You can use this SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence action to create an Adobe® portable document format (PDF) document based on the following document properties:
Information including title, author, subject, keywords, creator
Page size
Margins
Headers and footers
Watermark
You can use the other PDF actions to add content to the document.
Note
To save a PDF document, use the Image Saver action to link the PDF document output to the encoded image input of the Image Saver action.
The properties for this action are listed in the following table:
Property | Data Type | Access | Use |
Title | String | In and out | Adds a title to the PDF document. |
Author | String | In and out | Identifies the author of the PDF document. |
Subject | String | In and out | Defines the subject of the PDF document. |
Keywords | String | In and out | Creates a comma-separated list of words that identify and describe the PDF document. Keywords are used when you are searching for PDF documents. |
Creator | String | In and out | Refers to the name of the application that created the PDF document |
Page Size | String | In and out | Defines the size of the PDF document. For example, LETTER, 11x17, A0 through A10, LEDGER, LEGAL, and NOTE. |
Top Margin | Integer | In and out | Defines the margin in points. For example, 72 points equals one inch. |
Bottom Margin | Integer | In and out | Same as Top Margin. |
Left Margin | Integer | In and out | Same as Top Margin. |
Right Margin | Integer | In and out | Same as Top Margin. |
Watermark Encoded Image | String | In and out | Refers to the image that is used as a watermark. To load a watermark, you must use the Image Loader action. |
Watermark X Location Watermark Y Location | Integer | In and out | Specifies the X and Y coordinate, respectively, for the watermark. The coordinate system starts at zero on the lower left-hand corner of the page. If you increase the X coordinate value, the image moves to the right. If you increase the Y coordinate value, the image moves toward the top of the page. The center of the image is placed at the coordinate (WatermarkXLocation, WatermarkYLocation). |
Watermark Center Flag | Boolean | In and out | If you select this checkbox, the system ignores the Watermark X Location and Watermark Y Location and centers the watermark on the page. |
Header Text Footer Text | String | In and out | Defines the header and footer, respectively, on every page of the PDF document. To display the page number in the header or footer, use the pound symbol in your string. For example, the string "Page #" is displayed as "Page 1". |
HeaderFontName FooterFontName | String | In and out | Identifies the font in the header and footer text, respectively. The following fonts are available:
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HeaderFontStyle FooterFontStyle | Integer | In and out | Defines the style of the header and footer text, respectively. The following values are available:
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HeaderFontSize | Integer | In and out | Defines the size of the header text. |
HeaderAlignment FooterAlignment | Integer | In and out | Refers to the alignment of the header and footer text, respectively. The following values are available:
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HeaderTextColor FooterTextColor | String | In and out | The color of the header and footer text, respectively. The system accepts the following values:
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HeaderBackgroundColor FooterBackgroundColor | String | In and out | Identifies the background color of the header and footer, respectively. The system accepts the same values as in the HeaderTextColor and FooterTextColor above. |
Output | XML | In and out | Specifies the XML output. |
Success | Boolean | Out | Indicates whether the action succeeded or failed. |