Creating PDF template
You can create PDF template forms with several applications:
Preliminaries
Section titled “Preliminaries”Register the Metadata group definition at Administration > Metadata.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE property-groups PUBLIC "-//OpenKM//DTD Property Groups 2.1//EN" "http://www.openkm.com/dtd/property-groups-2.1.dtd"><property-groups> <property-group label="Sample Template" name="okg:tpl"> <input label="Name" name="okp:tpl.name"/> <input label="Birth Date" name="okp:tpl.birth_date" type="date" /> <select label="Language" name="okp:tpl.language" type="simple"> <option label="Java" value="java"/> <option label="Python" value="python"/> <option label="PHP" value="php" /> </select> </property-group></property-groups>In order to make a relation between the template form field and the property group, you have to name them following a naming convention: replace “:” and “.” with “_”. Here you can see some example conversions:
| Metadata field name | Template field name | Template field value |
|---|---|---|
| okp:tpl.name | okp_tpl_name | ${okp_tpl_name!} |
| okp:tpl.birth_date | okp_tpl_birth_date | ${okp_tpl_birth_date!} |
| okp:tpl.language | okp_tpl_language | ${okp_tpl_language!} |
Creating the template
Section titled “Creating the template”To create a template in OpenOffice.org go to View > Toolbars > Form Controls.
A new dialogue box will appear and you will be able to add form elements to the document. This dialogue contains stuff such as Labels, Text Boxes, Check Boxes, and other tools.
Once the form has been created, go to File > Export as PDF to generate a PDF with these form fields. This is the final result:
You can download the generated PDF file here: tpl.pdf and this is the ODT source tpl_pdf.odt.
Date format
Section titled “Date format”OpenKM uses FreeMarker, so you can take advantage of the FreeMarker formatting flexibilities. For example you can set date format by this way:
${okp_tpl_birth_date?string("yyyy-MM-dd")}Learn more about FreeMarker formatting at: Built-in Reference.