// this is the record we'll feed to the rendering library
		// please note we NEVER save this record, we just feed it 
		// to the renderer in it's modified forms
		const rec = record.load({
			id: id,
			type: 'salesorder'
		});

		// placeholder for the address
		let address = '';
		// shipmethod is passed to the template by number
		let shipmethod = 0;
		// iterate the lines and remove ones that aren't for location = 1
		const lc = rec.getLineCount({ sublistId: 'item' });
		for (let i = 0; i < lc; i++) {
			const itemLocation = rec.getSublistValue({
				sublistId: 'item',
				line: i,
				fieldId: 'location'
			});
			// not location 1, so toss it out
			if (itemLocation !== '1') {
				rec.removeLine({
					sublistId: 'item',
					line: i
				});
			}
			// if the item location matches, we get the address string
			if (itemLocation === '1') {
				shipmethod = parseInt(rec.getSublistValue({
					sublistId: 'item',
					line: i,
					fieldId: 'shipmethod'
				}).toString() || '0');
				address = rec.getSublistValue({
					sublistId: 'item',
					line: i,
					fieldId: 'shippingaddress_text'
				});
			}
		}

		// use the address string in the 'shipaddress' field
		rec.setValue({ fieldId: 'shipaddress', value: address });
		rec.setValue({ fieldId: 'shipmethod', value: shipmethod });

		var renderer = render.create();
		// tell the renderer to use the modified record as it's datasource
		// remember that we don't need to save it for it to work
		renderer.addRecord({
			templateName: 'record',
			record: rec
		});
		// set the templace internalid of the Advanced PDF/HTML Template in the NS acct
		renderer.setTemplateById({ id: 99 });

		// renderAdPdf returns a File type
		const pdfFile = renderer.renderAsPdf();