Convert PDF as Image

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Posted on by Kanagaraj A

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Hi,

I tried to convert PDF into image in AX 2012 by X++ with following code and this code is working fine but the problem is, I can't able to view the converted image

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System.Byte[] pdfDocBuffer;
System.IO.FileInfo fi_pdfDoc;
System.IO.FileStream fs;
str Content;
// Grant clrinterop permission.
new InteropPermission(InteropKind::ClrInterop).assert();
//Load the file
fi_pdfDoc = new System.IO.FileInfo(@'C:/CodeCamp2009.pdf');
//Initiallize the byte array by setting the length of the file
pdfDocBuffer= new System.Byte[int642int(fi_pdfDoc.get_Length())]();
// Stream the file
fs= new System.IO.FileStream(fi_pdfDoc.get_FullName(), System.IO.FileMode::Open, System.IO.FileAccess::Read);
fs.Read(pdfDocBuffer, 0, pdfDocBuffer.get_Length());
// Convert the file into a base64 string
Content = System.Convert::ToBase64String(pdfDocBuffer, 0, pdfDocBuffer.get_Length());
//Revert the access
CodeAccessPermission::revertAssert();

AifUtil::saveBase64ToFile(@"C:\testfsdsdsds.jpg", Content);

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Martin Dráb 237,880 Most Valuable Professional on at

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That's not surprising, because it's not an image at all. Your code takes the binary content of the PDF file, encodes it to text (using base64) and stores this text file as testfsdsdsds.jpg.

Why are do you want to convert PDF to image in the first place?

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Vilmos Kintera 46,149 on at

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Storing a binary file as a base64 string is very different from being an actual image that is also encoded to a binary file, like Martin has pointed it out.

You would have to use a third-party library, since such conversion does not exist out-of-the-box neither for AX nor for the .Net Framework. You can read up on some of the solutions here:

stackoverflow.com/.../how-to-convert-pdf-files-to-image

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Kanagaraj A 1,254 on at

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Hi Martin,

Thank you, I would like to embed PDF into SSRS Report.

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Kanagaraj A 1,254 on at

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I will follow the given link.

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Anand AX 2,172 on at

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Hi Kanagaraj A,

I have a same scenario to embed pdf and all file types from attachment into SSRS report in D365 FO. Do you have any working solution for this?

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