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PeterW

Form Runner: default PDF

I have set up a simple form using the FormBuilder, and when running the form I selected the PDF output. Every field in the PDF has "Missing or incorrect value" alongside it. Why is this? How can I get rid of this inappropriate error message (all the fields are correctly populated, as far as I can see)

Many thanks

Peter

Erik Bruchez

Re: Form Runner: default PDF

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Peter,

That should not happen.

Please provide:

- version of Orbeon Forms
- screenshot
- if possible, can you send me your form (privately if needed)

-Erik

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 2:27 AM, PeterW <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I have set up a simple form using the FormBuilder, and when running the form
> I selected the PDF output. Every field in the PDF has "Missing or incorrect
> value" alongside it. Why is this? How can I get rid of this inappropriate
> error message (all the fields are correctly populated, as far as I can see)
>
> Many thanks
>
> Peter
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PeterW

Re: Form Runner: default PDF

Erik

Orbeon Forms 3.9.0.201105152046 CE

I will send you a copy of the XForm

Cheers

Peter

PeterW

Re: Form Runner: default PDF

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... additionally, it seems to take a particularly long time (seconds) to generate the pdf - longer than I would have imagined for such a simple transform. Could there be unsatisfied elements and timeout occurring?
P

Erik Bruchez

Re: Re: Form Runner: default PDF

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On the PDF time, good question! I don't think we have ever profiled
PDF generation. That would be something good to do.

-Erik

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 6:30 AM, PeterW <[hidden email]> wrote:

> ... additionally, it seems to take a particularly long time (seconds) to
> generate the pdf - longer than I would have imagined for such a simple
> transform. Could there be unsatisfied elements and timeout occurring?
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PeterW

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... and any thoughts about the content?

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Erik Bruchez

Re: Re: Re: Form Runner: default PDF

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Peter,

I had a couple of days off and haven't had time to looks at this yet.
I hope to get to this soon.

-Erik

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Lyle Sidor

Re: Form Runner: default PDF

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Based on the poor formatting of the PDF (no spaces between the field label, field contents, and field error message), I'm guessing that you messed with the CSS and have broken the formatting of the error messages so that they are displayed by default instead of hidden by default when in print (PDF) mode.

PeterW

Re: Form Runner: default PDF

Lyle, thanks for the suggestion, but actually it is just a vanilla install in which I created an XForm using the FormBuilder and then added by hand an http call, the population of fields based on the result, and an event [entry of a constraint-valid entry] that triggers the http call.

Do you have any further thoughts on what it might be?

Lyle Sidor

Re: Form Runner: default PDF

Hmm, not sure.

So, your fields are populated by an http call, and when you look at the data via the Form Runner details page it all looks good? And you then press the Form Runner PDF button and it generates this poorly formatted PDF?

What happens if you create a new default form with Form Builder, publish it, and press the PDF button? Same poor formatting? Invalid or missing data message for the one field?

PeterW

Re: Re: Re: Form Runner: default PDF

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Erik

The problem is a generic one. I just set up the xhtml-to-pdf demo and the output PDF is:

Loading...$xforms-template-label$$xforms-template-label$ First name:
Homer
Last name:
Simpson