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Snippets return PDF (TCPDF)

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    vllopico Reply #1, 10 years, 4 months ago
    I am trying to create a snippet that returns a pdf, using TCPDF, if ajax call directly /assets/snippets/pdf.php the pdf generate corretly but if create a resource and call the snippet, can not generate.

    $pdf->Output('VivesPromocion.pdf', 'I');
return;


    Ajax
    type:"POST",
url: "http://../pdf.html"


    And the resource pdf.html is created
    Any idea to solve?
    Thanks
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      Jako Reply #2, 10 years, 4 months ago
      Use something like this:
      header('Content-Type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="VivesPromocion.pdf"');
exit($pdf->Output('VivesPromocion.pdf', 'I'));

      MODX should not touch the output after TCPDF has done the work.
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        vllopico Reply #3, 10 years, 4 months ago
        Quote from: Jako at May 26, 2016, 04:37 AM
        Use something like this:
        header('Content-Type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="VivesPromocion.pdf"');
exit($pdf->Output('VivesPromocion.pdf', 'I'));

        MODX should not touch the output after TCPDF has done the work.

        Ok, resolved,
        Thank you