Behavior: FormatPdf

Applies filters that will automatically convert views into PDF documents

This behavior uses a “afterRender” filter that listens for Action calls with a “format” parameter that equals “pdf”.  When discovered, normal output is suppressed and instead the content produced is converted to a PDF file and served to the browser.

If $page.title is defined the filename will be <$page.title>.pdf otherwise, the filename will be <controller name>.<action name>.pdf

// in app/controllers/<name>_controller.sjs
function init(){
    this.applyBehavior("FormatPdf")
}

// calling this with ?format=pdf will cause it to return a PDF document
// containing the view output with the name "All Items.pdf"
function list(params){
    this.$page.title = "All Items"
    this.set("rows",this.model.findBeans())
}