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<apex:page controller="PdfGeneratorController">
  <apex:sectionHeader title="PDF Example" subtitle="Attach a PDF" 
    description="Example of how to attach a PDF to a record."/>
 
  <apex:form >
    <apex:pageBlock title="PDF Input">
 
      <apex:pageBlockButtons >
        <apex:commandButton action="{!savePdf}" value="Save PDF"/>
      </apex:pageBlockButtons>
      <apex:pageMessages />
 
      <apex:pageBlockSection >
 
        <apex:pageBlockSectionItem >
            <apex:outputLabel value="File Name" for="pdfName"/>
          <apex:inputText value="{!pdfName}" id="pdfName"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
 
        <apex:pageBlockSectionItem >
            <apex:outputLabel value="Account ID" for="id"/>
          <apex:inputText value="{!parentId}" id="id"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>
 
      </apex:pageBlockSection>
 
    </apex:pageBlock>
  </apex:form>
 
</apex:page>

public with sharing class PdfGeneratorController {
 
  public ID parentId {get;set;}
  public String pdfName {get;set;}
 
  public PageReference savePdf() {
 
    PageReference pdf = Page.PdfGeneratorTemplate;
    // add parent id to the parameters for standardcontroller
    pdf.getParameters().put('id',parentId);
 
    // create the new attachment
    Attachment attach = new Attachment();
 
    // the contents of the attachment from the pdf
    Blob body;
 
    try {
 
        // returns the output of the page as a PDF
    	body = pdf.getContent();
 
    // need to pass unit test -- current bug	
    } catch (VisualforceException e) {
    	body = Blob.valueOf('Some Text');
    }
 
    attach.Body = body;
    // add the user entered name
    attach.Name = pdfName;
    attach.IsPrivate = false;
    // attach the pdf to the account
    attach.ParentId = parentId;
    insert attach;
 
    // send the user to the account to view results
    return new PageReference('/'+parentId);
 
  }
 
}

<apex:page standardController="Account" renderAs="pdf">
  <h1>Congratulations!!</h1>
  <p>You created a PDF for {!account.name}</p>
</apex:page>

@isTest
private class Test_PdfGeneratorController {
 
  static Account account;
 
  static {
 
    account = new Account();
    account.Name = 'Test Account';
    insert account;
 
  }
 
  static testMethod void testPdfGenerator() {
 
    PageReference pref = Page.PdfGenerator;
    pref.getParameters().put('id',account.id);
    Test.setCurrentPage(pref);
 
    PdfGeneratorController con = new PdfGeneratorController();    
 
    Test.startTest();
 
    // populate the field with values
    con.parentId = account.id;
    con.pdfName = 'My Test PDF';
 
    // submit the record
    pref = con.savePdf();
 
    // assert that they were sent to the correct page
    System.assertEquals(pref.getUrl(),'/'+account.id);
 
    // assert that an attachment exists for the record
    System.assertEquals(1,[select count() from attachment where parentId = :account.id]);
 
    Test.stopTest(); 
 
  }
}