Question 1

Table Component

Accepted Answer

The Table Component allows to iterate over list of data (arrays, lists etc) and it is also possible to filter, sort and group the data. Each table column is a Text Component and provides exactly the same formatting options.

In the editor view, the Table Component only displays a single data row. The first row acts as a header and the second row is used as a template to render each row in the data set. All other rows are treated as summary rows and rendered after the data rows.

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Expression Language Usage

JSON Code Used [ { "id": 105, "email": "tes@pdfgeneratorapi.com", "order_number": 105, "date_us": "16/09/2019", "date": "16.09.2019", "line_items": [ { "name": "Item number 1", "price": "4,080.00", "total": "8,160.00", "quantity": 2 }, { "name": "Item number 2", "price": "2,060.00", "total": "2,060.00", "quantity": 1 } ] } ]

Question 2

Container Component

Accepted Answer

The "Container" component allows to group other components. It is also possible to iterate arrays if the Data Field is set. In that case, the "Container" is used as a template to render each row in the data set. It is possible to nest multiple "Container" components.

| Grouping, filtering, sorting option is the same for the container as for the table.

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Usecases of grouping other components in the "Container" Component

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Question 3

Text Component

Accepted Answer

The Text Component allows to display different string values, but also supports Number and Date formatting. This means that every user can easily format values in the editor and you don't need to pre-formatting them on your side.

Date Formatting

When using the T separator in a date format you need to escape it the "T" Y-m-d\THH:mm:ss

Padding

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Editable PDF fields

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Question 4

Release Notes 2.39.0 (13.06.2019)

Accepted Answer

Improvements

Template export & import in the Editor

It is now possible to Export & Import your templates from the Editor. You can find Export and Import options from the File menu.

Create and update template via API

It is now possible to create and update template data (including access type, tags, name and components) via API. The request body must contain the same structure as the exported template from the editor or via API using the Get template endpoint.

Fetch the template GET https://us1.pdfgeneratorapi.com/api/v3/templates/{templateId} Create a new template POST https://us1.pdfgeneratorapi.com/api/v3/templates Update a template PUT https://us1.pdfgeneratorapi.com/api/v3/templates/{templateId}

|| Updating a template via API overrides the entire template definition, so the template structure must be complete.

Question 5

Release Notes 2.40.0 (01.07.2019)

Accepted Answer

Improvements

Conditionally hidden components

Until now when a component was hidden using the "Conditional formatting" option, then component was not rendered, but there was still a blank area where the component originally was. We have improved the rendering logic and all components below the hidden component are moved up to remove the blank areas left by hidden components.

Conditional formatting to hide a component

Rendered output with a hidden component

Delete workspaces from Admin panel and via API

It is now possible to delete regular workspaces from the Admin panel and also via API. Please see the Delete workspace API documentation here.

Bug fixes

Fixed the overflow/text wrap issues in HTML output
Fixed the table column vertical-align issues in editor and HTML output
Fixed the table and container grouping, sorting and filtering issue when using a sub data field
Fixed the image automatic page change issue
Fixed checkbox rendering

Question 6

Release Notes 2.42.0 (01.08.2019)

Accepted Answer

Improvements

Generate documents from multiple templates

We have introduced a new API endpoint Get documents (batch) which allows specifying multiple templates when generating a document output. This feature enables to use a collection of templates to generate a single document.

||| At the moment the page numbering only supports displaying the current page number and not the total number of pages.

Vertical align for Image component

It is now possible to specify the vertical-align for the Image component. The vertical-align result is visible when the document is rendered.

New fonts

We have added two new fonts: Montserrat and Signik.

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