I have various TEXT INPUT NODES, where operator enters a date , time and Notes.
I would like to save these entries as pdf file, by clicking a button manually. Can someone please guide me how can i do it?
Hi,
as a template try something like this - you will need to install the pdfmaker node and configure your output directory but It should give you the idea
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The pdfmake node is pretty cool and you can set up format based on JSON. Alternatively we have formatted a document as HTML and then used as html to pdf node, but to get you going try that
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