Send email and PDF when submitting a form

[RobertG]

Hi,

I have two problems with a very simple test form: a question with text answer, two radio buttons elements, calculation of a score. Data are registered in a table on submit.

I added a PDF button and a print button to print the form with the answers but have only the labels (standard template bootstrap for pdf). How to print all labels and data?

I also added an email plugin to the form, to an address "client@mysite.tld" and "send to group" super users: I never receive the emails. I tested with the standard email test (in configuration of Joomla!) and with a contact form: all works fine and I receive the mails. (I'l using PHP mail)
What can I do wrong?

I would like to automatically set all labels and data in a PDF and send it to the recipient: is it possible? I didn't find how.

Thanks for your help.

 

[troester]

For sending PDF: enable "Attach as PDF" in Attachments
http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/email-form-plugin/

Yes, PDF button in a form doesn't make much sense because it's creating a PDF from the details view (i.e. showing the original form data, not the data just entered but not saved).

 

[RobertG]

Thanks troester. I tried with "Attach a PDF" but email is not send so I wanted to test with the button.
I don't understand why the mail is not sent.

I previously saw this page but can't solve my problem with it.

 

[RobertG]

I deleted the email plugin in the form option and added it with only "send to group" super users and it works now: email is sent with PDF.
But I don't understand why it didn't work previously.

Another question (I abuse): how to display the details after saving the form? Actually after submitting the form is emptied

 

[troester]

On Save it's going back to where it came from (so to an empty form if you have a form menu item, to the list if it was called via the add/edit button etc)
If you want to go to somewhere else add a redirect form plugin.

 

[RobertG]

A menu link opens the form and there is a test menu link to the details of the (empty) form details. Without redirection, it's this page I view after submit.
If I unpublish this test menu link, the empty form, ready to a new submit, but in the message, I see "Resource not found".
I have no redirect plugin in the options of that form.

 

[RobertG]

It was a cache problem. No more error message.

To redirect, I don't understand how to display the detail form of the record after saving.