SA-12865

Summary

Upgraded to Pega 7.1.7 with CPM 7.1.3 from Pega 6.1 SP1 and CPM 6.1 SP1. 
The OOTB code allowed the setting of fixed margins in Pega 6.1 SP1. Unable to set using the OOTB in Pega 7. There is a marked difference in the PDF output generated in Pega 6 and Pega 7.
 

Error Messages

Not Applicable

Steps to Reproduce

The OOTB code of HTMLToPDF is unable to set the margin size and hence there is a skew in the margins that is clearly displayed in the generated PDF.

Root Cause

The root cause of this problem is that the setting the body margin values seems to be different when it comes to PDF generation using PD4ML. 

Resolution

The explanation for this behavior is as follows:

The body margin values and representation in an HTML page depends on page size, border and document. This behavior seems to be different when it comes to PDF generation using PD4ML.

As per the PD4ML specifications, controlling the body margin attributes, during PDF generation, is dependent on pageInsets (margins) and htmlWidth methods (also known as userSpaceWidth in some contexts).

These attributes are not exposed to set while using OOTB activity and the default values are being considered as per the below code PD4ML code in Pega7. 

.setPageInsets(new Insets(20, 10, 10, 10));
.setHtmlWidth(950); 

Therefore, even on setting the margin at body level, it is not applied after PDF Generation. But setting the CSS styles on other elements like div, table, paragraph, li tags work fine.