Can formmail merge data into a document?

[marcquey]

I want to be able to have someone fill out information online and that info be merged into a word document that they can then print out on their own computer after paying online for it. Is this the proper format or could someone suggest something I could use. I use formmail now to submit the info to me to then merge myself, but would prefer it to be automated.

[russellr]

Hi,

FormMail can write to CSV files. If you can find a way to get Word to merge in a CSV file then that will work.

If you want FormMail to write to a different file format, that is possible with some development work (but not in the standard product).

The way to start is to first figure out what Word needs. That's your starting point.

[marcquey]

Yes, I had it working in a way that the csv file would merge into the Word document. I do this manually now, but want it to work automatically in the background on my site. My problem is I am not sure what I am looking for - the terminology of what to search for and thought I'd start here by asking if formmail can do it, or with an add on? I hope I'm making sense.

Patti

[russellr]

Hi,

OK, so you need to find an automated way of telling Word to merge the CSV file. It will probably be some command line switch when you start Word to trigger the process.

Then, you need some additional code to FormMail to start Word and trigger the merge process.