Creating PDF of a gdoc from a gsheet script - javascript

I have written a script within a gsheet that can create a gdoc based on the information in a row in the spreadsheet.
I am then trying to create a PDF of the gdoc that has been generated by the script in the gsheet. I am trying to make this all one seamless function where the gdoc is created with the pertinent information and then a pdf is automatically created as well. However, the PDF generated is always just a blank page.
I am able to add a script to a gdoc that will function correctly and create a pdf version of itself (or another gdoc), but when I run a function from a gsheet, it is always just the blank one-page pdf, Does anybody know why this is happening, or have a solution?
Here is an example of one of the simpler scripts I've tried and works in the gdoc script - obviously when running it from the gsheet I have to know the ID first and then open the gdoc from that.
function convertPDF(docId)
{
var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var docId = doc.getId();
var docFolder = DriveApp.getFileById(docId).getParents().next().getId();
var docblob = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getAs('application/pdf');
docblob.setName(doc.getName() + ".pdf");
var file = DriveApp.createFile(docblob);
var fileId = file.getId();
}
Thanks!
Chris

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