Question

Cant create a pdf document with production security level.

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I can't create a pdf document with production security level. My pdf documents are created very well from the document template when security is turned off. But, when I turn my app security to production, I can't generate any pdf document! What could be the cause of the problem? Any suggestions?

asked 2016-07-28

John Paul Seremba

3 answers

Rom van Arendonk · Answer 1 · 2016-07-28

Is it a problem with generation or with viewing the PDF file? If production security is truly the only thing you change, then:

Review the security settings on the entity which stores your generated PDF document;
Review the ApplyEntityAccess setting (or EntityAccess of your entities) of microflows you use for PDF generation;

The easiest way to determine where your problem is, is to add a break point after the GenerateDocument action in your microflow, and see if the contents of the FileDocument are set.

Yudistra Thakurdin · Answer 2 · 2016-07-28

In Mendix 5, there was a separate security setting tab called "File Access" which defined security for the entity System.FileDocument. This isn't present in MX6 but perhaps it's related? I had similar problems back then. Check the security for System.FileDoc and its specializations.

Eric Tieniber · Answer 3 · 2016-07-28

This is due to FileDocument permissions as Yudistra suggested. In Mendix 6, nobody has read access to the FileDocument entity directly. Instead, you should create and use a specialization of the FileDocument entity and define your security rules there.