Creating PDF template
You can create PDF template forms using 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 3.10//EN" "http://www.openkm.com/dtd/property-groups-3.10.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> <checkbox label="Important" name="okp:tpl.important"/> </property-group></property-groups>To establish a relationship between the template form fields and the property group, name them using a naming convention: replace “:” and “.” with “_”. Here you can see the matching between both fields:
| 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!} |
| okp:tpl.important | okp_tpl_important | ${okp_tpl_important!} |
Creating the template
Section titled “Creating the template”This is a sample template created with Master PDF Editor:
Date format
Section titled “Date format”OpenKM uses FreeMarker internally, so you can take advantage of FreeMarker’s formatting features. For example, you can set the date format in this way:
${okp_tpl_birth_date?string("yyyy-MM-dd")}Learn more about FreeMarker formatting at Built-in Reference.