Form update and PDF saved & updated

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30 August, 2018 22:19:29
Carophil
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I have a form already filled and I change a field value. I click on update but the pdf isn't saved in tpl/"templateID"/save.
Could you help me?

Many Thanks

Philippe
30 August, 2018 23:22:19
E2Pdf
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Hi,

Sorry, what do you mean by changing a field value? And "Update"?

PDFs are generating on the fly. You can export pdf from E2Pdf Export page and download it.

Are you using shortcode [e2pdf-save] shortcode with success message?

If it's possible can you please clarify which task are you trying to complete so we can advice you a solution?

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31 August, 2018 10:49:01
Carophil
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Messages: 7
Oh sorry I'll try to be more specific.
1 - I have build a Form with Formidable Forms. This form can be modified.
2 - I have build a pdf based on the forms above
3 - When I change a value in the form and I update the form (the data in the form) the pdf is not created and if it exist, it is not updated with the new data.

PS: I have put the "Save" shortcode in sucess and update messages.

Many thanks for your help
Philippe
31 August, 2018 12:13:20
E2Pdf
Support
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Thank you. Now it's a bit more clear.

Just to confirm: Are you editing entry from Admin Dashboard? Or from Frontend?

If from Admin Dashboard - "Success Message" and "Update Message" not firing by Formidable in this case.

You can use custom code in your functions.php to have applied [e2pdf-save] shortcode on "frontend" and "backend" edit:

add_action('frm_after_update_entry', 'after_entry_updated_e2pdf', 10, 3);

function after_entry_updated_e2pdf($entry_id, $form_id) {

        if ($form_id == '3') {

            do_shortcode('[e2pdf-save id="14" dataset="' . $entry_id . '" apply="true"]');

        }

}

Where:
14 - E2Pdf Template ID
3 - Formidable Form ID

This action will fire on any update (Backend and Frontend).

Let us know if there is some misunderstanding. Thank you.

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31 August, 2018 13:51:19
Carophil
Topics: 3
Messages: 7
Hello Oleksandr,

Many thanks. It works perfectly.

I would like to add the name parameter. In may form, the name parameter is name="[173]-[174]-[id]".
Could you help me?

Many thanks

Philippe
31 August, 2018 13:56:01
E2Pdf
Support
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Glad to hear that it worked.

You can add any parameter that is available for [e2pdf-save] shortcode the same way:

Updated code with "name" attribute which must work:

add_action('frm_after_update_entry', 'after_entry_updated_e2pdf', 10, 3);

function after_entry_updated_e2pdf($entry_id, $form_id) {

    if ($form_id == '3') {

        $entry = FrmEntry::getOne($entry_id);

        if ($entry) {

            $v1 = FrmEntryMeta::get_meta_value($entry, '173');

            $v2 = FrmEntryMeta::get_meta_value($entry, '174');

            $v3 = $entry_id;

            $name = $v1 . "-" . $v2 . "-" . $v3;

            do_shortcode('[e2pdf-save id="14" dataset="' . $entry_id . '" name="' . $name . '" apply="true" filter="true"]');

        }

    }

}

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