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Posted on by asafweis 181

 Hi,

 

I'm trying to print a PDF that was created in powerapps using the new PDF function. 

So far I'm thinking that I'll create a variable in desktop and pass the contentbytes from cloud into it. 

 

The issue with that is that the variable can only be text from my understanding. 

 

Can anyone recommend a way to do this? I'm assuming that there is some conversion from binary to text then back again into binary once in desktop??

 

Thanks.

 

Asaf

 

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  • Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Agnius Bartninkas Most Valuable Professional on at

    You can create the file via cloud flows by using the File system connector. Use the content bytes to create the file locally on your system. Then pass the path to the file as a string input variable to the desktop flow. The flow will then not need to create the file - it will simply need to pick it up and print it.

     

    There is a way to decode base64 in PAD, too, but it doesn't seem to work the same way as in cloud flows. I've tried that in the past and found that creating the file via cloud flows and then simply passing the file path as input is a more reliable way.

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  • Srini007 Profile Picture
    Srini007 3,490 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @asafweis 

     

    Check below link for your reference

     

    https://blog.developer.adobe.com/document-generation-in-power-automate-6f870a29587

     

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    If this reply answers your question or solves your issue, please ACCEPT AS SOLUTION

     

    Thanks,

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