[GLLUG] Form Generator

[Patrick Goupell]

I have done some sites in Drupal.

I would be willing to give you some time.

Patrick

On 04/11/2013 07:39 PM, Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:
> 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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