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Tool for automatic document creation and posting

         

Tim_W

8:07 pm on Feb 18, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Hello and thank you in advance for reading and replying to my post. I’ve posted on 2 different sites and I could not effectively communicate my objective and receive any help. So I thought I would ask the experts here that do this professionally.

I’m looking for the appropriate tool or tools to automate a document prep request. To summarize, I want to automatically create a document from 6 available templates. The online order form will dictate the appropriate template to use and the form will also contain the variables to fill in the various blank fields.

I then want the document to be placed in a queue for a colleague to review. After the document is approved, I want the document to be either:

•emailed to the client OR
•uploaded so the client can download the document themselves (a courtesy email notifying that the document is available would be nice). There are privacy concerns with document.

There has to be a tool that can accomplish this. I just don’t know what to even type into google to do the research myself. Again, your expertise is very much appreciated.

Tim

JS_Harris

10:17 am on Feb 19, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Get the system working with just one template to start with. Test it thoroughly for errors and security and email related problems. When all is working well open whichever file it is that calls upon the template and assign variables to that file so that it calls the appopriate template after checking your variables.

If done in php it's likely as simple as replacing a "get" template with a series of "if" commands.

Without seeing the actual site or knowing what the variables are I can't be much more specific. It's a rather simple matter by the sounds of it, i've done this with C++ before (google "variable template arguments" for c++ examples).

Tim_W

4:13 pm on Feb 19, 2010 (gmt 0)

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thank you. I have also figured out that I'm looking at embedded forms/fillable forms. I'm using WordPress as the content management system and I will be looking for plugins.

I will post back anything I find. (Of course, I have the feeling most people here will already have that knowledge)