Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

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Post by pheasantquiff » Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 2:53 PM UTC

Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution
sayitwith.ink

Re: Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

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Post by pheasantquiff » Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 2:53 PM UTC

Hate PDF Forms? Check out my No Code solution!

Create a form using text markup. Get an URL pointing to the form and mail it to your customers.

I recently received a PDF form (created by M$ Word). I use Linux and managed to open it with Libreoffice (Draw!). The text entry boxes were misaligned or just missing. Digits each had a separate text field. Tiresome... By the time I had re-exported it to PDF with the fields filled, some of the formatting had been changed/lost.

So I made this.

I'd rather fill out forms in my browser. Browsers can print PDF. What could go wrong?

Tell me in the comments below.

Re: Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

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Post by focusedone » Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 3:43 PM UTC

pheasantquiff wrote: post #2

Hate PDF Forms? Check out my No Code solution! Create a form using text markup. Get an URL pointing to the form and mail it to your customers. I recently received a PDF form (created by M$ Word). I use Linux and managed to open it with Libreoffice (Draw!). The text entry boxes were misaligned or just missing. Digits each had a separate text field. Tiresome... By the time I had re-exported it to PDF with the fields fi…

Really cool! Nice work solving a problem and putting it out there for people to see!

Will the code be out somewhere so others can contribute to it?

Re: Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

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Post by ss48 » Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 3:52 PM UTC

Bug: Get the following error unless I change the text in text box.

server internal error (identical form exists?)

Re: Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

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Post by julius » Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 3:54 PM UTC

pheasantquiff wrote: post #2

Hate PDF Forms? Check out my No Code solution! Create a form using text markup. Get an URL pointing to the form and mail it to your customers. I recently received a PDF form (created by M$ Word). I use Linux and managed to open it with Libreoffice (Draw!). The text entry boxes were misaligned or just missing. Digits each had a separate text field. Tiresome... By the time I had re-exported it to PDF with the fields fi…

> or view the form here https://sayitwith.ink/form/d59de7609590d1da1cd24fb5ddd6a775

bad form id

Re: Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

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Post by ziddoap » Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 3:55 PM UTC

ss48 wrote: post #4

Bug: Get the following error unless I change the text in text box. server internal error (identical form exists?)

Clicking the "view the form here" link is also bugging out, says "bad form id"

Re: Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

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Post by murkle » Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 4:06 PM UTC

Why not go one step further and add a "Save" button which creates (& downloads) a PDF in the browser?

Re: Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

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Post by kevmo314 » Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 4:08 PM UTC

Is no code a marketing term for code? Looks like code to me.

Re: Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

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Post by GauntletWizard » Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 4:10 PM UTC

murkle wrote: post #7

Why not go one step further and add a "Save" button which creates (& downloads) a PDF in the browser?

Or even just a button that brings up the Print window so that the browser can save as PDF

Re: Hate PDF Forms? Check Out My No Code Solution

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Post by nerdponx » Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

kevmo314 wrote: post #8

Is no code a marketing term for code? Looks like code to me.

It's "less code" for sure.