IPD - Create DocumentInterfaceInvoice with Landmark Transaction Activity - PDF document from FTP -

Has anyone else had success creating attachments with IPA flows?

I'm attempting to create a flow that can create a DocumentInterfaceInvoice record that includes a PDF document located on the LM server.

The flow can successfully grab the PDF from the LM server with a file access node, but I'm running into an issue with file encoding. The file is attached to the DocumentInterfaceInvoice but is corrupted; I suspect due to character encoding.

On a call with Infor, an IPA developer suggested using using file:// and the path to the file instead of the outputData from the file access node. I've tried this and it appears to be just stuffing thaat path string as binary into a pdf file.

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chris-mccullough

I have done this...have you tried this for your variable:

"file://\\\\server\\drive\\folder\\folder\\"

chris-mccullough

Literally, the number of slashes are required...

john-miller

I use a File Channel to pull a file in from an FTP Server and save it directly on the Landmark Server. The Flow then creates an Attachment on a Business Class Record using the following in the Landmark Transaction Node:
& Attachment.File="file://<!ProcessedFileDirectory>/<!FileName>"

You'll have to include the Title and Mime Type as well.

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