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By adpo on
Hi,
How can I create an action using tokens for printing pdf? I've noticed that I can only send an email, from there. I search for a solution, and I found fillpdf, and stamp pdf modules. which are great, but I want use an PDF action for my workflow. Any sugestions? Thank you for reply.
Kind regards,
Adrian
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depends on where your pdf
depends on where your pdf comes from?
case 1 :
user A upload a pdf, then u send it to user B without modification.
case 2 :
user A upload a pdf, then u send it to user B with modification, say with fields from your webform / token.
case 3 :
system creates a new pdf and send out to user.
what is your case?
My case is 3: system creates
My case is 3: system creates a new tokenized pdf and send out to user. I don't need send my pdf via email. I just want to create PDF.
in this case, if u just need
in this case, if u just need to print out the field values one by one *without* format, then it is easy.
But, if u want to print out the values with format, say field 1 in blue, field 2 in em..
and also print logo in page header and also footer ...
then u have to think of ..how to prepare those info to the printing module.
do u use a default template?
good day.
I think I can live without
I think I can live without format. I need a simple letter like this:
Dear [Author-name]
[address-line-1]
[address-line-2]
[address-line-3]
Lorem ipsummm....
Kind regards,
[user-name]
then this will not be very
then this will not be very difficult.
do u have a budget & schedule in your mind?
I have more time than money
I have more time than money ;) I'm glad to hear that it is not difficult. I can't find good (advanced) documentation and issues for drupal actions.
that's good if u have time
that's good if u have time ...
as I have mentioned, case 1 and 2 may be a little bit difficult.
good day.
I really want to do it by
I really want to do it by myself, beacuse Drupal is my hobby. I'm not looking for freelancer here. I just want to find an answer for my question.
Maybe tcpdf?
TCPDF is an open source library in PHP for generating PDFs. You can find it http://www.tecnick.com/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=tcpdf.
The Storm module uses it for generating PDF output.