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MachForm Community Forums Topic: Best way to have a printable form https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Best way to have a printable form en Wed, 06 May 2026 13:17:37 +0000 redityo on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2934 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:49:37 +0000 redityo 2934@https://www.machform.com/forums/ hmmm .. it's odd, this work perfectly with me ? The element id seems right, have you set the form id condition with your form id (on first line) ? example on url : <a href="http://yourdomain.com/machform/view.php?id=5" rel="nofollow">http://yourdomain.com/machform/view.php?id=5</a> change form_id on line 1117 <pre><code>if ($form_id == 5) { // <-- form id</code></pre> and you have to set at least one email in mail menu (anything) <pre><code>Emails-->Your users--> Email</code></pre> and for email case.. sorry, I'm afraid that's not possible sonic on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2933 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:18:34 +0000 sonic 2933@https://www.machform.com/forums/ You have right, the images need the full path, sorry my fault. Unfortunately the user must have always connection to the internet to show the pictures (read the email). Is there another way to send / embedded pictures? Yes I'm shure to have used the right element email ID. Here the html source code: <pre><code></li> <li id="li_43" > <label class="description" for="element_43">Comments </label> <div> <textarea id="element_43" name="element_43" class="element textarea small" rows="8" cols="90"></textarea> </div> </li> <li id="li_15" > <label class="description" for="element_15">Sign off direct from supervisor </label> <div> <input id="element_15" name="element_15" class="element text large" type="text" value="" /> </div> </li> <li id="li_29" > <label class="description" for="element_29">Email to supervisor </label> <div> <input id="element_29" name="element_29" class="element text medium" type="text" maxlength="255" value="" /> </div> </li> <li id="li_31" class="section_break"> <h3><img src="http://cuk-qs.cochlear.com:88/machform/images/icons/mail_generic2.gif" border="0" height="22" width="22" alt="person" /></h3> </li> <li id="li_33" > <label class="description" for="element_33">Send a copy to you </label> <div> <input id="element_33" name="element_33" class="element text medium" type="text" maxlength="255" value="" /> </div> </li> <li id="li_buttons" class="buttons"> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="1" /> <input id="saveForm" class="button_text" type="submit" name="submit" value="Continue" /> </li> </ul> </form> <div id="footer"> </div> </div> <img id="bottom" src="images/bottom.png" alt="" /> </body> </html></code></pre> redityo on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2929 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:12:36 +0000 redityo 2929@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Are you sure the element id is correct ? if you feel comfortable, can you give me the form url ? For your 2nd question, if you want to embed the image to email you have to include full path of your image. Try to make this following changes : before : <pre><code><img src="images/exec.png" /></code></pre> after : <pre><code><img src="http://yourdomain.com/machform/images/exec.png" /></code></pre> i assume that the image located on machform "images" sonic on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2922 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:29:16 +0000 sonic 2922@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Hi a lot of work :-) _____________________ 3. Multiple email I have edit post-funtions.php below (my form id is "1" and the 2 email fields have the id 29 & 33 <pre><code>if(is_numeric($esr_email_address)){ if ($form_id == 1) { // <-- form id $esr_email_address1 = '{element_'.'29'.'}'; $esr_email_address2 = '{element_'.'33'.'}'; $esr_email_address = $esr_email_address1.','.$esr_email_address2 ; } else { $esr_email_address = '{element_'.$esr_email_address.'}'; } }</code></pre> but it doesn't work. I receive just 1 email ( depends on the admin panel setting "Your user" "sent to" > "email to supervisor" or "email to user". When I choose "email to supervisor" then I receive just emails from this adress and vice versa. 2. I don't see any picture only placeholder. Maybe is that a problem from Lotus Notes that pictures downloads are not allowed. I don't know. And I receive only fields with content. I would receive all fields if it's possible redityo on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2920 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:08:47 +0000 redityo 2920@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Hi ... I'am affraid it will take a lot modification in machform file (entry-functions.php, helper-functions.php, and post-functions.php) :). 1. entry-functions.php make sure you have done what yuniar said, to edit around line 206 2. helper-functions.php - Edit line 275 ~ 285 to : <pre><code>if($data['element_type'] == 'textarea'){ $template_values[$i] = nl2br($data['value']); }elseif ($data['element_type'] == 'file'){ if($target_is_admin === false){ $template_values[$i] = strip_tags($data['value']); }else{ $template_values[$i] = strip_tags($data['value'],'<a>'); } }elseif ($data['element_type'] == 'section') { $template_values[$i] = $data['label']; }else{ $template_values[$i] = $data['value']; }</code></pre> - Insert this code to line 329 and 365, exactly below "foreach ($entry_details as $data){" code <pre><code>if ($data['element_type'] == 'section') { $data['value'] = $data['label']; }</code></pre> - Edit line 353 ~ 356 From : <pre><code>$email_body .= "<tr {$row_style}>\n"; $email_body .= '<td width="40%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #DEDEDE;padding:5px 10px;">'.$data['label'].' </td>'."\n"; $email_body .= '<td width="60%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #DEDEDE;padding:5px 10px;">'.$data['value'].'</td>'."\n"; $email_body .= '</tr>'."\n";</code></pre> to <pre><code>if ($data['element_type'] <> 'section') { $email_body .= "<tr {$row_style}>\n"; $email_body .= '<td width="40%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #DEDEDE;padding:5px 10px;">'.$data['label'].' </td>'."\n"; $email_body .= '<td width="60%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #DEDEDE;padding:5px 10px;">'.$data['value'].'</td>'."\n"; $email_body .= '</tr>'."\n"; } else { $email_body .= "<tr {$row_style}>\n"; $email_body .= '<td width="40%" colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1px solid #DEDEDE;padding:5px 10px;">'.$data['label'].' </td>'."\n"; $email_body .= '</tr>'."\n"; }</code></pre> 3. Multiple email and for multiple email sender, you can edit includes/post-functions.php. let say your form is having id = 12 and your email fields are having id 'element_2' and 'element_3'. Edit your includes/post-functions.php file between line 1117 ~ 1119, replace those lines with these: <pre><code>//to email if(is_numeric($esr_email_address)){ if ($form_id == 12) { // <-- form id $esr_email_address1 = '{element_'.'2'.'}'; $esr_email_address2 = '{element_'.'3'.'}'; $esr_email_address = $esr_email_address1.','.$esr_email_address2 ; } else { $esr_email_address = '{element_'.$esr_email_address.'}'; } }</code></pre> That should send email to 2 email form fields. :) i hope you not missing anything sonic on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2909 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:56:53 +0000 sonic 2909@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Hi Yuniar Until now runs almost everything well, but I have 2 further questions. I have 2 email field on my form (email to supervisor, email to user). On the admin panel under Email, I can choose now: "Your user" > "Sent to" just one of these "email to supervisor" or "email to user", but I need both. The other question is: I have add "Section break" including html codes (images) <img src="images/icons/date.gif" border="0" height="22" width="22" alt="date" /> Is it possible to send this images as well per email and also all other information. I Tried to add "Templates variables" but there are no variables for Section break. Unfortunately when I add {entry_data} for Complete Entry I receive just fields with content, but I wont all fields (including section breaks). Many thanks Sonic yuniar on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2861 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:21:10 +0000 yuniar 2861@https://www.machform.com/forums/ 1) Edit your includes/language.php file. Modify this line: <pre><code>$lang['review_message'] = 'Please review your entry below. Click Submit button to finish.';</code></pre> 2) Hmm.. this might be not perfect, but try this, edit includes/entry-functions.php, search around line 206 for this code: <pre><code>$query = "select element_id, element_type, element_constraint, element_title from ap_form_elements where form_id='$form_id' and element_type <> 'section' {$admin_clause} order by element_position asc";</code></pre> change it to become: <pre><code>$query = "select element_id, element_type, element_constraint, element_title from ap_form_elements where form_id='$form_id' {$admin_clause} order by element_position asc";</code></pre> sonic on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2856 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:33:58 +0000 sonic 2856@https://www.machform.com/forums/ I'm on the best way to have my perfect form. Thanks Yuniar -Where can I edit this text "Please review your entry below. Click Submit button to finish" -Is it possible to enable also the "section break" so that I have the content into the confirm page? yuniar on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2851 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:45:44 +0000 yuniar 2851@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Hmm.. that's possiible. You only need to modify includes/view-functions.php file for this purpose. The HTML for the review page is placed around line 2356 - 2397. So basically you can simply put your print button there. Regarding the form title, on line 2379, you should see this: <pre><code><h2>{$lang['review_title']}</h2></code></pre> change it to become: <pre><code><h2>{$form_title}</h2></code></pre> Then few lines above, around line 2305, you should see this code: <pre><code>$query = "select form_has_css, form_redirect from ap_forms where form_id='$form_id'"; $result = do_query($query); $row = do_fetch_result($result);</code></pre> change it to become: <pre><code>$query = "select form_has_css, form_redirect, form_name from ap_forms where form_id='$form_id'"; $result = do_query($query); $row = do_fetch_result($result); $form_title = $row['form_name'];</code></pre> That should display the title on your review page. sonic on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2840 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:05:29 +0000 sonic 2840@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Hmm I have a an other solution, but it's not 100% 1. I've selected "Form properties" "Show Review Page Before Submitting" 2. Now I can click on the button "continue" 3. Requirement fields are highlighted in rde and will be checked before continue. 4. A new windows opens. And here I have a problem. At the top I have this information "Review Your Entry Please review your entry below. Click Submit button to finish." I need now the title of my form on this place and a print button. Is this possible? yuniar on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2838 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:52:56 +0000 yuniar 2838@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Hmm.. I'm afraid the form itself wasn't really designed for printing purpose. So there won't be any feature to check required fields before printing. You'll need to add your own javascript for this purpose. Regarding space saving, I suppose you can play around with the CSS of your form. Adjust the padding, margin, etc. sonic on "Best way to have a printable form" https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-have-a-printable-form#post-2829 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:49:38 +0000 sonic 2829@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Hi I'm looking for the best way to have a printable form with Machform. Key features: -Forms have required fields.They must be check it befor printing. -Forms should be printed space-saving, so that forms with a lot of fields can printing of one letter Many thanks Sonic