Setting custom PDF form filenames
Based on a number of request from our valued customers we decided to post this quick how-to guide on how to define your own naming schema for the newly created PDF forms by combining environment specific or form runtime values dynamically. Step 1. In Form Designer use On Submit event to insert Custom Script before Save Form action: Step 2. Then add the script with the naming logic like the following: //set pdf file name based on some input values form.FileName = “request_” + data.resolveNode(“LastName”).value + “_” +...
read moreIntermediate: How to add SharePoint Document ID and Version to PDF form
Recently one of our customers wanted to display SharePoint document version and document ID in his PDF form. There is a simple way how you can do it with PDF SharePoint. First of all, we prepare a simple template for this case; it contains two read only text fields where we will put SharePoint document id and document version value. Next, we need to add custom server script, for this I will use Server On Load rules. Here is script itself. if(!form.IsNew()){ //first we need to check if form instance is new, because unsaved form does not have version and ID...
read moreFuture of Adobe LiveCycle Questionable: It’s time to get aggressive with SharePoint and PDF forms!
Adobe made some historic announcements on November 8, 2011. Headlines focused on Apple winning the HTML5 vs mobile Flash debate and Adobe’s business realignment to increase their focus on digital media and digital marketing markets. But there’s more to the story. As part of the realignment, Adobe is shifting resources out of Adobe LiveCycle and putting it into their Create Suite and Web Experience Management offerings. Consider: An article in the Ottawa Citizen reported “Adobe will curtail marketing and future development of LiveCycle” and that “Adobe is...
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It has been awhile since we first started delivering our SharePoint solutions. And as a sign of gratitude to all of our loyal customers as well as the people interested in our products we’d like to announce that our first public product the SP ZAP SlideShow will become FREE in the 2012. More details will be published after January 1st, so stay tuned and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! SP ZAP Frontpage SlideShow is the most eye-catching way to display your featured articles, stories or products for your SharePoint site. Frontpage SlideShow is a Javascript/CSS based webpart...
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