Support Article
Dynamic Layout Render Issue in pxCreatePDF
SA-12226
Summary
Dynamic Layouts are not getting rendered properly in a section passes as a parameter to pxCreatePDF activity or in CreatePDF smart shape.
Error Messages
No Error message. System behavior is incorrect.
Steps to Reproduce
1. Create A section having dynamic layout.
2. Insert some text inputs.
3. Pass the section into pxCreatePDF activity which attaches the section as PDF to the work object. Observe the output.
Resolution
The explanation for this behavior is as follows:
For PDF conversion dynamic layouts with double or triple are not supported, because such dynamic layouts are handled by CSS which is not exported to PDF. This is known limitation.
Dynamic components must be removed or replaced with static elements prior to calling HTMLToPDF.
Published July 30, 2015 - Updated October 8, 2020
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