rasmarcus

The issue with this user in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwrEOvj9bSo&feature=youtu.be was that he needed to enter one dataset into the Formidable Form before the plugin would provide the select-box of PDF fields. Once he entered data into the form, the elect-box of PDF fields was populated.

Let us know if you’re still stuck on the install.

Formatting options and the select-box of PDF fields are only available when using the PRO version of the plugin or the free version with PDFtk through our server. Running PDFtk on your server will only provide a text field which requires you to enter the field ID as it appears in the uploaded PDF.

Indeed, the executable is installed here: /usr/local/bin/ so for MAMP and creating a symbolic link via

sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/pdftk /usr/bin/pdftk

may be necessary.

While we are happy to continue providing standard support to install PDFtk and PRO2PDF on Linux, we are unable to provide any support for the Mac OSX – as it’s always missing a byte.

PDFtk development team only explains how to install the plugin on Linux here… https://www.pdflabs.com/docs/install-pdftk-on-redhat-or-centos/

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WordPress Form to PDF Form with One Simple Shortcode
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There’s a problem with PHP version. PHP should be at least 5.3, some functions of the plugin don’t work with 5.2.17. We’ve added an information message about PHP version in a recent release.

To update PHP go to: https://php-osx.liip.ch/

NOTE: Users do not need to install PDFTK with the PRO version of the plugin.

Formidable Forms plugin with the File Away add-on will work for you. And, if you need to create dynamic PDF’s then also use the Formidable PRO2PDF add-on too.

Yes, “Add a Second Dataset” is a feature in the paid version.

Thread resolved on the plugin’s site. https://www.formidablepro2pdf.com/support/

Embedded forms may be used with the “Add a Second Dataset” feature at the top of the plugin’s configuration page.

For now the PDF output is limited to one embedded form, however, using variables the layouts for the PDF output are unlimited. We will be posting a video soon that will demonstrate ways of dynamically using the shortcode to change the layout in a couple of different ways.

As of the (1.6.0.10) release, the plugin also works with Formidable Form’s repeatable sections using the “Format” feature of the plugin’s Field Map Designer.