In this article we will learn how to render a visualforce page as PDF in Salesforce.
In order to render a visualforce page as PDF you have to set renderAs attribute to PDF.
Have a look at below code example where I have created a Visualforce page which is rendered as PDF. PDF will display the list of 5 accounts fetched using Apex in tabular format.
<apex:page controller="PdfExampleController" renderAs="pdf">
<apex:pageBlock >
<apex:pageBlockTable value="{!accList}" var="acc" border="2">
<apex:column value="{!acc.name}"/>
<apex:column value="{!acc.annualRevenue}"/>
<apex:column value="{!acc.type}"/>
<apex:column value="{!acc.accountnumber}"/>
<apex:column value="{!acc.rating}"/>
</apex:pageBlockTable>
</apex:pageBlock>
</apex:page>
Below is the Apex Controller which will fetch 5 account records from Salesforce and are displayed in the rendered PDF.
public class PdfExampleController {
public List<Account> accList { get; set; }
public PdfExampleController() {
accList = [SELECT Id, Name, Type, AccountNumber, AnnualRevenue, Rating FROM Account LIMIT 5];
}
}
Also, check out the below video on How to Render Visualforce Page as PDF in Salesforce?
