I would suspect that the GUID being passed back is the XML GUID instead of the PDF GUID. I definitely get back a working PDF when I asked for it using the OMP interface in OpenVAS 8.
Matthew. On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 08:45:54AM +0000, Christiaan De Vries wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > I have all the dependencies installed, but even then when I select PDF as > output, it still generates an XML file... > > I now convert that file to PDF on the command line using one of the generate > scripts. > > In short, no problem for me anymore.. > > Thanks, > Christiaan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Hall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 3:34 AM > To: Christiaan De Vries <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Openvas-discuss] FW: Generate PDF using 'report' file... > > You can get XML, HTML, or PDF, all from the open-source version even with > OpenVAS8. > > I've been doing it for several months and it works fine if you have the TeX > dependencies needed. > > As discussed, through OpenVAS's own official interface, you can't re-convert > the already exported XML to PDF over again, but somebody else from Greenbone > I think already replied how to do it manually using the XSLT and some other > tools. > > So I don't understand, what is still a problem now and what's been fixed? > > Matthew. > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:34:37AM +0000, Christiaan De Vries wrote: > > Hi Eero, > > > > As per the original message, I had selected PDF as the format, not XML??? > > > > With regards to commercial tools, always interested.. would you be able to > > send me some information on that? > > > > Thanks. > > Christiaan _______________________________________________ Openvas-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
