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Merchlinski
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May 26, 2016
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<cfhtmltopdf> problem

  • May 26, 2016
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I'm trying to get <cfthmltopdf> to work and am having problems.  We're running Coldfusion 11, on Red Hat 7.2.  We've done a fresh installation of CF and are sure that PDFG is installed.

Following these steps ColdFusion Help | PDF Generation in ColdFusion , all additional packages are installed on the server except ias32-libs, which my sysadmin tells me does not exist.  Fonts have been extracted in the /usr/share/fonts directory.  I am able to select the 'Verify All Service Managers' button in the CF administrator on the PDF Service page.  The Connection Status returns as OK.

I'm trying to run a simple test and am getting an error.

<cfhtmltopdf>

This is today: #now()#

</cfhtmltopdf>

Error occurred while generating PDF.

coldfusion.document.webkit.PDFgErrorHandler$ServiceManagerConversionException: Error occurred while generating PDF.

at coldfusion.tagext.lang.HtmlToPdfTag.handleRetryError(HtmlToPdfTag.java:1509)

at coldfusion.tagext.lang.HtmlToPdfTag.handlePDFgConversionRequest(HtmlToPdfTag.java:1471)

at coldfusion.tagext.lang.HtmlToPdfTag.convertToPDF(HtmlToPdfTag.java:1413)

at coldfusion.tagext.lang.HtmlToPdfTag.doEndTag(HtmlToPdfTag.java:1551)

at cfcomma2ecfm1427821176.runPage(/local/web/app-dev/playpen/aimee/comma.cfm:1)

at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage.invoke(CfJspPage.java:246)

at coldfusion.tagext.lang.IncludeTag.handlePageInvoke(IncludeTag.java:734)

at coldfusion.tagext.lang.IncludeTag.doStartTag(IncludeTag.java:570)

at coldfusion.filter.CfincludeFilter.invoke(CfincludeFilter.java:65)

at coldfusion.filter.IpFilter.invoke(IpFilter.java:45)

at coldfusion.filter.ApplicationFilter.invoke(ApplicationFilter.java:487)

at coldfusion.filter.RequestMonitorFilter.invoke(RequestMonitorFilter.java:42)

at coldfusion.filter.MonitoringFilter.invoke(MonitoringFilter.java:40)

at coldfusion.filter.PathFilter.invoke(PathFilter.java:141)

at coldfusion.filter.ExceptionFilter.invoke(ExceptionFilter.java:94)

at coldfusion.filter.ClientScopePersistenceFilter.invoke(ClientScopePersistenceFilter.java:28)

at coldfusion.filter.BrowserFilter.invoke(BrowserFilter.java:38)

at coldfusion.filter.NoCacheFilter.invoke(NoCacheFilter.java:58)

at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:38)

at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22)

at coldfusion.filter.CachingFilter.invoke(CachingFilter.java:62)

at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:219)

at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:89)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)

at coldfusion.monitor.event.MonitoringServletFilter.doFilter(MonitoringServletFilter.java:42)

at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)

at coldfusion.inspect.weinre.MobileDeviceDomInspectionFilter.doFilter(MobileDeviceDomInspectionFilter.java:121)

at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)

at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:501)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)

at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)

at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:422)

at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.process(AjpProcessor.java:198)

at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:607)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:313)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Entries in the coldfusion-out.log file are:

May 26, 2016 15:46:46 PM Error [ajp-bio-8014-exec-10] - PDF conversion failed due to task time out in waiting queue for http://127.0.0.1:8987/PDFgServlet/.

May 26, 2016 15:47:46 PM Error [ajp-bio-8014-exec-10] - PDF conversion failed due to task time out in waiting queue for http://127.0.0.1:8987/PDFgServlet/.

May 26, 2016 15:47:46 PM Error [ajp-bio-8014-exec-10] - Error occurred while generating PDF.Reason: Error occurred while handling request. The specific sequence of files included or processed is: /local/web/app-dev/playpen/aimee/comma.cfm, line: 1

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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Correct answer karih38190410

https://community.adobe.com/t5/coldfusion-discussions/installing-coldfusion-add-on-services-pdfg-for-linux-success/td-p/12103936

 

You can cross-reference this post.  I actually abandoned pdfg for linux because it was buggy even after finally getting it working.  I am using wkhtmltopdf instead.

3 replies

K
karih38190410
Inspiring
June 10, 2021

I don't know if you still care, but after trying over many years I got this working on red hat and have documented how.

    BKBK
    Community Expert
    BKBKCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 4, 2022

    @karih38190410 ,

    Could you pease share your solution with the forum. This seems to be a recurrent problem. So your solution will help many.

    K
    karih38190410Correct answer
    Inspiring
    January 5, 2022

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/coldfusion-discussions/installing-coldfusion-add-on-services-pdfg-for-linux-success/td-p/12103936

     

    You can cross-reference this post.  I actually abandoned pdfg for linux because it was buggy even after finally getting it working.  I am using wkhtmltopdf instead.

    S
    sdsinc_pmascari
    Legend
    May 27, 2016

    CFHTML2PDF works only on Windows so with your RedHat install, I hope you haven't been trying too long?  It also only works with the Enterprise version of CF to my knowledge.

    I agree with Jamo regarding WKHTMLTOPDF.  It's great.  It has a companion, WKHTMLTOIMAGE that I use quite often with great results.

    M
    MerchlinskiAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 27, 2016

    Per the documentation ColdFusion Help | PDF Generation in ColdFusion, Linux support was added to CF but has additional requirements. 

    We've installed WKHTMLTOPDF and initial testing looks very promising.  Many thanks to both of you!

    James Moberg
    James Moberg
    Inspiring
    May 27, 2016

    Have you considered generating PDFs using a non-Adobe product?  I've had huge success using WKHTMLTOPDF (free) with ColdFusion 8, 9, 10, 11 & 2016. (I've found it to be faster and generate smaller PDFs.)   According to the WKHTMLTOPDF website, it works with Window XP/2003/Vista/Server, Linux (Debian, Ubuntu & CentOS) and OS X.

    http://wkhtmltopdf.org/

    Here are some posts I've written regarding my experience (including a Custom Tag):

    http://gamesover2600.tumblr.com/search/wkhtmltopdf

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