![]() ![]() Now you can disable the Entity Print field on that view mode. On the Custom Display Settings section you need to enable the PDF view mode. ![]() To remove it, go to the Manage Display page for the specific content type. How to hide the View PDF link in the exported fileīy default, the "View PDF" link is also added to the PDF. The URL looks pretty much the same as above only with /debug appended.Į.g. With the Entity Print Views module enabled, a "Print" Global option can be added to the View's header or footer.įor easy and quick debugging, Entity Print provides us a HTML version of the entities sent to the PDF engine. Here is the PDF we want to save or print: (/admin/structure/types/manage//display).įrom now, we’ll have a view PDF button added to our content type. To make this field visible on any content type, enable it on the Manage Display page The field has a default label value of "View PDF". Exporting entitiesĮntity Print adds a disabled field to the view modes of each content type. Module’s useĪfter the module is configured properly and all permissions are set, we can start exporting entities and views to a PDF file. ![]() It also supports most presentational HTML attributes. It’s a style-driven renderer so it’ll download and read external stylesheets, inline style tags, and the style attributes of individual HTML elements. The preferable PDF engine is Dompdf, which is (mostly) a CSS 2.1 compliant HTML layout and rendering engine written in PHP. Word Document - select the default Word Document engine for printing (currently not supported, follow the opened issue).EPub - select the default EPub engine for printing (currently not supported, you can follow the opened issue).HTTP AUTHENTICATION - if your website is behind HTTP Authentication, you can set the username/password.SSL CONFIGURATION - may be needed for development only, in production you shouldn’t change it.Enable Remote URLs - must be enabled for CSS and Images to work unless you manipulate the source manually.Disable Log - disable Dompdf logging to log.html in Drupal's temporary directory.Enable HTML5 Parser - Dompdf doesn't work without this option enabled.Paper Orientation - change orientation to Landscape or Portrait.Paper Size - change page size to print the PDF to.PDF - select the default PDF engine for printing.Force Download - force the browser to download the PDF file.Enable Default CSS - provide some very basic styles.Let’s check what this module allows us to configure. Optionally, enable the Entity Print Views module.Grant permissions for non-admin users to download the PDFs.Additionally you can install Wkhtmltopdf and TCPDF engines.Ĭomposer require "mikehaertl/phpwkhtmltopdf ~2.1".Install Dompdf by running composer require.To install Entity Print, go to its webpage or do it via composer:Ĭomposer require "drupal/entity_print 2.x".It uses the PDF engines based on popular PHP libraries like Dompdf, Phpwkhtmltopdf and TCPDF. What is the module used for?Įntity Print allows you to print (save) any Drupal entity (Drupal 7 and 8) or View (Drupal 8+ only) to a PDF file. The module is created and maintained by benjy. Module’s popularityĪccording to the usage statistics from the module's page, it’s currently used by around 12 thousand websites. Drupal 8 and 9 (8.x-2.2 stable release version).Īll stable releases for this project are covered by the security advisory policy.Drupal 7 (7.x-1.5 stable release version),.The first version of the module was released on 22 January 2015, the latest update - 18 June 2020. In this article, we’ll show you one of the most popular PDF generation modules for Drupal that will be helpful for you to generate, view or download reports, articles, and invoices in PDF. The crucial thing is to find the right solution that meets your expectations and requirements. Creating a dynamic PDF file is one of the most important points of a project. ![]()
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