Question
How to return cfdocument pdf file and server to the user in the browser?
I have function that will generate cfdocument pdf file. Then I would like to return the document and server to the browser. Here is example of the function that generates the pdf file.
<cftry>
<cfdocument format="PDF" filename="file.pdf" overwrite="Yes">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Test</td>
</tr>
</table>
</cfdocument>
<cfset local.fnResults = {file: //Here I'm not sure what I should return}>
<cfcatch type="any">
<cfset local.fnResults = {status : 400, message : "Error! Something went wrong."}>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfreturn fnResults>Function above should genrate the file and return PDF in fnResults structure. Then on serve.cfm I have this logic:
<cfset local.Results = genertePDF()>
<cfif structKeyExists(local.Results, "FILEPATH")>
<cfheader name="content-disposition" value="attachment;filename=#local.Results["FILENAME"]#"/>
<!---Add the file content to the output stream:--->
<cfcontent file="#local.Results["FILEPATH"]#" type="application/octet-stream" reset="true"/>
<!---Exit immediately after adding the file content to avoid corrupting it:--->
<cfabort/>
<cfif>You can ignore the structure of RESULTS since I haven't modified everything. My only problem here is to figure out how to return cfdocument content? If anyone knows how to get this to work please let me know. Thank you.
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