Get PDF Button Element

The Get PDF Button allows a user to download a PDF copy of a submitted form to their browser. The PDF file can be generated automatically when the user submits the form or the Get PDF Button will generate the PDF file before downloading it. The user must submit the form before a PDF file can be generated.

For full details about creating PDF copies of a form refer to the topic: Create PDF Copies of Completed Forms.

Once you have placed a Get PDF Button Element on a page, you can edit the Element's properties to configure the Element for your requirements. Select the Element on the page to display its properties in the Properties Pane. If you want the Button to do more than create and download the PDF file, you can define additional actions in the Button's Clicked Event property.

The following properties are available:

Name and Code Name

 

Label

Allows you to specify the text that appears on the Button. You can change the default label to reflect the use of this Button. If you want to display an image on the Button with no text, leave this property blank.

 

Visible and Disabled Properties

 

Image

Allows you to specify an image to be displayed on the Button. If you specify a value in the Label property above, the position of the image in relation to the label is defined in the Image Position property on the Advanced tab, Picture showing Advanced tab..

To browse for the picture, click on Picture showing the Browse button. at the right-hand end of the property. A standard file browse dialog will be displayed allowing you to locate and select the required picture. If you want to re-use a picture that you have already used in this project, click on the down arrow symbol at the end of the edit box instead. This will display a list of images used in the project and you can select the one you want.

If you want to change the picture, simply select the new picture you want to use instead or to clear the selection, click on Picture showing the Close button. to the right of the Picture showing the Browse button. button.

Clicked Event

Behaviour Category

Open PDF in New Tab

Specifies whether you want the PDF file to be displayed in a separate window/tab to that running the form. By default, the option is selected, which means the PDF file will be displayed in a new window/tab. Deselect the option if you want the PDF file to be displayed in the same window/tab as the form.

 

Image Category

Image Position

Determines whether the image specified in the Image property (see Appearance tab, Picture showing the Appearance tab.) is displayed to the left or right of the Button's label. If the Label property, at the top of the pane, is blank, this property is ignored.

 

Image Height

Specifies the height, in pixels, for the image. If you specify the height but not the width, the width will automatically be adjusted to maintain the original aspect ratio of the image. If you leave both the height and width blank the image will be displayed at its actual size.

 

Image Width

Specifies the width, in pixels, for the image. If you specify the width but not the height, the height will automatically be adjusted to maintain the original aspect ratio of the image. If you leave both the height and width blank the image will be displayed at its actual size.

 

Styles Category

Label Style

Allows you to assign a style to the Button's Label, e.g. to set the font type, size and colour.

 

Button Style

Allows you to assign a style to the body of the Button, e.g. to set the background colour.

If you have upgraded a project created using a version of Digitise Forms earlier than Digitise Forms - 2021 Spring Update, this property will only appear if you have also upgraded the Elements within the project, in which case this property will automatically be set to the same value as the Label Style property above.