Starter project for Pdfmake with Angular 4 and Angular CLI

This is Starter Project for Pdfmake with Angular 4 and Angular CLI

PDFMAKE:- pdfmake is awesome light weight pure Javascript pdf generator https://github.com/bpampuch/pdfmake

In this starter project i have integrated PDFMAKE in Angular 4 + Angular CLI without adding js file in the Index.html or scripts array

Intergartion.

1. First Generate angular project using CLI.

2. npm install pdfmake --save

3. add your imports in the Component

 import * as pdfMake from 'pdfmake/build/pdfmake';
 import * as pdfFonts from 'pdfmake/build/vfs_fonts';

1. add this line in the constructor of your component

pdfMake.vfs = pdfFonts.pdfMake.vfs;

Sample component

import * as pdfMake from 'pdfmake/build/pdfmake';
import * as pdfFonts from 'pdfmake/build/vfs_fonts';

@Component({
 selector: 'app-root',
 templateUrl: './app.component.html',
 styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
 title = 'app works!';
constructor(){
    //called first time before the ngOnInit()
    pdfMake.vfs = pdfFonts.pdfMake.vfs;
     var dd = { content: 'your pdf data' };
   pdfMake.createPdf(dd).download();
 }

}

This project was generated with Angular CLI version 1.0.0.

Development server

Run ng serve for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Code scaffolding

Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive/pipe/service/class/module.

Build

Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the -prod flag for a production build.

Running unit tests

Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.

Running end-to-end tests

Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via Protractor. Before running the tests make sure you are serving the app via ng serve.

Further help

To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help or go check out the Angular CLI README.