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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Select menu not showing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-menu-not-showing/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-menu-not-showing/#post-12057069)
 * You changed the values in the CF7 tag.
 * Here is what is generated by the plugin,
 * `[select flight-rules include_blank "I" "V" "Y" "Z"]`
 * Here is what you have,
 * `[select* FLIGHTRULES id:FLIGHTRULES class:FLIGHTRULES default:1 "V-VFR" "Z-VFR
   THEN IFR" "Y-IFR THEN VFR" "I-IFR"]`
 * That PDF field dropdown has options “I” “V” “Y” “Z”, not “V-VFR” “Z-VFR THEN 
   IFR” “Y-IFR THEN VFR” “I-IFR”.
 * You have to use pipes.
 * Try something like this?
 * `[select flight-rules include_blank "V-VFR|I" "Z-VFR THEN IFR|V" "Y-IFR THEN 
   VFR|Y" "I-IFR|Z"]`
 * See [https://contactform7.com/selectable-recipient-with-pipes/](https://contactform7.com/selectable-recipient-with-pipes/)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Forms Failing To Get Filled In](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forms-failing-to-get-filled-in/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forms-failing-to-get-filled-in/#post-12049307)
 * Regarding the console error, what are you doing exactly when you are getting 
   it?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Select menu not showing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-menu-not-showing/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-menu-not-showing/#post-12049118)
 * To be clear, the plugin that this support forum is for does not convert anything
   to a PDF format. It just takes an existing PDF file with AcroForm fields and 
   fills them with data from your online form.
 * All types of CF7 fields are supported. Please send your PDF file to my email,
   which is admin at maximum dot software and I will check it out. Also, it would
   help if you can send your CF7 form tags for the select and the drop down, in 
   case the issue is with the tags themselves.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Forms Failing To Get Filled In](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forms-failing-to-get-filled-in/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forms-failing-to-get-filled-in/#post-12049085)
 * API error generally means there is an error in the back end which is either ambiguous(
   not clear whose fault it is), or there is some issue with the server itself. 
   I looked at the logs and I see a number of errors which you guys may need to 
   look into.
 * 1. input PDF is not an acroform, so its fields were not filled
    2. the.name.1.
   is.too.long.2.characters: 137
 * Here are possible solutions to the two above issues, respectively,
 * 1. switch to using acroforms
    2. open and re-save the file using a more standards
   compliant PDF editor
 * I don’t see any other issues. I will work on getting these two errors disambiguated.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Select menu not showing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-menu-not-showing/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-menu-not-showing/#post-12049017)
 * It is not very clear what your problem is. Is it possible for you to send a screenshot?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Checkbox not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/checkbox-not-working-11/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/checkbox-not-working-11/#post-12041473)
 * Thanks for the suggestion [@maxguerra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxguerra/).
   Yes, if you mess with the tags generated by the plugin, it might break the checkboxes.
   However, if you use what is originally generated, it should work. If it is not
   working, please let me know and I will fix it in the plugin code itself.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Forms Failing To Get Filled In](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forms-failing-to-get-filled-in/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forms-failing-to-get-filled-in/#post-12038556)
 * What is the error message in the TXT file (first line)?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Date Format](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-179/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-179/#post-12034764)
 * The other topic URL is,
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-170/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-170/)
 * You have a real use case that does happen.
 * There are other mail tags that might be useful to map to PDF fields, such as 
   the ones listed at the following URL,
    [https://contactform7.com/special-mail-tags/](https://contactform7.com/special-mail-tags/)
 * I am thinking of changing the field mapper tool to allow users to map mail tags(
   instead of CF7 fields) to PDF fields. So, instead of mapping ‘mydate’ field, 
   you would map ‘[mydate]’ or ‘[_date]’ or ‘[_format_mydate “j F Y”]’ to PDF fields.
   The mail tag would be editable in the field mapper tool. What do you think of
   this idea?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] File upload error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-erro/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-erro/#post-12030923)
 * Looks like your problem was that you installed the plugin twice. The second (
   fixed, unreleased) version was not enabled. I would just remove the old plugin
   folder completely, so that there is no conflict.
 * I will release a new version which will have this fix shortly.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Checkbox not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/checkbox-not-working-11/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/checkbox-not-working-11/#post-12019039)
 * Hi,
 * I’m not sure. One possible reason may be that the PDF viewer is not rendering
   it correctly. Do you mind sending me your PDF to admin at maximum dot software?
   I would like to test it to see what the problem might be.
 * Thanks.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] File upload error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-erro/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-erro/#post-12019035)
 * Very strange. Do you mind sending me a temporary wp-admin login to admin at maximum
   dot software? I would like to debug the plugin in place to figure out why it 
   is sending the plain text version of the response instead of the HTML version.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Create post using PDF](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-post-using-pdf/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-post-using-pdf/#post-11988796)
 * By the way, I’ve released the new version recently, however, there is a small
   bug which I’ve fixed but haven’t released yet.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] File upload error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-erro/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-erro/#post-11988781)
 * I’ve realized after the release that there is a bug with the download link. The
   plugin doesn’t always send the HTML response like it should with AJAX. I’ve committed
   a fix to the GitHub repo ([https://github.com/maximum-software/wpcf7-pdf-forms](https://github.com/maximum-software/wpcf7-pdf-forms))
   but I didn’t release it yet. Try downloading the latest unreleased version ([https://github.com/maximum-software/wpcf7-pdf-forms/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/maximum-software/wpcf7-pdf-forms/archive/master.zip))
   and using it.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Download PDF rather than send](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/download-pdf-rather-than-send/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/download-pdf-rather-than-send/#post-11978668)
 * I’ve released a new version of the plugin that has the download feature. Please
   check it out.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PDF Forms Filler for CF7] Download instead of sending email](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/download-instead-of-sending-email/)
 *  Plugin Author [maximum.software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maximumsoftware/)
 * (@maximumsoftware)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/download-instead-of-sending-email/#post-11978666)
 * I’ve released the new version of the plugin that has the download feature. Please
   check it out.

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