HTML on the fly

[rene.brodmuehler@gmail.com]

Dear All

I need your help please ...

What I want to do is the following:
The user has a form that allows him to enter base information to create an invoice, including the net value, gross value and the VAT value. In addition he has a text field to enter some details about what was purchased. The data are then stored in a list.

Another user can now see the list and click on a row to see the specific invoice details. Now - I would like to have a little button (or something else) that allows the user to generate a printable version of the invoice. One idea I have is that "something" generates a HTML on the fly which could be shown in a browser. From there the user could print the invoice. Is that possible and if so, how could I do this?

I intentionally do not want to create a file that needs to be stored, purely for data protection and security reasons.

Your help is highly appreciated and any ideas ae more than welcomed.

Best regards
René

 

[troester]

In your form settings [Layout] you can enable a "Print icon".

 

[rene.brodmuehler@gmail.com]

Hallo

and many thanks for your response. Is there any possibility to customize what is being printed. E.g. using a template with a logo and placeholders to show the information the way I would like it to be shown? the print version should become a proper invoice type of style ...

Thanks and best regards
René

 

[mahmoodee]

you can create a custom template for invoice details
then create link or button with url like:

javascript: w=window.open('./index.php?option=com_fabrik&tmpl=component&view=details&formid=8&rowid={attends___serial}&layout=invoice'); w.print();

when the user click on the link , it will open print preview for invoice details with the new template (layout=invoice)

 

[troester]

You can use this custom template already as details template, then you don't need an extra link/button