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Alternate way to print a report as a byte array via X++ in #MSDyn365FO

Earlier this month I posted on how to print a report as a byte array. I will do the same but using an alternative method. I will use the print archive instead.

You need to create an extension class for the SRSPrintArchiveContract class to add a parm method for the RecId.

[ExtensionOf(classStr(SRSPrintArchiveContract))]
final class SRSPrintArchiveContract_NAVAX_Extension
{
    public RefRecId    navaxPrintJobHeaderRecId;

    public RefRecId parmNAVAXPrintJobHeaderRecId(RefRecId _navaxPrintJobHeaderRecId = navaxPrintJobHeaderRecId)
    {
        navaxPrintJobHeaderRecId = _navaxPrintJobHeaderRecId;
        return navaxPrintJobHeaderRecId;
    }

    public RecId savePrintArchiveDetails(container binData)
    {
        RecId recId = next savePrintArchiveDetails(binData);

        this.parmNAVAXPrintJobHeaderRecId(recId);

        return recId;
    }

}

This is the alternative method I wrote.


    public static str printSalesInvoiceBase64StrV2(SalesInvoiceId _salesInvoiceId)
    {
        str                     ret;
        CustInvoiceJour         custInvoiceJour;

        select firstonly custInvoiceJour
            where custInvoiceJour.InvoiceId == _salesInvoiceId;

        if (custInvoiceJour)
        {
            str ext = SRSPrintDestinationSettings::findFileNameType(SRSReportFileFormat::PDF, SRSImageFileFormat::BMP);
            PrintMgmtReportFormatName printMgmtReportFormatName = PrintMgmtDocType::construct(PrintMgmtDocumentType::SalesOrderInvoice).getDefaultReportFormat();
                                     
            SalesInvoiceContract salesInvoiceContract = new SalesInvoiceContract();
            salesInvoiceContract.parmRecordId(custInvoiceJour.RecId);

            SrsReportRunController  srsReportRunController = new SrsReportRunController();
            srsReportRunController.parmReportName(printMgmtReportFormatName);
            srsReportRunController.parmExecutionMode(SysOperationExecutionMode::Synchronous);
            srsReportRunController.parmShowDialog(false);
            srsReportRunController.parmReportContract().parmRdpContract(salesInvoiceContract);

            SRSPrintDestinationSettings printerSettings = srsReportRunController.parmReportContract().parmPrintSettings();
            printerSettings.printMediumType(SRSPrintMediumType::Archive);
            printerSettings.fileFormat(SRSReportFileFormat::PDF);
            printerSettings.parmFileName(custInvoiceJour.InvoiceId + ext);
            printerSettings.overwriteFile(true);
                    
            srsReportRunController.startOperation();

            RefRecId printJobHeaderRecId = printerSettings.parmSRSPrintArchiveContract().parmNAVAXPrintJobHeaderRecId();

            if (printJobHeaderRecId)
            {
                DocuRef        docuRef;
            
                select firstonly docuRef
                    where docuRef.RefRecId == printJobHeaderRecId && 
                        docuRef.ActualCompanyId == curExt();
                                           
                BinData binData = new BinData();
                binData.setData(DocumentManagement::getAttachmentAsContainer(docuRef));
                ret = binData.base64Encode();
            }
        }

        return ret;
    }

Note that it will pop up with an info log saying it got sent to print archive.

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If you navigate to the print archive, you will see the record.

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I don’t mind either way. The first method looks messy with calling some dlls like the SRSProxy etc.

The second method adds overhead by sending to the print archive table. Over time, some cleaning up has go on here.

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