Hello everyone, I’d like to know if it’s possible to create a PDF file directly from the screen displayed in a Glide application. The idea would be to allow users to instantly capture the current state of their screen in the app and save it as a PDF. Have any of you already managed to implement s…

I don’t really follow. Are you filtering a collection in the layout editor? To filter a collection with a custom filter, I would Create a choice component (or perhaps other data entry components) Write text to a text column Use a query column to query the table I want to filter and using the text…

You can use the browser’s Print button to print the screen to PDF, but last I checked it didn’t include any content below the visible part of the screen. Otherwise I’d recommend using one of the integrations and pass it your content to generate a PDF.

[image] Configuring URL box Ask for Help You might be able to test out Screenshot API solutions. I did this before, but it’s not straightforward. I have to keep my app as optional sign-in, and give the public URL to the API, but it does work if you are willing to test a bi…

Data displayed on the screen is data that comes from a table. Using the DocsAutomator or PDFMonkey integration, you can generate a PDF from data in a table.

The new solution from Loqode might interest you, it is also a course. https://youtu.be/gS5nt39V-vI?si=ou9MNj3QWhytPmDI

[image] Nataliya_Kovaleva: The new solution from Loqode might interest you, it is also a course. https://youtu.be/gS5nt39V-vI?si=ou9MNj3QWhytPmDI I can attest that it works well if you’re savvy with HTML and simply need to view a would-be PDF and print it on the fly. If you need to save/send …

thank you all for your advice. I thought there was a native function in Glide without going through an api or integration.

Sorry for the late joining. Is is possible to generate pdf ONLY from the filtered data on screen? Let say we use choice component to filter the data. So not the whole rows would be printed into pdf.

You’re using a choice component. So you built your own custom filter, which I think in this use case makes things easier. (just for reference, for a custom filter we can also use other entry components such at a date picker) Had you use native filters (“in-app filter” or “filter data”) I wouldn’…

Thanks for the response, Nathan. Yes, I made custom filter with If-Then-Else & Single Values workarounds. That’s great for viewing, but I’m afraid it’s not actually filter the data we want to export on the data editor side. I am thinking if I feed it to DocsAutomator (or PDFMonkey) it will print th…

[image] nathanaelb: I don’t really follow. Are you filtering a collection in the layout editor? Exactly. I filter a collection with choice component. Just like the screenshot below: [image] So this is Outstanding to be done per sector. the collection list will show the filtered data when c…

PDF directly from the screen in Glide: Is it possible?

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Deny_Pratama January 27, 2026, 10:45pm 14

Okay thanks Jeff, Nathan. Will do adding Query Column, then playaround with DocsAutomator which I never tried it before.

Just one more thing in my head. If we are using DocsAutomator, can it print a Table Component? Let me show the screenshot once again.

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PDF directly from the screen in Glide: Is it possible?

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