResource.RESOURCE_IMAGE;
background.allPages = true;
background.url = result;

[jchamel]

Are you outputting a web page?
Automation.jobInfos.JobInfo2 will only work in a Web context or in your Datamapper.

Now if you want to use it in a Print context, then you can get the value from your Datamapper and then store it into a field of your datamodel. Better yet, pass it as a runtime parameter.

Hope that helps.

[Sharne]

@hamelj

Better yet, pass it as a runtime parameter.

Hi hamelj,

Why better yet? Is runtime use better than jobinfo?

Regards,
S

[jchamel]

Like I previously mentioned:

Automation.jobInfos.JobInfo2 will only work in a Web context or in your Datamapper .

So, in case of Print context you need to set up the automation.jobInfos.jobInfo2 from the Datamapper to a field in the datamodel in order to have access to it from the Template.

Runtime parameters are accessible directly from the Template, which, to me, is better!!!

[Herve_Heritier]

Ok, I create a create print action in my worflow and pass the fulname of my background PDF by parameter.

Template ignore it…
Or I don’t know where the action put the PDF result…

var result = “”;
result = merge.template.parameters.pdfDocument;
if (result == “”)
result = “C:\Temp\job0109OO563G20DC333AE5FB5.dat.pdf”;
result = “file:///” + result.replace(/\/g,“/”);
var background = merge.template.contexts.PRINT.sections[“Section 1”].background;
background.source = BackgroundResource.RESOURCE_IMAGE;
background.allPages = true;
background.url = result;

[jchamel]

@Herve_Heritier

result.replace(/\/g,“/”);

try with this instead:
result.replace(/\\/g,“/”);

You need to escape your backslash as it is a reserved character in Regex

[Herve_Heritier]

To explain all process :

1. Capture PDF file into a directory.
2. Read barcode into the PDF by barcode reader action
3. Process datamapper have SQL source with parameter contains the bar code
   All above work fine.
4. I want to create print content overlap the current PDF file (give the orinal pdf from pdf as background and put informations from SQL database on it.
5. Then create a PDF document result of merging.

Thanks for your help

[Herve_Heritier]

My backslash is escape by a backslash this copy paste into forum transform it.

[Herve_Heritier]

I found where is my error …
It’s a basic mistake, I don’t create task and output before create print content…

Excuse me for the time.

HH

[jchamel]

No problem…that is the reason for this forum and very often we find our own solution, we just need to explain it to someone else and we see our mistakes…I know I do!

[Herve_Heritier]

Happy day

Thanks a lot.