How? Generate PDF and email to two addresses

Posted by jmcquaid on June 16, 2010 at 12:54am

Semi-newbie problem: I need to generate a PDF file (a diploma like thing) with the user's name, email it to them and send an email to admin after user completes a test (quiz module). Drupal 6 only. I would appreciate any suggestions, pointers, etc.

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Any Progress?

Posted by wrightnow on June 17, 2010 at 2:24pm

I'm looking to do basically the exact same thing - any progress on this count?

generate PDF, then email

Posted by jmcquaid on June 17, 2010 at 3:50pm

I think that the module to generate PDF ID cards might work for me. It allows a background image, with a simple text overlay from user data, which is all I need. I haven't tackled the multiple trigger / action thing yet.

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My solution...

Posted by wrightnow on June 17, 2010 at 6:32pm

Thanks for the reply. If this is something you're still intent on getting done, I think my solution might be useful. If you're interested, I'll post in more detail, but the gist is:
1. create a PDF file by using tCPDF directly - I'm currently working on integrating XHTML/CSS into my version of the PDF
2. used MimeMailer to attach that pdf to email and send message
3. used drupals file system to delete file created in (1).

So far so good, for my purposes, only need to figure out how to get the XHTML/CSS system working.