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Overview
As of Phixflow version 8.3, it's now possible to integrate PDF Creation into File Exporters, removing the need for an external process. The page will tell you how to configure your phixflow system to enable this.
Setting a File Exporter options Convert to PDF and PDF Target Path
Information on the console - see PDF Chore
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How to Configure Phixflow for PDF Conversion
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enable PhixFlow to convert Excel files to PDFs when exporting from analysis models.
Overview
When creating analysis models, data modellers can configure a file exporter to export data from PhixFlow in several different formats, such as CSV or Excel. For Excel files, there is also an option to convert the file into a PDF document:
- Convert To PDF
For more information about this option, see File Exporter.
Configuration
PhixFlow uses LibreOffice libraries to convert an Excel file into a PDF.
To enable PDF conversion conversion in PhixFlow:
1. Install the latest minor version of LibreOffice Version 7.2 on the PhixFlow server using the default settings. LibreOffice is available from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download
2. Edit the file $TOMCAT/
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conf/catalina.properties:
Find the line which starts common.loader= and add the path to the LibreOffice Program folder at the end of that line so that the line looks something like:
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common.loader="${catalina.base}/lib","${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar","${catalina.home}/lib","${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar","C:/Program Files/LibreOffice/program" |