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Checkboxes and radio boxes are problematic due to the fact that you have to make sure the values that you are ‘filling into’ those types of PDF fields match the field’s export values. It is easy to forget to update mappings when one changes values associated with those types of fields. However, if you encounter an issue, I would be happy to take a look at your case and see if there might be a bug that I need to fix.

Watermark is added by the Pdf.Ninja API that the plugin uses, but it only happens for free tier users.

Hi Tom,

I did and I replied but it sounds like you didn’t receive it.

I tried using your PDF file on my system. When I hit the “Insert & Link All” button, it starts working fine but after a while just slows down to a crawl while adding WPForms fields. It was adding fields all night until I started getting session expired messages. I suspect the issue has to do with the low performance of WPForms’ front end JS code. It is just very slow when the number of fields is large.

I tried it with my PDF Forms Filler for CF7 plugin and I didn’t have any issues with generating and mapping so many fields (1000+).

I would not recommend having such a large number of fields, unless maybe if you are filling them automatically with smart tags. Still, it would take forever to built such a large form and set up such a large number of mappings. I think in your case what you need is a custom code solution, something that would programmatically generate the web form and fill the PDF without you having to manually build the form and create field mappings. I don’t know what your task requirements are, but maybe what you need is some front-end JS library that would load the PDF for the user in a frame and allow them to fill out directly as they appear on the PDF. Maybe something like this.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks.

Hi,

How many fields does your PDF have?

Would it be possible for you to send me your PDF file to my email (admin at maximum dot software)?

Thank you.

Hi.

I’ve been working on a fix. I might be able to send something to you soon to try out. However, we will need to do it over email (admin at maximum dot software) or support (https://maximum.software/support/).

You may be able to work around this issue by installing some plugin like this:
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/fix-image-rotation/

I haven’t tried this plugin and I’m not sure it will work for Contact Form 7, but it might be worth a try. Also, it is possible other plugins like this may work. It might be possible to create one from scratch quite easily.

This one appears to work fine but that is probably because Google Photos automatically rotates it. However, I did try images with various EXIF orientation settings. Looks like you are right, my software doesn’t automatically rotate images when embedding. Give me some time to fix this issue.

Would you be able to provide a sample image file that can be used to reproduce this issue?

The Pdf.Ninja API (that is being used by the plugin) has a sidebar on the home page that explains the usage tiers. There is a link to upgrade to the Pro tier.

I’ve added the feature that you are requesting into the plugin, however, it has not been released yet.

If you would like to try the development version of the plugin, you can download and install it manually from the following URL:
https://github.com/maximum-software/pdf-forms-for-contact-form-7/archive/refs/heads/develop.zip

Be sure to remove the current version of the plugin from your WP instance before installing the development version.

Do you leave a 1 star review because you don’t have a sense of humor?

Can you provide some more details about your issue?

Excellent.

Version 2 is really the way to go, I am adding more features that are not going to be available to version 1 users.

Hi,

What version of the API / Enterprise Extension are you using? Version 1 does have this problem with some characters.

What are the exact characters you are having a problem with?

If you don’t mind sharing your PDF, it would help with debugging the problem. Send it by email to admin at maximum dot software.

Thank you.

Hi,

Last time I looked at this issue was a few years back. The problem was that Contact Form 7 itself was broken by the WPML plugin. However, maybe the situation has changed.

Are your Contact Form 7 email message mail-tags working fine? If yes, one thing you can try is converting your field mappings to mail-tags.

If you don’t mind sending me temporary login info by email to admin at maximum dot software, I can try debugging this issue for you further.

Thanks.

Hi,

When you use the ‘save’ feature, the plugin creates the path at which the filled PDF file will be saved (wp-content/uploads/whatever/path/you/wanted) and it copies the file to that location. The plugin does not delete that file at that location. If you don’t specify the path for saving, the filled PDF file is simply not copied anywhere. If you later stop using the ‘save’ feature, the previously saved files are never deleted.

When you use any feature that causes the PDF file to be filled, the filled PDF file is actually (temporarily) saved in a different location (wp-content/uploads/pdf_forms_for_wpforms_downloads). Those files are eventually deleted automatically.

So, you don’t need to worry about running out of disk space unless you are using the ‘save’ feature. If you are using it and you are worried that you are going to run out of disk space then you will need to come up with some way to periodically delete those files. Perhaps there is a plugin that can be used for this.

Let me know if that helps or not.

For anyone having the same question, the problem was that the PDF didn’t have a fillable form in it.

Please edit your PDF using the applicable software and reattach it to the product.