Is there a way to have Paw (https://luckymarmot.com/paw) display the result of a request as PDF instead of the raw value (in case the repsonse is a PDF)? I am creating a lot of PDFs on the fly and this would be great for testing purposes.
It already offers a range of possibilities like text, json, xml or web...
No PDF display possible, they are working on it
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I need to import and export some documents from my web app written in .net-core to docx and viceversa: the users should be able to export, modify offline, and import back. Currently I am using OpenXml-PowerTools to export.
The problem is that there are dynamic contents that show the current value of some fields in the database so I should be able to export the document showing a face value (for instance an amount of money) and when importing back I should be able to recall the original reference (which is an object containing an expression and operations, like "sum_db_1 + sum_db_2" and info about the formatting of numbers and so on). Of course if needed everything can be treated as a String instead of a complex object.
In the original document the face value is shown (a text or an amount) while the original formula is stored like in this xml:
<reuse-link reuse="reuse-link">
<reuse-param name="figname" value="exp_sum_n"></reuse-param>
<reuse-param name="format" value="MC"></reuse-param>
</reuse-link>
In short, I need the possibility to export a complex object in Word that shows the face value and keeps somewhere also the other additional fields of the original object so they can be retrieved once imported back. The possibility of editing the "complex" values is not foreseen.
How can I achieve this?
I tried to negotiate with customers explaining they should only edit online but they are not flexible to change their internal workflow that foresee an exchange of the document between various parties.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I suggest you use one or more Custom XML Parts to store whatever additional information you need. You will probably need to create a naming convention that will allow you to relate elements/attributes in those Parts to the "face values" (however they may be expressed).
A Custom XML Part can store any XML (the content does have to be valid XML). As long as you create them, and the necessary relationships, in the .docx or Flat OPC format .xml file, the Parts should survive normal use - i.e. the user would have to do something unusual to delete them.
You could also store the information in Word document variables, but Custom XML Parts look like a better fit to your scenario.
(Sorry, I am not yet allowed to post comments or respond to them here).
In CRM I have a 'Doc_Config' value.
The 'Doc_Config' value gets passed to Power Automate Flow
With the data I populate an Microsoft Word Document. My problem here is, that instead of the data the raw text is filled into the Word Document.
Is there a way to convert the raw text so Power Automate recognizes the data I actually want? Like as if it is presented to the Flow like so:
Problem: You probably have copied the path for your objects and pasted the path value in your 'Doc_Config' value. Here the problems should be with the #{...} pattern.
Solution: Please, remove #{...} pattern from any objects that you are referring to by their path as in the example below:
incorrect:
#{items('Apply_to_each_2')?['productname']}
correct:
items('Apply_to_each_2')?['productname']
Background:
In Power Automate cloud flows, you reference objects that the dynamic content tooling offers. However, sometimes you want to catch objects that the dynamic content tooling cannot see, or does not provide. At these times, you can refer to them by specifying the path for them as in the example below.
items('Apply_to_each_2')?['productname']
You can observe the path for the objects by hovering over any object that the dynamic content tooling is providing you.
Another option would be to simply parse the data from your array, as it is already JSON.
I will add three links here to Imgur images as I can't post images directly yet, but the idea is very simple:
Append your data to your array variable
Add a Parse JSON task, click generate from sample, and paste in the JSON you use.
Your actions can be used in all other steps now.
The images will clarify a lot.
Append your data
Parse your data
Use your data
I have a project where we are sending text payloads over HTTP that include special ASCII codes. Using URLEncode on those special ASCII codes works as expected.
The gotcha, is I'm being told to use the x-www-form-urlencoded content type, but to accept the raw body as if it wasn't a form (no key/value pairs) and just urldecode the received content as a single payload.
Question: Is this reasonable? I haven't run across this before and checking on real-world versus potential 'spec-breaking' usage of x-www-form-urlencode (i.e. the 'form' part doesnt matter and can be ignored).
TIA for the cross-check!
To answer your question: No, it's not reasonable. If the data is not in key/value format, then using x-www-form-urlencoded as Content-Type doesn't make much sense (see the standard and here is a good explaination).
What to use else?
It really depends on your data. From the standard (RFC2045):
Content-Type Header Field
The purpose of the Content-Type field is to describe the data
contained in the body fully enough that the receiving user agent can
pick an appropriate agent or mechanism to present the data to the
user, or otherwise deal with the data in an appropriate manner. The
value in this field is called a media type.
So if you really have only ASCII characters it is still of type text/something. If the raw data is special to your application you can incen
I was wondering if there's a way to build a QR code with two kinds of data - one text data and two link URLs. Is it possible to do it?
A QR Code is a two-dimensional barcode capable of storing (according to Wikipedia) up to 2,953 bytes of binary data or 4,296 simple alphanumeric characters. The data can contain whatever you like.
The difficulty with storing multiple URLs in a QR-code is not that it is impossible, but that most scanner apps in smart phones and so on will only process a single URL. If you are writing the scanner app too then, yes, it it possible, otherwise it is possible but probably not advisable.
If you wish to store a single URL and some contact details you might look at storing a vCard in your QR code (here is a generator; I have no affiliation with this project).
It's indeed possible, but all scanner apps will not recognize all the data, and only one show one data. This QR code generator has a Multi URL feature that can redirect based on different parameters as time, location, device, ...
It is possible. we can enter text,URL,v card on a single QR code.
Well, actually, the QR code is "only" storing characters, so you could imagine having an app or any software that read the QR code content, which contains data and two URL, which split the string to open two tab.
I need to put together a jsBin example that demonstrates a problem I'm having with some UI controls, which doesn't manifest itself with a only a few records. I need a dataset of about 3000-5000 rows in JSON format that can be obtained via a URL by an AJAX XHR call. Can someone suggest a website with possibly government or open-source data that can be used for such testing?
P.S. It can't just be a download of a zipped file that can be expanded into a JSON text file. I need a JSON XHR response.
P.P.S. Ideally it would have 50-75 distinct values in one of the columns so I could demonstrate a grouping/aggregation issue. Data by US State or by Zipccode within a state would be excellent.
P.P.P.S. I've been searching the internet and found this site, now trying to figure out how to get JSON instead of XML:
http://www.sba.gov/about-sba-services/7617#city-county-state
All you have to do is this:
http://www.sba.gov/about-sba-services/7617#city-county-state/NY.json
You can find a lot of open data here
free open data
Have you looked at Freebase there should be a query to get you that many rows and they offer json responses.
EDIT: Theres a similiar site DBPedia I built this query which will return JSON and has about 3k rows:
http://dbpedia.org/sparql?default-graph-uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org&query=select+distinct+%3FConcept+where+%7B%5B%5D+a+%3FConcept%7D+LIMIT+3000&format=json%2Fhtml&timeout=30000&debug=on
you can go here and customize the query if you need more data.
-Ken
Why not create a page with a LOOP that generate those records as you desire. Shouldn't be so hard.
Maybe a Java Servlet.