Convert txt file from email attachment to pdf

gm355 · ‎10-24-2019

Hi,

I'm looking to create a Flow that will take a txt file that is an attachment in an email, convert it to pdf and then save on an FTP.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!

Gristy · ‎10-24-2019

Try the following

Assuming you have the content of your attachment already.

Try the following actions:

Create File (OneDrive for Business) to store the file in onedrive

Convert file (OneDrive for Business) to convert the previously stored file to PDF

then use a ftp action to upload the pdf as required.

There are other PDF converters but they are usually subscription based

v-bacao-msft · ‎10-24-2019

Hi @gm355 ,

As Gristy suggested, please refer to the following configuration, I use SharePoint to save the PDF file as an example:

Hope it helps.

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Community Support Team _ Barry
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gm355 · ‎10-24-2019

Thanks. I've tried that, but I keep getting the following error.

v-bacao-msft · ‎10-24-2019

Hi @gm355 ,

Please try to change Convert file action to Convert file using path action.

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gm355 · ‎10-27-2019

Hi @v-bacao-msft ,

Getting this error now:

Anonymous · ‎11-25-2019

I'm getting the above error also for converting simple txt file

gm355 · ‎11-26-2019

Hi @Anonymous , I never found a solution for this unfortunately.

Jay-Encodian · ‎11-27-2019

Hey @gm355 @Anonymous @v-bacao-msft @Gristy

I just ran a few tests on this as well... TXT file conversion fails via the OneDrive connector.

Same files convert fine via third party connectors such as the Encodian connector - Convert Text to PDF

See details below:

HTH

Jay

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Anonymous · ‎12-01-2019

Hi Guys, create a text file in .html format then convert to pdf is currently supported (while txt to pdf is not supported according microsoft premier supported). So the below is working for me. I think this presents a valid and easy workaround as creating a html is just a matter of wrapping your txt file with <html> and <body> tag with some <br> sprinkled around.

gm355 · ‎12-01-2019

Thanks @Anonymous , can you show the full workflow please?

Bleak_Morn · ‎04-07-2022

I was able to solve this as follows using the OneDrive for Business connector:

Create a conditional that checks to see if the file Name ends with .txt
If yes, Move or rename file where the File is the ID from above, and the Destination File Path is Name without extension.htm
Next I used Convert file using path with the Path value from above and set the Target type to PDF
I used Create file action to create the file by using the File Name and File Content resulting from the Convert action in step 3
Finally, I use the Delete file action to clean up where the File input was the Id from the Move operation in step 2.

Hope this helped!

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