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How To Convert an HTML Web Page To PDF Using Power Automate Desktop and Microsoft Edge

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The following flow shows how to convert an HTML web page to PDF using the Win2PDF printer and Microsoft Edge.

 

power-automate-desktop-html-to-pdf-edge-flow

 

To use this "flow", copy the following into a new Power Automate Desktop flow:

 

# This Power Automate Desktop flow converts an HTML file to PDF using Microsoft Edge and the Win2PDF printer. This sample requires the Microsoft Power Automate for Edge add-in is installed.

WebAutomation.LaunchEdge.LaunchEdge Url: $'''https://helpdesk.win2pdf.com''' WindowState: WebAutomation.BrowserWindowState.Normal ClearCache: False ClearCookies: False Timeout: 60 BrowserInstance=> Browser

File.GetTempPath TempFile=> TempFile

WebAutomation.TakeScreenshot.TakeScreenshotSaveToFile BrowserInstance: Browser File: TempFile FileFormat: WebAutomation.FileFormat.Png

/# Convert the PNG to PDF using the Win2PDF Desktop Command Line

C:\\Windows\\System32\\spool\\drivers\\x64\\3\\win2pdfd png2pdf %TempFile% %TempFile%.pdf#/

Scripting.RunDOSCommand.RunDOSCommand DOSCommandOrApplication: $'''C:\\Windows\\System32\\spool\\drivers\\x64\\3\\win2pdfd png2pdf %TempFile% %TempFile%.pdf''' StandardOutput=> CommandOutput StandardError=> CommandErrorOutput ExitCode=> CommandExitCode

/# Make the PDF searchable (optional)

Requires the Win2PDF OCR Add-on download

C:\\Windows\\System32\\spool\\drivers\\x64\\3\\win2pdfd.exe makesearchable %TempFile%.pdf %TempFile%.pdf#/

Scripting.RunDOSCommand.RunDOSCommand DOSCommandOrApplication: $'''C:\\Windows\\System32\\spool\\drivers\\x64\\3\\win2pdfd.exe makesearchable %TempFile%.pdf %TempFile%.pdf''' StandardOutput=> CommandOutput2 StandardError=> CommandErrorOutput2 ExitCode=> CommandExitCode2

# Delete the temporary PNG file

File.Delete Files: TempFile

WebAutomation.CloseWebBrowser BrowserInstance: Browser

# Open the PDF using the default viewer

System.RunApplication.RunApplication ApplicationPath: $'''%TempFile%.pdf''' WindowStyle: System.ProcessWindowStyle.Normal ProcessId=> AppProcessId