Introduction
This is an Audit Trail plugin that intercepts assignment completion events. This plugin can be configured to store form with form data in a .pdf extension of a completed assignment in the server or/and send out the attachment as an email.
Plugin Info
Marketplace link: PDF Audit Trail Plugin
Plugin Type: Audit Trail Plugin
Joget Version: Version 5.0 onward
Joget Edition: Community and Enterprise
Installations
- Upload the downloaded jar file through Manage Plugins.
- Go to your desired App -> Properties & Export -> Set Plugin Default Properties and choose PDF Audit Trail.
- Configure the properties fields.
Screenshots
- Sample email sent out.
- Sample pdf file generated.
With the option Store File Locally checked, the PDF file created will be stored in wflow/app_formuploads/pdf-audit/[Process Instance ID] folder.
This is the listing of files for a specific process instance.
Plugin Properties
Configure PDF Audit Trail
| Label | Description |
|---|---|
| SMTP Host | Email Server SMTP Host. Example: smtp.gmail.com |
| SMTP Port | Email Server SMTP Port. Typically, port 465 for the SSL security option and 587 for TLS |
| Security |
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| SMTP Username | Email Server Account Username. On your Google email account, use your full email address. |
| SMTP Password | Email Server Account Password. Password submitted will be encrypted for security reasons. |
| Store File Locally | When checked, the PDF file of the form submitted will be saved to the server. Convenient toggle to enable/disable local file store. File will be stored at app_formuploads\pdf-audit\[PID]\[AID].pdf |
| Send Email | When checked, the PDF file of the form submitted will be sent out. Convenient toggle to enable/disable Email sending. |
| Label | Description |
|---|---|
| From | Sender email address. |
To (Specific email address) | Recipient fully qualified address. |
| CC | A fully qualified address is expected. Multiple values can be accepted by separating them with semicolons. CC: lets you send a copy of a message to someone who's interested, but is not the primary recipient. |
Send Separate Email to Performer | When checked, a copy of the email will be sent out to the actual performer himself/herself. If you wish to give the performer of the activity a copy of the PDF, you may check this. |
Subject | Email Subject |
Email Message | Email Message |
Include Activity Information in Email message | When checked, additional information will be prepended to the email message.  |
HTML Content? | Check if "Message" is intended to be a HTML content. |
Customize PDF
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Formatting (CSS) | CSS to be included when generating pdf files. The Advanced > Formatting (CSS) field gives you formatting options (font size and color) for the output. Available CSS Classes: * - Wildcard. Everything in the form. .form-section - Container of a section .form-section-title - Container of section title .form-column - Container of column .form-cell - Container of field .label - Label of field //Sub Form .subform-container - Container of a Subform .subform-title - Container of Subform title .subform-section - Container of section in Subform .subform-section-title - Container of section title in Subform .subform-column - Container of column in Subform .subform-cell - Container of field in Subform .header - Container of configured header .footer - Container of configured footer  Figure 5: This figure illustrates the CSS classes used in the form layout. Example //Change all word to blue color
*, .form-cell{
color:blue;
}
//Change all word to smaller size
*, .form-cell{
font-size:10px;
}
//Change all label format to underline
.label{
text-decoration:underline;
}
//Transform all header format to uppercase
.form-section-title{
text-transform:uppercase;
}
Font & Unicode There are a few fonts (added by default) that you can use in CSS formatting. They are: serif, sans-serif, monospace, Courier, TimesRoman, For Unicode content, you can use the following fonts for Asian languages (i.e., Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean): STSong-Light, MSung-Light, HeiseiMin-W3, HYGoThic-Medium Note: "STSong-Light" gives the best result for Chinese; "MSung-Light" for Traditional Chinese; "HeiseiMin-W3" for Japanese; and "HYGoThic-Medium" for Korean. *{font-family:HYGoThic-Medium;}
|
| Header (HTML) | Header in HTML to be included when generating pdf file. |
| Repeat header on every page? | If checked, the Header (HTML) will be included in every subsequent pages in the generated pdf file. |
| Footer (HTML) | Footer in HTML to be included when generating pdf file. |
| Repeat footer on every page? | If checked, the Footer (HTML) will be included in every subsequent pages in the generated pdf file. |
Include Activity Information in PDF | When checked, activity information will be prepended to the top of the pdf file. |
| Label | Description |
|---|---|
Activity Exclusion | Define activities not to be included in this plugin. |
Changes Log
| Version | Items |
|---|---|
| 5.0.0 |
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Support
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