[GLLUG] Form Generator

[Eduardo Cesconetto]

Thanks Richard. Anyone with experience doing something like this in Drupal?

Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net> wrote:

>Nothing particular to recommend here, sorry.  If I was doing it, I'd
>probably end up rolling my own with a single page Python/Perl script
>or something on any old database (PostgreSQL most likely).
>
>On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Eduardo Cesconetto
><eduardo at cesconetto.com> wrote:
>> OK, but what would you recommend as database/document control to achieve this?
>>
>> Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net> wrote:
>>
>>>That's easy.  Just get rid of the intermediate PDF requirement in the
>>>middle and keep it a normal web form for that phase.  If you have to
>>>archive as PDF, to that after the manager takes action.  You can then
>>>either have the manager manually archive it, or use something like
>>>iText to generate a PDF on the serverside.
>>>
>>>On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 6:53 PM, cesconetto <eduardo at cesconetto.com> wrote:
>>>> OK, here is my "pie in the sky" scenario….
>>>>
>>>> 1- employee go to website
>>>> 2- employee fill the form
>>>> 3- manager receives an email saying that there is a form for approval or archival
>>>> 4- manager takes action, update form's status
>>>> 5- form is archived or goes back to another action…
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 11, 2013, at 5:02 PM, Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You might want to create an appropriately styled webpage and then
>>>>> print/export to PDF in the browser.  If you need to make changes after
>>>>> the fact, perhaps you are better off not using PDF as the container?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Eduardo Cesconetto
>>>>> <eduardo at cesconetto.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hello from Texas ya'll!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am looking for a solution to create forms to be filled by our employees
>>>>>> and emailed as a PDF to the approvers or people that need to act on it.
>>>>>> Currently we use PDF forms created in Adobe Acrobat(UGH!!!) and we fill in
>>>>>> and attach to emails.. Bad practice since I want to be a OS agnostic
>>>>>> environment...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peace!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eduardo - VP of Applied Technology
>>>>>> Welker Inc.
>>>>>>
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