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Emailing the current page as PDF

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This example shows how to email the current page as PDF.

Client before:

First, we create a PDF file. Then, we make a dialog appear on the web page. With this dialog, the user can specify the filename, and the email address to which the PDF file should be sent.

 

ajax.addPDF( 'pdf', {}, function() {
  return ctrl.dialog( {
     title: 'Email this page',
     fields: [{
        name: 'email',
        value: 'email@address.com'
     },
     {
        name: 'filename',
        value: 'results.pdf'
     }]
  });
});
return false;

Server:

In the Server event, we create a temporary PDF file.

 

Next, we create a mail array. The email parameters are placed into this array.

 

You can modify the email subject - mail["subject"], and the email body (message) - mail["body"].

 

After the email is sent, the result is returned to the "Client after":

 

result "success" = true - everything is fine, the message is sent.

result "success" = false - the message is not sent. In this case, an error message defined in the result variable appears.

 

path = button.saveTempFile( params("pdf") )
 
set mail = CreateDictionary()
mail("to") = params("email")
mail("subject") = "ASPRunner PDF and Email demo"
mail("body") = "Check the results"
set attachment = CreateDictionary()
attachment("path") = path
attachment("name") = params("filename")
set mail("attachments") = array( attachment )
ret = runner_mail( mail )
if ret("mailed") then
  result("success") = true
else
   result("message") = ret("message")
   result("success") = false
end if

Client after:

The user gets a notification with the result.

 

if( result.success ) {
  ctrl.setMessage("sent ok");
} else {
  ctrl.setMessage("error sending " + result.message );
}

See also:

AJAX helper object: ajax.addPDF

PDF Parameters

About Dialog API

Tri-part events

About PDF API