Hi, I'm using the "PDF Doc From Template" smart service

apatil over 11 years ago

Hi,

I'm using the "PDF Doc From Template" smart service to generate a PDF. I used "Adobe Acrobat Pro" to create the PDF template. One of the sections in the template, contains check-box fields which need to be checked in case a certain criteria is met from the process flow. Thus, am using a 'Boolean' process variable to match this particular property.

The value obtained during the execution is as expected. But, the appropriate 'check-box' in the PDF document is not 'Checked'. What could be the likely reason? Is the change need to be done on the mapping or the in the template creation?

Thanks, in advance, for any inputs.

~Arvind...

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0 apatil over 11 years ago

Found the solution. The data passed to the field, should match the 'Export Value' set in the template.

For example, in Adobe Acrobat Pro, for the checkbox field the default 'Export Value' (under the options tab) is set to "Yes". So, the value to be set through the process variable in property matching should be something like: =if( pv!booleanFieldValue, "Yes", "No" )
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0 rayudua over 11 years ago

Have a similar issue but multiple checkboxes 6 of them but only one to select. pdf does not have radiobutton but checkbox single select, What if we have checkbox group and only one has to be selected. How would we set it? the "settings" tab in appian mapping shows /identifies only one name
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over 10 years ago

Thanks Arvind - your solution helped me figure out this issue :)
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