Can't really do it without a 3rd party DLL or service. Some of the newer marketplace addons use the Free Spire.Doc .NET library, which is pretty easy to work with and would be easy to implement. There is a paid version of Spire.Doc, but the free version would likely suffice for most purposes (and can be used for commercial purposes)

Ryan Farley,

thank you for your response and for the recommendation,

I actually downloaded the free version of Spire.Doc and started exploring it — it does look quite promising. However, since I’m working entirely within Creatio Cloud, I believe there might be a limitation when it comes to using third-party DLLs directly, though I’m not completely sure.

Do you think it would be viable to integrate Spire.Doc by hosting the functionality externally (for example, as a microservice or an Azure Function) and calling it from Creatio via a REST API? I’d love to hear your thoughts on whether that approach makes sense or if you’ve seen it work in similar cases.

Thanks again for your help and insights.

Paulo Chacoff Leiton,

As Ryan said, we use the paid version of Spire.Doc in our marketplace app: https://marketplace.creatio.com/app/experceo-word-pdf-converter-creatio

It allows you to generate an unlimited number of PDF documents with unlimited pages (the Free version is limited to 3 pages).

Thank you
Mohamed
 

Still amazes me how conversion to pdf is not an Out of the Box feature of Creatio

(actually was and disappeared a couple of years ago)

We have used aspose connector in the past but there are a lot of errors in communication and quality is not acceptable.
we are also considering using the Spire.Doc library for future developments

Ryan Farley,

Do you happen to have a reference of how to invoke functionality from external libraries or assembly reference? i´ve trying to use Spire.doc in a source code file and script task but i always get a "missing assembly reference"

Just to illustrate the attempt, here´s a basic example a tried to convert word document to PDF with source code file:

Any guidance on how to properly reference and use third party libraries like this in Creatio would be appreciated.

using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Documents;
using System.IO;
 
namespace JJ
{
    public class DocService
    {
        public byte[] GenerateDocx() {
            var doc = new Document();
            doc.AddSection().AddParagraph().AppendText("Hola desde Creatio!");
            using (var ms = new MemoryStream()) {
                doc.SaveToStream(ms, FileFormat.Docx);
                return ms.ToArray();
            }
        }
        public byte[] ConvertToPdf(byte[] docxBytes) {
            var document = new Document();
            using (var ms = new MemoryStream(docxBytes)) {
                 document.LoadFromStream(ms, FileFormat.Docx);
            }
            using (var outMs = new MemoryStream()) {
                 document.SaveToStream(outMs, FileFormat.PDF);
                 return outMs.ToArray();
            }
        }
    }
}

You would implement the C# code and expose as a configuration service, see https://customerfx.com/article/creating-a-web-service-and-consuming-it-from-client-side-javascript-in-bpmonline/

Then to consume the service from the remote module, you'd use the devkit sdk as shown here: https://customerfx.com/article/calling-configuration-web-services-from-client-side-code-in-a-creatio-freedom-ui-page/

Ryan

Ryan Farley,

Thank you.. If I want to ship this source code along with my package.. I have to put it under Resources as shown in the below image?

Can you also tell me if it is possible to run/debug the remote module during the development?

If I run the remote module using ng serve I am getting below error.
 

core.mjs:6531 ERROR Error: Remote entry with name 'angproject' does not exist
   at AppModule.ngDoBootstrap (app.module.ts:28:23)

bootstrap.ts:7 Error: Remote entry with name 'angproject' does not exist
   at AppModule.ngDoBootstrap (app.module.ts:28:23)

Sagar Rodda writes:

Ryan Farley,

If I want to ship this source code along with my package

You could sync your workspace to Creatio, add it in the package there and then download the workspace back and you'll see it under the Schemas folder. Or you could add it under Files\cs

Got it.. thank you so much.. I'll try it and let you know here how it goes..

Ryan Farley,

Can you add your comments on this please - https://community.creatio.com/questions/get-object-context-custom-butto…

Any information about this question?

Hi, not quite understand what you mean by "static". You can pass additional parameters to your element and set the value of "SmsText" whatever you please inside the schema UsrTestSmsElementPropertiesPage

Hi Sagar,

The ability to pass input values to a remote module component via @creatio-devkit/common is available starting from Creatio 8.1. This library is not present in version 8.0.

You can definitely implement this in 8.1+ to access the current record context (like ID, Name, etc.) inside your custom button component.

Helpful links:
- Implement a remote module - Creatio Academy
- @creatio-devkit/common

What to do:
- Add @CrtInput() to the input properties in your Angular component to receive values from the page context.
- In your Freedom UI schema (viewConfigDiff), pass record fields using $ bindings like $Id, $Name, etc.

Example implementation:
button.component.ts:

@Component({...})
@CrtViewElement({ selector: 'usr-button', type: 'usr.Button' })
export class ButtonComponent {
 @Input() 
 @CrtInput() 
 recordId!: string;
 
 @Input() 
 @CrtInput() 
 name?: string;

 handleClick(): void {
   alert(`Record ID: ${this.recordId}\nName: ${this.name}`);
 }
}

In Freedom UI JSON schema:

{
 "operation": "insert",
 "name": "UsrCustomButton",
 "values": {
   "type": "usr.Button",
   "recordId": "$Id",
   "name": "$Name"
 },
 "parentName": "SideContainer",
 "propertyName": "items",
 "index": 0
}
 

Daiana Gavrylenko,

Thanks for the reply.. I want to clarify that the app I am developing using remote module is for marketplace. So, If I'll be not having access to the Freedom UI json(correct me if I am wrong).

All I want is, the app(button) can be placed in any page(Account, Contact, custom app). Upong clicking the button I want access to the details.

Sagar Rodda,

What Daiana mentioned in the approach you need to take. The component is independent of the page. You receive values in the page via binding. The properties with @Input() are bindable and can be bound to properties of the page. The idea is that you'd add your button to a page, then bind properties for pass values from the record to the component.

Ryan Farley,

Okay.. I'll try to implement this..

may I know where I am supposed to put this in my remote module?

In Freedom UI JSON schema:

{
 "operation": "insert",
 "name": "UsrCustomButton",
 "values": {
   "type": "usr.Button",
   "recordId": "$Id",
   "name": "$Name"
 },
 "parentName": "SideContainer",
 "propertyName": "items",
 "index": 0
}

That is the part that adds the component (your button) to the page. That would exist on the page you add the button to in the viewConfigDiff. When you drag your button to the page, that gets added to the page code, but it also shows it was modified to add the binding properties "recordId" and "name" (which are bound to the current record's "Id" and "Name columns). That part has to get modified manually by the user of your button component since there's currently no designer support for custom components. 

Ryan Farley,

Unfortunately I can't take this approach as we have plans to push our app to marketplace. We can't expect the developers to update their form page everytime they use our app. 

Hello,

We have checked this question and there should be no limitation of this kind on the number of processes run at a time. We have also tested this behavior on a demo and could not reproduce it, therefore we suggest you to register a case for our support team at support@creatio.com so we could check this issue on your environment directly.

Greetings,

We have not encountered this specific issue before. It is possible that what you described is related to browser caching, although we cannot confirm this with certainty.

For a thorough investigation, we will need the site logs and the exact time the issue occurred so we can analyze the problem in detail.

Please create a support request by emailing us at support@creatio.com.

Regards, 
Orkhan

Hi Orkhan,

We initially suspected that the issue might be related to browser caching, but strangely, it occurs for all users.

We previously attempted to submit a support request, but because our customer support package ("Business support") does not include "Performance diagnostics," the Creatio support team was unable to provide a solution. That’s why I’m now reaching out to the community for help.

I don't thinks someone can fix this here. The only recommendation is to check if the mitra.previewButtonClicked handler is triggered and if it doesn't return errors. That's basically all we can recommend. Also click the button and check if no errors are returned when you debug the code with the "Pause on caught\uncaught exceptions".

When you say "it didn't work", what specifically didn't work? Did the request not get fired? Did the request params not get passed? Something else?

Ryan

That is a property that shows for the save data button

Ryan

thanks!

Hi Ryan,

This setting works as expected in the cloud environment, but not in my local environment.

Do you have any suggestions?

Hello, 

In versions 7.17.3 and 7.17.4, to resolve the error, it is necessary to disable the feature Feature-UseTypeCastExpressionValidationInProcess by adding the following line to the application's \Terrasoft.WebApp\web.config file:

xml

<add key="Feature-UseTypeCastExpressionValidationInProcess" value="false" />

As an alternative solution, the issue can also be resolved by explicitly specifying data type casting in the formula.

Conversions that may lead to precision loss—for example, the error message “An error occurred in the formula: Cannot convert type 'Double' to 'Int32'”—must be handled explicitly through proper type casting.

Thank you !

You'd basically change the Parent of the object from BaseLookup to BaseEntity. However, doing that will have the following impact: BaseLookup gives the object Name and Description, BaseEntity does not have those. This could break a lot of things with the page and also with data in records already saved.

I've not tested making this change, so definitely try this out in a test or dev system before attempting any of this in prod. What I would probably do, before you make the change from BaseLookup to BaseEntity, first create new custom Name and Description columns, for example UsrName, etc (assuming these are being used). Then migrate all data from the lookup columns Name & Description to the new custom UsrName & UsrDescription. Then change the page to map to these new custom fields. Then, change the parent of the object to BaseEntity.

Maybe there is some way to override the check for CanManageLookups for your one object as an exception, but I've never looked into that. I assume you'd need to go the route outlined above.

Ryan