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Title:

General Error when creating PDF using cfhtmltopdf

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Status/Resolution/Reason: Closed/Withdrawn/NotABug

Reporter/Name(from Bugbase): Colin Sears / Colin Sears (Colin Sears)

Created: 05/06/2016

Components: Language, CF Component

Versions: 11.0

Failure Type: Non Functioning

Found In Build/Fixed In Build: CF11_Final /

Priority/Frequency: Trivial / Unknown

Locale/System: English / Win 2012 Server x64

Vote Count: 0

Problem Description: When using cfhtmltopdf() to generate PDF from HTML file, it returns "Error occurred while generating PDF. GENERAL ERROR"

Steps to Reproduce:
Use function provided where dst is the filepath for the PDF and src is the location of the HTML file

        <cffunction name="htmlToPDF" access="public" output="false" returnType="any">
		<cfargument name="dst" type="string" required="true">
		<cfargument name="src" type="string" required="true">

		 <cfhtmltopdf source="#src# "destination="#dst#" overwrite="yes" encryption="RC4_128" permissions="allowCopy"/>

	</cffunction>

Actual Result: Errors with "Detail=Reason: GENERAL ERROR, Message=Error occurred while generating PDF."

Expected Result: PDF created in location provided using the HTML from the source file

Any Workarounds:

----------------------------- Additional Watson Details -----------------------------

Watson Bug ID:	4149711

External Customer Info:
External Company:  
External Customer Name: Colin Sears
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External Test Config: My Hardware and Environment details:

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Comments:

Figured out this was based off the log on credentials not being given to the "ColdFusion 11 Add-on Services". Changed the log on credentials to the same as the "ColdFusion 11 Application Server" and it ran just fine.
Comment by External U.
2912 | May 09, 2016 10:31:30 AM GMT