We are very close to releasing the beta version. Can you provide details of the PDF you would want to create? We are not clear with the method used for “a PDF from the form data and template text”. Are you referring to exporting a Formidable view to PDF?

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The inline functionality may be accomplished now by at least three ways…

1) Use PRO2PDF’s “Formidable: Dynamic” option at the bottom of the “Webform Data Field ID” dropdown field on the Field Map Layout.
. Enter the text and field shortcodes just like your example above. (Or create a Formidable view then enter a view shortcode here)
. Add a large text field to the PDF to receive the data from the hidden field
. Map the Dynamic field to the large PDF text field.

2) Use Formidable’s text calculation field.
. Add a hidden text calculation field to your form and add the text and field shortcodes just like your example as the default value.
. Add a large text field to the PDF to receive the data from the hidden field
. Map the hidden field to the large PDF text field.

3) Use Formidable’s Get a Value from an Entry method to populate a second form with just one paragraph field and add the text and field shortcodes just like your example as the default value. This method is useful for re-sending the PDF to additional emails on-demand.

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Merging form fields using the inline methods above will not produce font or text sizes that are different from the static text, we use them everyday. Which method are you using to produce the demo.pdf and can you provide a screenshot here or email to support AT formidablepro2pdf DOT com?

Regarding the date field, using inline method #1, you can use PHP date formatting.

like this for 03/08/2018… [123 format=”m/d/Y”] where 123 is the date Field_ID.
or like this for Thursday, March 8th, 2018… [123 format=”l, F jS, Y”]

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