I want to generate a pdf file from html content. (To generate invoices from a html template) I would like to note, that I am a swift-beginner.
To print the html content to a pdf file I use the following code:
func makePDF(markup: String) {
let directoryURL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask)[0]
let printOpts: [NSPrintInfo.AttributeKey: Any] = [NSPrintInfo.AttributeKey.jobDisposition: NSPrintInfo.JobDisposition.save, NSPrintInfo.AttributeKey.jobSavingURL: directoryURL]
let printInfo = NSPrintInfo(dictionary: printOpts)
//printInfo.horizontalPagination = NSPrintInfo.
//printInfo.verticalPagination = NSPrintInfo.AutoPagination
printInfo.topMargin = 20.0
printInfo.leftMargin = 20.0
printInfo.rightMargin = 20.0
printInfo.bottomMargin = 20.0
let view = NSView(frame: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 570, height: 740))
if let htmlData = markup.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8) {
if let attrStr = NSAttributedString(html: htmlData, options: [ .documentType : NSAttributedString.DocumentType.html], documentAttributes: nil) {
print(attrStr);
let frameRect = NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 570, height: 740)
let textField = NSTextField(frame: frameRect)
textField.attributedStringValue = attrStr
view.addSubview(textField)
let printOperation = NSPrintOperation(view: view, printInfo: printInfo)
printOperation.showsPrintPanel = false
printOperation.showsProgressPanel = false
printOperation.run()
}
}
Which is based on this StackOverFlow Question/Answer : StackOverFlowAnswer
I had to "translate" the code to swift4 - Any mistakes here are very possible When running the code I get the following logs (in that order):
- NSURLConnection finished with error - code -1002
- Printing failed because PMSessionBeginCGDocumentNoDialog() returned -61.
- NSURLConnection finished with error - code -1002
PMSessionBeginCGDocumentNoDialog() -61 -> means that I don't have the permission to write at a certain location according to this (Write permission error)
I tried to switch of the sandbox mode, and gave the application the right to read and write to/from desktop files.
Does any one know how to fix the PMSessionBeginCGDocumentNoDialog() -61 error? (or in general get the code up and running...) Thank you!
