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Print report via x++

Hey - i am trying to print a report to a PDF file in a local directory.

There are many working examples for AX2012 and if you copy the code everything is working except that ax downloads the PDF in the Browser instead of saving a PDF in a directory.

My goal is to stream a SalesInvoice Report via webserivce.

What we used to do in 2012:

1) generate the Report and save it t c:\temp\xyz.pdf

2) read the file and pass the content to the AIF

3) delete the file

The used code is not working anymore in AX 365 - it keeps telling me that the file does not exist.

So I created a runnable class:

class TestPrintJob
{        
    /// <summary>
    /// Runs the class with the specified arguments.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name = "_args">The specified arguments.</param>
    public static void main(Args _args)
    {
        Args                            args;

        ContactPerson                   contactPerson;
        SrsReportRunController          controller;
        SRSPrintDestinationSettings     srsPrintDestinationSettings;
        CustTable                       custTable;
        CustInvoiceJour                 custInvoiceJour = custInvoiceJour::findRecId(5637163320);
        SalesTable                      salesTable;
        SalesInvoiceContract            rdpContract;
        System.Byte[]                   pdfDocBuffer;
        System.IO.FileInfo              fi_pdfDoc;
        System.IO.FileStream            fs;
        guid                            myGuid;
        str                             pdfString = '',
                                        savedFile,
                                        filePath,
                                        myGuidStr,
                                        reportPath;


        if (custInvoiceJour.RecId != 0)
        {

            myGuid = newguid();
            myGuidStr = guid2str(myGuid);

            controller = new SrsReportRunController();

            controller.parmReportName(ssrsReportStr(SalesInvoice, Report));
            controller.parmExecutionMode(SysOperationExecutionMode::Synchronous);
            controller.parmShowDialog(false);
            controller.objectOnServer();

            rdpContract  = new SalesInvoiceContract();
            rdpContract.parmRecordId(custInvoiceJour.RecId);
            rdpContract.parmCountryRegionISOCode(SysCountryRegionCode::countryInfo());
            rdpContract.parmDocumentTitle("@SYS14204");

            // (1) Try by passing args
            args = new Args();
            args.record(custInvoiceJour);
            args.parmEnum(PrintCopyOriginal::OriginalPrint);
            args.parmEnumType(enumNum(PrintCopyOriginal));

            controller.parmReportContract().parmRdpContract(rdpContract);
            controller.parmArgs(args);

            // Change print settings as needed
            srsPrintDestinationSettings = controller.parmReportContract().parmPrintSettings();
            srsPrintDestinationSettings.printMediumType(SRSPrintMediumType::Custom);
            srsPrintDestinationSettings.fileFormat(SRSReportFileFormat::PDF);
            srsPrintDestinationSettings.overwriteFile(true);

            filePath = @'c:\tmp\InvoiceReport_' + myGuidStr + '.pdf';

            srsPrintDestinationSettings.fileName(filePath);

            controller.startOperation();

        }

    }

}

If I run the job AX is rendering the Report and it gets downloaded instantly while C:\tmp stays empty.

I cant figure out why the old way is not working anymore.

Is there any way to save the report to a file or in a string?

Thanks in advance - Alex

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