Checkbox Group

One way to make it work is to edit your PDF and change the exported values for your checkboxes. For example, the ‘Building’ checkbox would have the exported value ‘Building’, the ‘Electrical’ checkbox would have ‘Electrical’ and so on. You wouldn’t need the pipes at that point. Then, you would map the single CF7 field to multiple PDF fields.

Another way to do it is to use some sort of conditional mail-tag. There might be a plugin that can help with that. You would then map the conditional mail-tag to the field.

Thanks for replying so fast. I still can’t get it to work correctly after following your instructions.

My PDF has the export values as you mentioned. And I did change my CF7 code to the following without pipes:

[checkbox chkTypeOfWork
"Building"
"Electrical"
"Plumbing"
"Tree Arborist"
"Mechanical"
"HVAC"
"New Construction"
"Demolition"
"Other"
]

The PDF is available to download on the page with the form.

You are right, my first method isn’t going to work due to a number of reasons.

I tried to implement my second method with the conditional fields plugin but that didn’t work also.

I will need to fix my plugin to allow what you need as part of my multi-select support effort. I don’t have an ETA for when this will be done. I’ll update this support ticket once I do it.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by maximum.software.

Again, I appreciate the quick responses. Do you have any idea at all when you think the feature might be added. I’m just looking for a ballpark here. Like a week, month, or more?

Thanks again.

It would probably be more than a month. I’ve been trying to finish and launch a new version of the software stack behind the PDF editing. That is more of a priority for me right now, it would solve more pressing issues. However, let me see what I can do. If you really need this feature urgently, sponsoring this feature will allow me to have the budget for my guys to work on it immediately.

I understand you have more pressing things to take care of. What do you mean about sponsoring?

We only have a certain small monthly budget to work on the plugin. If you can provide enough funds for us to get that feature launched, we will fast track it.

I already have an annual license for one of my clients and will be purchasing another annual license for a new client. I don’t think I can afford anymore. Hopefully, you find time to add it sooner rather than later. Thanks again for your help. This is an awesome plugin!

I’ll try to squeeze it in sometime soon. Thanks for reporting the issue with your specific use case.

Thanks you very much!

I see that in some of your more recent updates you added support for the default checkbox tag generator. Does this mean it will solve my issue from a few months back? If so, how do I implement it?

Hi @spykekrepshaw,

I’ve been working on adding the multi-select support. There are a lot of moving parts. Unfortunately, not everything is done yet. I’ll post an update once I have it ready.

By the way, what is the TYPE of field that you mapped to in your PDF? PDF checkboxes don’t support multi-select. Only PDF list boxes support multiple values to be selected at the same time. I assume you have multiple checkbox fields in your PDF and you want to map a single multi-select CF7 checkbox to multiple PDF single-select checkboxes, correct?

Thank you.