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We understand your need to change the PDF page output based on the form’s submit data, we too had the same need.

While the plugin will not change the structure of the PDF, and there are no intentions to add any PDF structure changing ability to the plugin, you can make the LayoutID variable and dynamic based on the form’s data, which allows you to have multiple Field Map Layouts from one Formidable Form to many PDF forms.

For your particular scenario we would:
. Create a master PDF Form (Form-with-images.pdf) which includes all possible fields.
. Map the master PDF to the Formidable Form (Form with images).
. Edit the master PDF Form to remove image page(s) and SaveAs Form-without-images.pdf
. Create a Duplicate of the “Form-with-images” field map layout by selecting the layout, then click Duplicate at the bottom of the map.
. Upload the new “Form-without-images.pdf” to the Field Map Designer and save it to the new layout.
. Delete the unneeded fields from the new layout.

Now, you’ll need to make the LayoutID dynamic…
Use the Formidable Shortcode Conditionals such as IF STATEMENTS directly in your shortcode, or to decide which shortcode to use or not to use…

Please let us know if you need more help with this issue as we remain at your service.

Here are a couple of forum discussions about ways of making the shortcode dynamic…
http://www.formidablepro2pdf.com/support/subject/2-questions-images-hiding-fields/
http://www.formidablepro2pdf.com/support/subject/the-use-of-more-than-one-pdf-in-one-form-problems-with-the-download-link/

Thank you for using the plugin. Even thought the Field ID still shows, the plugin is actually using the keys once you select the “Use field keys instead of field IDs” option.

We will look at providing a batch export for the next release based on your request.

We remain at your service.

Select the undesired layout, then click the “Delete entire field map” button at the bottom of the field map. Then confirm the delete action.

Thank you for using the plugin.

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Hi, thank you for your patients and for submitting this issue on the support forum, as this is an issue we have not seen before…

The font type you used “Kozuka Mincho Pr6N R” is not happy with being used in a PDF form, I’ve changed the font to many other types and all works as expected… (other issues with this font are found on Adobe’s site…)

SOLUTION: Change the PDF form field fonts to nearly anything else…

When updating the PDF form simply edit the PDF on your computer and upload the PDF using the Field Map Layout screen, the plugin overwrites any PDF with the same name and there is no need to remap the fields*.

*Even if you change the PDF name, there is no need to remap the fields, simply select the Form and Field Map Layout from the top dropdowns and change the PDF Form dropdown to the newly named form. The plugin will recognize the field names and map to the new PDF filename.

We remain at your service.

I received the screenshot, but need to check the actual PDF form. Please provide the PDF.

Our apologies, we should have mentioned in the first message that if you are using Formidable’s “separate values” option and you are not using the “label” (‘display value’ as referred by Formidable) as the PDF value, then there is no need to set the Format dropdown to “Show label for checkbox” in the Field Map Layout…

Changing the format setting to “(no formatting)” in the Field Map Layout corrected the issue, and now all works as expected.

Thank you for using the plugin and for your question on the support forum, we will update the checkbox documentation to better explain the ‘label’ settings, options, and uses.

We remain at your service.

Very odd!

If admin login is possible, please complete this form to have us take a look at the installation.

If login is not possible, please email a screenshot of the entire field map layout with the form, dataset, and layout selected as well as all the mappings for further review.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by admin.

No worries!!! This is a good support thread because it really does look like a read-only or disabled field. It’s a lot like a Windows Username & Password login box when there is no password set, most people will never try “no password” and be locked out forever…

Thanks for using the plugin, do not spend a lot of time trying to figure something out if something doesn’t seem to be working correctly, check this forum and if you don’t see it, then don’t hesitate to ask us, as we are truly at your service!

Yes, please provide credentials by completing this form. We like to see exactly what is causing the plugin to disable the field. Thank you.

It appears you have done everything correctly… If it is possible for us to login to your installation and check the issue please complete this form.

If login is not possible, then please email the PDF and a screen shot of the entire Field Map Layout with Form, Dataset, and Layout selected and include the mappings for further assistance to support AT formidablepro2pdf DOT com.

We remain at your service.

This plugin will send merged PDF’s in emails without saving the data, however, there’s just no way to download data – at any time – if no data has been saved… Where would the data come from?

Here are your options;
. Use the “send PDF as an email attachment” to sent to a dedicated email address that you can use to ‘download’ the pdf at any time or email to the form’s user.

. Request a customization quote for the plugin to provide you with a timed (temporary) download option.

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This is an odd one… we have no prior occurrence of the issue you’ve described with the paid version of the plugin.

Please try the following;
. Reboot your computer and then open one browser window and clear the browser’s cache; if no change then;
. Create a duplicate Field Map Layout using the “Duplicate this field map” located at the bottom of the field map layout and see if the new copy works as expected.

Let us know if the above solves the issue, as we remain at your service.