---
title: Buy/Sell Holiday Request
product: PDF Generator
description: Get a printable buy sell holiday request form in PDF. Create editable or prefilled employee leave request forms using SurveyJS PDF Generator.
framework: Vue 3
source: https://surveyjs.io/pdf-generator/examples/pdf-hr-buy-sell-holiday-request-form-template/vue3js
index: https://surveyjs.io/pdf-generator/examples/overview.md
---

# Buy/Sell Holiday Request (Vue 3)

## Files

### `public/index.html`

```html
<div style="display: flex;">
    <div id="app" style="flex: 1 1 0%; height: 100%; min-width: 0;"></div>
    <div id="pdf-preview" style="flex: 0.7 0.7 0%; display: none">
        <embed id="pdf-preview-frame" type="application/pdf" style="width:100%; height:100%;" />
    </div>
</div>
```

### `src/App.vue`

```html
<template>
    <SurveyComponent :model="survey" />
</template>
<script setup lang="ts">
    import { Model } from "survey-core";
    import { SurveyComponent } from "survey-vue3-ui";
    import "survey-core/survey-core.min.css";
    import { SurveyPDF } from "survey-pdf";
    import "./index.css";
    import { json } from "./json";

    function createSurveyPdfModel (surveyModel) {
        const surveyPDF = new SurveyPDF(json);
        if (surveyModel) {
            surveyPDF.data = surveyModel.data;
            surveyPDF.locale = surveyModel.locale;
            
            
        }
        surveyPDF.questionsOnPageMode = "standard";
        return surveyPDF;
    }
    function saveSurveyToPdf (filename, surveyModel) {
        const pdfDoc = createSurveyPdfModel(surveyModel);
        if (!pdfDoc) return;
    
        pdfDoc.save(filename);
    }
    
    const previewDiv = document.getElementById("pdf-preview");
    const previewEmbed = document.getElementById("pdf-preview-frame");
    let pdfBlobUrl;
    
    function showPdfPreview(surveyModel) {
        if (!previewDiv || !previewEmbed) return;
    
        const pdfDoc = createSurveyPdfModel(surveyModel);
        if (!pdfDoc) return;
    
        pdfDoc.raw("blob").then((blob) => {
            if (pdfBlobUrl) {
                URL.revokeObjectURL(pdfBlobUrl);
            }
            pdfBlobUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
            previewEmbed.setAttribute("src", pdfBlobUrl);
            previewDiv.style.display = "block";
        });
    }
    
    function previewPdf(surveyModel) {
        if (!previewDiv) return;
    
        if (previewDiv.style.display !== "none") {
            previewDiv.style.display = "none";
            return;
        }
    
        showPdfPreview(surveyModel);
    }
    
    const survey = new Model(json);
    survey.showCompleteButton = false;
    survey.navigationButtonsLocation = "topBottom";
    survey.addNavigationItem({
        id: "survey_save_as_file",
        title: "Download PDF",
        action: () => {
            saveSurveyToPdf("surveyResult.pdf", survey);
        }
    });
    survey.addNavigationItem({
        id: "survey_pdf_preview",
        title: "Preview PDF",
        visible: window.navigator.pdfViewerEnabled,
        action: () => {
            previewPdf(survey);
        }
    });
</script>
```

### `src/index.css`

```css
/* You can add your custom CSS here. */
```

### `src/json.ts`

```ts
export const json = {
  "title": "Annual Leave Buy/Sell Application Form",
  "headerView": "advanced",
  "pages": [
    {
      "name": "section-one",
      "title": "Section 1: Employee Details and Application",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "employee-details",
          "title": "Employee Details",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "employee-surname",
              "title": "Surname"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "employee-first-name",
              "title": "First Name"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "employee-job-title",
              "title": "Job Title"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "employee-band",
              "title": "Band / Grade"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "employee-email-address",
              "title": "Email Address",
              "inputType": "email"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "employee-phone-number",
              "title": "Phone Number"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "employee-work-address",
              "title": "Work Address"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "employee-manager-details",
          "title": "Department and Manager Details",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "directorate",
              "title": "Directorate"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "line-manager",
              "title": "Line Manager"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "base",
              "title": "Base / Location"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "ward-department",
              "title": "Ward or Department"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "assignment-number",
              "title": "Assignment Number",
              "description": "Enter your 8-digit assignment number (see your payslip)."
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "contracted-hours",
              "title": "Contracted Hours of Employment",
              "inputType": "number"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "continuous-service-date",
              "title": "Continuous Service Date",
              "inputType": "date"
            },
            {
              "type": "checkbox",
              "name": "contract-type",
              "title": "Contract Type",
              "description": "Select all that apply.",
              "choices": [
                "Permanent",
                "Fixed-Term",
                "All year round",
                "Term-time only",
                "Annualized"
              ],
              "colCount": 2
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "buying-panel",
          "title": "Request to Buy Annual Leave",
          "description": "If approved, your gross annual salary will be reduced in exchange for additional annual leave. The deduction will normally be spread across a 12-month period.",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "buy-hours",
              "title": "Number of hours of annual leave you wish to buy",
              "inputType": "number"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "selling-panel",
          "title": "Request to Sell Annual Leave",
          "description": "If approved, you will give up the specified amount of annual leave and receive a payment in exchange.",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "sell-hours",
              "title": "Number of hours of annual leave you wish to sell (enter if applicable)",
              "inputType": "number"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "checkbox",
          "name": "lesser-proportion",
          "title": "Acceptance of Partial Approval",
          "choices": [
            "I understand that the full amount requested may not be approved. A smaller amount may be authorized instead. Tick this box if you would NOT accept a reduced amount and prefer the request to be declined."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "reason-to-buy-sell",
          "title": "Reason for Application",
          "description": "Select the option that best describes your reason for buying or selling annual leave (complete the section that applies).",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "radiogroup",
              "name": "buy-reason",
              "title": "Reason for Buying Leave (if buying leave)",
              "choices": [
                "More time with family",
                "Travel",
                "Home improvements"
              ],
              "showOtherItem": true,
              "otherText": "Other (please specify)"
            },
            {
              "type": "radiogroup",
              "name": "sell-reason",
              "title": "Reason for Selling Leave (if selling leave)",
              "choices": [
                "Do not require full leave entitlement",
                "Prefer additional income"
              ],
              "showOtherItem": true,
              "otherText": "Other (please specify)"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "salary-sacrifice",
      "title": "Section 2: Salary Sacrifice Acknowledgement",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "important-information",
          "title": "Important Information",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "html",
              "name": "salary-sacrifice-details",
              "html": "<p>The national pension scheme is based on career-average earnings rather than final salary. Participating in a salary sacrifice arrangement may reduce the salary used to calculate your pension.</p><p>The Trust cannot provide pension or financial advice. If you are unsure how salary sacrifice may affect you, consider seeking independent financial advice.</p>"
            },
            {
              "type": "checkbox",
              "name": "salary-sacrifice-checkbox",
              "title": "Select the statements that apply to you:",
              "choices": [
                "I have taken independent financial advice regarding the impact on my pension.",
                "I have chosen not to take independent financial advice.",
                "I am not a member of the pension scheme.",
                {
                  "value": "n/a",
                  "text": "Not applicable (for example, if selling annual leave only).",
                  "isExclusive": true
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "employee-signature",
          "title": "Employee Declaration and Signature",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "signaturepad",
              "name": "employee-sign",
              "title": "Employee Signature",
              "signatureHeight": 150
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "employee-printed-name",
              "title": "Printed Name"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "employee-date",
              "title": "Date",
              "inputType": "date"
            },
            {
              "type": "html",
              "name": "forward-comment",
              "html": "<em>Please forward this form to your Line Manager for completion of Section 3.</em>"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "line-manager-page",
      "title": "Section 3: Line Manager Review",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "radiogroup",
          "name": "previous-annual-leave",
          "title": "Has the employee carried over annual leave from the previous year?",
          "choices": [
            "Yes",
            "No"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "multipletext",
          "name": "days-and-hours",
          "title": "If yes, specify the amount carried over",
          "items": [
            {
              "name": "days",
              "title": "Days",
              "inputType": "number"
            },
            {
              "name": "hours",
              "title": "Hours",
              "inputType": "number"
            }
          ],
          "itemTitleWidth": 50,
          "colCount": 2
        },
        {
          "type": "radiogroup",
          "name": "sickness-absence",
          "title": "Does the employee's sickness absence exceed Trust trigger points?",
          "choices": [
            "Yes",
            "No"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "name": "support-application-comment",
          "title": "If applicable, explain why you still support the employee's application"
        },
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "line-manager-decision",
          "title": "Manager Decision",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "radiogroup",
              "name": "manager-decision",
              "title": "Decision",
              "choices": [
                "Support the application (subject to final checks)",
                "Do not support the application"
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "radiogroup",
              "name": "partial-support",
              "title": "If full approval is not possible, indicate whether a partial request can be supported",
              "choices": [
                "Support partial request to buy leave",
                "Support partial request to sell leave",
                "Not applicable"
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "hours-confirmed",
              "title": "If partially approved, specify the number of hours approved",
              "inputType": "number"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "name": "decision-rationale",
          "title": "Reason for Decision"
        },
        {
          "type": "signaturepad",
          "name": "line-manager-signature",
          "title": "Manager Signature",
          "signatureHeight": 150
        },
        {
          "type": "text",
          "name": "line-manager-printed-name",
          "title": "Printed Name"
        },
        {
          "type": "text",
          "name": "line-manager-date",
          "title": "Date",
          "inputType": "date"
        },
        {
          "type": "html",
          "name": "line-manager-comment",
          "html": "<b>Managers must not communicate the decision to the employee until the process is completed.</b>"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "questionsOnPageMode": "singlePage"
};
```

### `src/main.ts`

```ts
import { createApp } from "vue";
import App from "./App.vue";

const app = createApp(App);
app.mount("#app");
```

### `src/shims-vue.d.ts`

```ts
/* eslint-disable */
declare module "*.vue" {
    import type { DefineComponent } from "vue"
    const component: DefineComponent<{}, {}, any>
    export default component
}
```

### `src/theme.ts`

```ts
export const themeJson = {};
```

### `.eslintrc.js`

```js
module.exports = {
    root: true,
    env: {
        node: true
    },
    extends: [
        "plugin:vue/vue3-essential",
        "eslint:recommended",
        "@vue/typescript/recommended",
        "@vue/prettier",
        "@vue/prettier/@typescript-eslint"
    ],
    parserOptions: {
        ecmaVersion: 2020
    },
    rules: {
        "no-console": process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? "warn" : "off",
        "no-debugger": process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? "warn" : "off"
    },
    overrides: [
        {
            files: [
                "**/__tests__/*.{j,t}s?(x)",
                "**/tests/unit/**/*.spec.{j,t}s?(x)"
            ],
            env: {
                jest: true
            }
        }
    ]
};
```

### `babel.config.js`

```js
module.exports = {
  presets: ["@vue/cli-plugin-babel/preset"]
};
```

### `package.json`

```json
{
  "name": "surveyjs-library-vue3",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "scripts": {
    "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
    "build": "vue-cli-service build",
    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "core-js": "^3.6.5",
    "tslib": "2.6.1",
    "vue": "^3.4.1",
    "survey-core": "latest",
    "survey-pdf": "latest",
    "survey-vue3-ui": "latest",
    "vue-router": "^4.0.0-0",
    "vuex": "^4.0.0-0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^2.33.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^2.33.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-babel": "~4.5.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-eslint": "~4.5.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-pwa": "~4.5.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-router": "~4.5.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-typescript": "~4.5.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-vuex": "~4.5.0",
    "@vue/cli-service": "~4.5.0",
    "@vue/compiler-sfc": "^3.0.0",
    "@vue/eslint-config-prettier": "^6.0.0",
    "@vue/eslint-config-typescript": "^5.0.2",
    "@vue/test-utils": "^2.0.0-0",
    "eslint": "^6.7.2",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.1.3",
    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^7.0.0-0",
    "node-sass": "^4.12.0",
    "prettier": "^1.19.1",
    "sass-loader": "^8.0.2",
    "typescript": "~3.9.3"
  }
}
```

### `tsconfig.json`

```json
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "esnext",
    "module": "esnext",
    "strict": true,
    "jsx": "preserve",
    "importHelpers": true,
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "sourceMap": true,
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "types": [
      "webpack-env",
      "jest"
    ],
    "paths": {
      "@/*": [
        "src/*"
      ]
    },
    "lib": [
      "esnext",
      "dom",
      "dom.iterable",
      "scripthost"
    ]
  },
  "include": [
    "src/**/*.ts",
    "src/**/*.tsx",
    "src/**/*.vue",
    "tests/**/*.ts",
    "tests/**/*.tsx"
  ],
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules"
  ]
}
```

## Other Frameworks

- [Angular](https://surveyjs.io/pdf-generator/examples/pdf-hr-buy-sell-holiday-request-form-template/angular.md)
- [React](https://surveyjs.io/pdf-generator/examples/pdf-hr-buy-sell-holiday-request-form-template/reactjs.md)
- [jQuery](https://surveyjs.io/pdf-generator/examples/pdf-hr-buy-sell-holiday-request-form-template/jquery.md)
- [Vanilla JS](https://surveyjs.io/pdf-generator/examples/pdf-hr-buy-sell-holiday-request-form-template/vanillajs.md)