I would like to transform an SVG file containing Javascript to PDF. If the Javascript code is embedded inside the SVG file, everything works fine. But if the Javascript is in a separate file, it doesn’t work.

Is there something to do about it?

I am using Prince v12.5 on macOS.

For example, this doesn’t work:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<svg
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    viewBox="-1.3 -1.0 2.6 2.0"
    preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet"
>
<g id="container"></g>
<script type="text/javascript" xlink:href="testsvg.js"></script>
</svg>

"use strict"
var container = document.getElementById("container");
var path = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "path");
path.setAttribute("d", "M 0,0 h 0.1 v 0.1 h -0.1 z");
container.appendChild(path);

But this works:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<svg
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    viewBox="-1.3 -1.0 2.6 2.0"
    preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet"
>
<g id="container"></g>
<script type="text/javascript">
    "use strict"
    var container = document.getElementById("container");
    var path = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "path");
    path.setAttribute("d", "M 0,0 h 0.1 v 0.1 h -0.1 z");
    container.appendChild(path);
</script>
</svg>

Prince only supports external scripts in HTML via <script src=""> but not SVG with <script xlink:href="">, we will support this in a future release.

OK, thank you for your answer. In the meantime, you could warn the user that external JavaScripts are not yet supported in SVG files, when they run the command. Today it fails silently.

We have now released a latest build that supports xlink:href on the SVG script element, thanks for letting us know about this issue!