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You can also style your form's print view via a custom theme. This enables you to have one look & feel in use mode and a different look & feel in print mode. See the themes chapter for details and examples.

International Characters in PDFs (Print View) and Submission

Support for international characters in PDFs (Print View) and  submissions can be implemented with a work-around using a custom theme. The customized theme will ensure the correct font-family is in place so Internationalization (i18n) fonts will be used in  Print View and when you check Save PDF on your form for submissions. A Unicode font with broad language support is recommended.

Follow the steps below:

  1. Stop the Live Forms server
  2. Uncompress/expand the frevvo.war file. This is typically located here: <frevvo-home>/tomcat/webapps/frevvo.war 
  3. Add your font file (unifont.tff file is an example) to WEB-INF/fonts directory
  4. Re-WAR to create a new updated frevvo.war file.
  5. Replace the original frevvo.war file with the new updated frevvo.war file, typically located here: <frevvo-home>/tomcat/webapps/frevvo.war
  6. Re-start your Live Forms server
  • Added the above css changes to form.css file
  • Tested the form with Chinese Translations and Save PDF enabled
  • PDF was generated with Chinese characters

 

 

 

 

 

Custom Print Button

All forms automatically have a print icon at the top of the form. You can hide the print button my deselecting the forms' printable property in the form designer. If you need to add a print button anywhere other than at the top of the form, you can do so by following these steps:

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