Document solutions to common Fill PDF implementation problems [#1505130]

This is for the "Add page with common third-party module use cases (e.g. building a link in a Views column)" task in #1317640: Meta: Update documentation.

Basically, it would be an Examples sort of page. The most common issues people encounter are:

Where do I create Fill PDF links?
How do I email the filled PDF as an attachment?
#1658490: Document: "How do I e-mail the filled PDF as an attachment?"
How do I fill a PDF programmatically, e.g. in a rule action (calling fillpdf_merge_pdf() manually and saving to a file path)?

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Comment #1

wizonesolutions

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commented 12 June 2012 at 01:10

As part of this, document how to edit the (upcoming) default rule that allows sending the PDF as an attachment.

I was just browsing around trying to figure out how to add the PDF as an email attachment and ran into this. I am currently using a link in the email from the webform that automatically changes based on the sid, and allows the user to click it and download the pdf. Any idea when I'll be able to attach the PDF directly to the email? I've had a few requests for this and would love to be able to do it. Thanks.

Comment #3

wizonesolutions

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commented 25 June 2012 at 08:11

Have you checked out http://drupal.org/node/1642270? You can already attach the PDF to an e-mail - look at how the default Rule does it to get you started. Will be interested in hearing what you have to do to make it work for your situation so that the documentation page can be updated appropriately (and you can edit it as well if you have time and want to get some documentation edits on your Drupal.org profile :))

Hope this helps.