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Alternative : move to mpdf : https://gitlab.com/SondagesPro/coreAndTools/limeMpdf/blob/master/views/subviews/mpdf/style-bootstrap.twig |
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My point of view:
1. Maybe it's better to use boostrap class ?
2. if we don't move to mpdf : Must **remove usage of col-sm-X** : since tcpdf is not compatible with float : https://bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=14353
3. Review all question to see if we have all information needed (see other for list with comment) |
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From my point of view we should keep the current PDF library but need to adjust the design so things get styled properly. Tis should be fixed at version 3.x. |
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Then : need to move to table/tr/td since tcpdf dodn't know float :) |
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@DenisChenu, that's exactly what I did at my project to remove all that additioanl margin/padding caused by the default question containers at the PDF:
<groupsection class="groupSection">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<h3>{{group.group_name}}</h3>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="container-fluid col-xs-11 col-md-10 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-2">
{% for questionId,question in group.answerArray %}
{% set questionTemplate = './subviews/printanswers/question_types/template_' ~ question.questionclass ~ '.twig' %}
{% if (aSurveyInfo.printPdf == 1) %}
<table width="100%" class="pdftable" style="padding: 5px; page-break-inside:avoid;">
<tr>
<td>{{ include(questionTemplate) }}</td>
</tr>
</table>
{% else %}
{{ include(questionTemplate) }}
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
</div>
</div>
</groupsection>
{% endfor %} |
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Yes Mazi : this part is easy to fix BUT all question.questionclass.twig contanis col-sm dic then big place inside each cell.
For this wrapper : i think we can work without table/td. The issue is more in question :) |
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Files to be edited : https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/tree/3.x-LTS/themes/survey/vanilla/views/subviews/printanswers/question_types |
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Hello,
In my university (Université de Lille), we use limesurvey.
But recently, we have noticed that the weight of the file is bigger than limesurvey 2, even last version 3... (version quexmlpdf).
Can you light this weight ?
Thanks! |
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@ollehar : i set t to block : more and more user complain on forum … |
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Same behaviour in LS4? |
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> Import included survey, print, export as pdf
queXML PDF? Activate survey first? Please... |
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Please write proper steps how to reproduce so I don't have to guess. |
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1. Import included survey
2. Activate survey : click on activate, confirm
3. Click on Execute survey button (an ne windows open)
4. Click on Next
5. Select question (don't really care)
6. Click Submit
7. Click Print your answers.
8. 1st issue : id are shown + subquestion are shown after answers (but **i don't want to report any print issue again**)
9. Click on PDF export
10. Look at this AWFULL PDF |
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Thanks, will check |
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Any suggestions for improvements? I'm not good at design. ^^' |
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> My point of view:
> 1. Maybe it's better to use boostrap class ?
> 2. if we don't move to mpdf : Must **remove usage of col-sm-X** : since tcpdf is not compatible with float : https://bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=14353
> 3. Review all question to see if we have all information needed (see other for list with comment)
@tpartner and me have a discussion and we think it's better to use only table/tr/th with tcpdf. |
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OK, PR is welcome. :) This is not part of our internal roadmap right now. |
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@ollehar, then this should be made part of the roadmap! Being able to print or export submitted answers to PDF is a core feature. At older versions did not look nice yet, at LS 3 it is just emberassing how the result looks like (sorry, my opinion).
We had many problems in the last 12-36 months only dealing with creating a better looking overview or version you can print (print to PDF). So there definitely is a demand for that.
I also recommend to check the forums. There are many topics about this. |
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OK, maybe you can bring it up on the next Discord meeting? |
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I am traveling at the next meeting scheduled. But I am sure you will be there to discuss this with @DenisChenu and @tpartner. |
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I agree with Marcel and Denis. This was far better in previous versions so should be considered a regression. I think this bug should be prioritized over any new feature development. |
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In which version did it look better? I would like to see a comparison. |
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limesurvey_survey_287435.lss (13,254 bytes)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<document>
<LimeSurveyDocType>Survey</LimeSurveyDocType>
<DBVersion>263</DBVersion>
<languages>
<language>en</language>
</languages>
<answers>
<fields>
<fieldname>qid</fieldname>
<fieldname>code</fieldname>
<fieldname>answer</fieldname>
<fieldname>sortorder</fieldname>
<fieldname>assessment_value</fieldname>
<fieldname>language</fieldname>
<fieldname>scale_id</fieldname>
</fields>
<rows>
<row>
<qid><![CDATA[860]]></qid>
<code><![CDATA[A1]]></code>
<answer><![CDATA[A 1]]></answer>
<sortorder><![CDATA[1]]></sortorder>
<assessment_value><![CDATA[0]]></assessment_value>
<language><![CDATA[en]]></language>
<scale_id><![CDATA[0]]></scale_id>
</row>
<row>
<qid><![CDATA[860]]></qid>
<code><![CDATA[A2]]></code>
<answer><![CDATA[A 2]]></answer>
<sortorder><![CDATA[2]]></sortorder>
<assessment_value><![CDATA[0]]></assessment_value>
<language><![CDATA[en]]></language>
<scale_id><![CDATA[0]]></scale_id>
</row>
</rows>
</answers>
<groups>
<fields>
<fieldname>gid</fieldname>
<fieldname>sid</fieldname>
<fieldname>group_name</fieldname>
<fieldname>group_order</fieldname>
<fieldname>description</fieldname>
<fieldname>language</fieldname>
<fieldname>randomization_group</fieldname>
<fieldname>grelevance</fieldname>
</fields>
<rows>
<row>
<gid><![CDATA[47]]></gid>
<sid><![CDATA[287435]]></sid>
<group_name><![CDATA[My first question group]]></group_name>
<group_order><![CDATA[1]]></group_order>
<description/>
<language><![CDATA[en]]></language>
<randomization_group/>
<grelevance><![CDATA[1]]></grelevance>
</row>
</rows>
</groups>
<questions>
<fields>
<fieldname>qid</fieldname>
<fieldname>parent_qid</fieldname>
<fieldname>sid</fieldname>
<fieldname>gid</fieldname>
<fieldname>type</fieldname>
<fieldname>title</fieldname>
<fieldname>question</fieldname>
<fieldname>preg</fieldname>
<fieldname>help</fieldname>
<fieldname>other</fieldname>
<fieldname>mandatory</fieldname>
<fieldname>question_order</fieldname>
<fieldname>language</fieldname>
<fieldname>scale_id</fieldname>
<fieldname>same_default</fieldname>
<fieldname>relevance</fieldname>
<fieldname>modulename</fieldname>
</fields>
<rows>
<row>
<qid><![CDATA[860]]></qid>
<parent_qid><![CDATA[0]]></parent_qid>
<sid><![CDATA[287435]]></sid>
<gid><![CDATA[47]]></gid>
<type><![CDATA[!]]></type>
<title><![CDATA[Q00]]></title>
<question><![CDATA[A first example question. Please answer this question:]]></question>
<preg/>
<help><![CDATA[This is a question help text.]]></help>
<other><![CDATA[N]]></other>
<mandatory><![CDATA[N]]></mandatory>
<question_order><![CDATA[1]]></question_order>
<language><![CDATA[en]]></language>
<scale_id><![CDATA[0]]></scale_id>
<same_default><![CDATA[0]]></same_default>
<relevance><![CDATA[1]]></relevance>
<modulename/>
</row>
</rows>
</questions>
<surveys>
<fields>
<fieldname>sid</fieldname>
<fieldname>admin</fieldname>
<fieldname>expires</fieldname>
<fieldname>startdate</fieldname>
<fieldname>adminemail</fieldname>
<fieldname>anonymized</fieldname>
<fieldname>faxto</fieldname>
<fieldname>format</fieldname>
<fieldname>savetimings</fieldname>
<fieldname>template</fieldname>
<fieldname>language</fieldname>
<fieldname>additional_languages</fieldname>
<fieldname>datestamp</fieldname>
<fieldname>usecookie</fieldname>
<fieldname>allowregister</fieldname>
<fieldname>allowsave</fieldname>
<fieldname>autonumber_start</fieldname>
<fieldname>autoredirect</fieldname>
<fieldname>allowprev</fieldname>
<fieldname>printanswers</fieldname>
<fieldname>ipaddr</fieldname>
<fieldname>refurl</fieldname>
<fieldname>publicstatistics</fieldname>
<fieldname>publicgraphs</fieldname>
<fieldname>listpublic</fieldname>
<fieldname>htmlemail</fieldname>
<fieldname>sendconfirmation</fieldname>
<fieldname>tokenanswerspersistence</fieldname>
<fieldname>assessments</fieldname>
<fieldname>usecaptcha</fieldname>
<fieldname>usetokens</fieldname>
<fieldname>bounce_email</fieldname>
<fieldname>attributedescriptions</fieldname>
<fieldname>emailresponseto</fieldname>
<fieldname>emailnotificationto</fieldname>
<fieldname>tokenlength</fieldname>
<fieldname>showxquestions</fieldname>
<fieldname>showgroupinfo</fieldname>
<fieldname>shownoanswer</fieldname>
<fieldname>showqnumcode</fieldname>
<fieldname>bouncetime</fieldname>
<fieldname>bounceprocessing</fieldname>
<fieldname>bounceaccounttype</fieldname>
<fieldname>bounceaccounthost</fieldname>
<fieldname>bounceaccountpass</fieldname>
<fieldname>bounceaccountencryption</fieldname>
<fieldname>bounceaccountuser</fieldname>
<fieldname>showwelcome</fieldname>
<fieldname>showprogress</fieldname>
<fieldname>questionindex</fieldname>
<fieldname>navigationdelay</fieldname>
<fieldname>nokeyboard</fieldname>
<fieldname>alloweditaftercompletion</fieldname>
<fieldname>googleanalyticsstyle</fieldname>
<fieldname>googleanalyticsapikey</fieldname>
</fields>
<rows>
<row>
<sid><![CDATA[287435]]></sid>
<admin><![CDATA[Administrator]]></admin>
<adminemail><![CDATA[contact@sondages.pro]]></adminemail>
<anonymized><![CDATA[N]]></anonymized>
<faxto/>
<format><![CDATA[G]]></format>
<savetimings><![CDATA[N]]></savetimings>
<template><![CDATA[copie_de_ubuntu_orange]]></template>
<language><![CDATA[en]]></language>
<additional_languages/>
<datestamp><![CDATA[N]]></datestamp>
<usecookie><![CDATA[N]]></usecookie>
<allowregister><![CDATA[N]]></allowregister>
<allowsave><![CDATA[Y]]></allowsave>
<autonumber_start><![CDATA[0]]></autonumber_start>
<autoredirect><![CDATA[N]]></autoredirect>
<allowprev><![CDATA[N]]></allowprev>
<printanswers><![CDATA[Y]]></printanswers>
<ipaddr><![CDATA[N]]></ipaddr>
<refurl><![CDATA[N]]></refurl>
<publicstatistics><![CDATA[N]]></publicstatistics>
<publicgraphs><![CDATA[N]]></publicgraphs>
<listpublic><![CDATA[N]]></listpublic>
<htmlemail><![CDATA[Y]]></htmlemail>
<sendconfirmation><![CDATA[Y]]></sendconfirmation>
<tokenanswerspersistence><![CDATA[N]]></tokenanswerspersistence>
<assessments><![CDATA[N]]></assessments>
<usecaptcha><![CDATA[N]]></usecaptcha>
<usetokens><![CDATA[N]]></usetokens>
<bounce_email><![CDATA[contact@sondages.pro]]></bounce_email>
<emailresponseto/>
<emailnotificationto/>
<tokenlength><![CDATA[15]]></tokenlength>
<showxquestions><![CDATA[Y]]></showxquestions>
<showgroupinfo><![CDATA[B]]></showgroupinfo>
<shownoanswer><![CDATA[N]]></shownoanswer>
<showqnumcode><![CDATA[X]]></showqnumcode>
<bounceprocessing><![CDATA[N]]></bounceprocessing>
<showwelcome><![CDATA[Y]]></showwelcome>
<showprogress><![CDATA[Y]]></showprogress>
<questionindex><![CDATA[0]]></questionindex>
<navigationdelay><![CDATA[0]]></navigationdelay>
<nokeyboard><![CDATA[N]]></nokeyboard>
<alloweditaftercompletion><![CDATA[N]]></alloweditaftercompletion>
<googleanalyticsstyle><![CDATA[0]]></googleanalyticsstyle>
<googleanalyticsapikey/>
</row>
</rows>
</surveys>
<surveys_languagesettings>
<fields>
<fieldname>surveyls_survey_id</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_language</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_title</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_description</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_welcometext</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_endtext</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_url</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_urldescription</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_email_invite_subj</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_email_invite</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_email_remind_subj</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_email_remind</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_email_register_subj</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_email_register</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_email_confirm_subj</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_email_confirm</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_dateformat</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_attributecaptions</fieldname>
<fieldname>email_admin_notification_subj</fieldname>
<fieldname>email_admin_notification</fieldname>
<fieldname>email_admin_responses_subj</fieldname>
<fieldname>email_admin_responses</fieldname>
<fieldname>surveyls_numberformat</fieldname>
<fieldname>attachments</fieldname>
</fields>
<rows>
<row>
<surveyls_survey_id><![CDATA[287435]]></surveyls_survey_id>
<surveyls_language><![CDATA[en]]></surveyls_language>
<surveyls_title><![CDATA[Test 1 question choix unique]]></surveyls_title>
<surveyls_description/>
<surveyls_welcometext/>
<surveyls_endtext/>
<surveyls_url/>
<surveyls_urldescription/>
<surveyls_email_invite_subj><![CDATA[Invitation to participate in a survey]]></surveyls_email_invite_subj>
<surveyls_email_invite><![CDATA[Dear {FIRSTNAME},<br />
<br />
you have been invited to participate in a survey.<br />
<br />
The survey is titled:<br />
"{SURVEYNAME}"<br />
<br />
"{SURVEYDESCRIPTION}"<br />
<br />
To participate, please click on the link below.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
<br />
{ADMINNAME} ({ADMINEMAIL})<br />
<br />
----------------------------------------------<br />
Click here to do the survey:<br />
{SURVEYURL}<br />
<br />
If you do not want to participate in this survey and don't want to receive any more invitations please click the following link:<br />
{OPTOUTURL}<br />
<br />
If you are blacklisted but want to participate in this survey and want to receive invitations please click the following link:<br />
{OPTINURL}]]></surveyls_email_invite>
<surveyls_email_remind_subj><![CDATA[Reminder to participate in a survey]]></surveyls_email_remind_subj>
<surveyls_email_remind><![CDATA[Dear {FIRSTNAME},<br />
<br />
Recently we invited you to participate in a survey.<br />
<br />
We note that you have not yet completed the survey, and wish to remind you that the survey is still available should you wish to take part.<br />
<br />
The survey is titled:<br />
"{SURVEYNAME}"<br />
<br />
"{SURVEYDESCRIPTION}"<br />
<br />
To participate, please click on the link below.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
<br />
{ADMINNAME} ({ADMINEMAIL})<br />
<br />
----------------------------------------------<br />
Click here to do the survey:<br />
{SURVEYURL}<br />
<br />
If you do not want to participate in this survey and don't want to receive any more invitations please click the following link:<br />
{OPTOUTURL}]]></surveyls_email_remind>
<surveyls_email_register_subj><![CDATA[Survey registration confirmation]]></surveyls_email_register_subj>
<surveyls_email_register><![CDATA[Dear {FIRSTNAME},<br />
<br />
You, or someone using your email address, have registered to participate in an online survey titled {SURVEYNAME}.<br />
<br />
To complete this survey, click on the following URL:<br />
<br />
{SURVEYURL}<br />
<br />
If you have any questions about this survey, or if you did not register to participate and believe this email is in error, please contact {ADMINNAME} at {ADMINEMAIL}.]]></surveyls_email_register>
<surveyls_email_confirm_subj><![CDATA[Confirmation of your participation in our survey]]></surveyls_email_confirm_subj>
<surveyls_email_confirm><![CDATA[Dear {FIRSTNAME},<br />
<br />
this email is to confirm that you have completed the survey titled {SURVEYNAME} and your response has been saved. Thank you for participating.<br />
<br />
If you have any further questions about this email, please contact {ADMINNAME} on {ADMINEMAIL}.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
<br />
{ADMINNAME}]]></surveyls_email_confirm>
<surveyls_dateformat><![CDATA[1]]></surveyls_dateformat>
<email_admin_notification_subj><![CDATA[Response submission for survey {SURVEYNAME}]]></email_admin_notification_subj>
<email_admin_notification><![CDATA[Hello,<br />
<br />
A new response was submitted for your survey '{SURVEYNAME}'.<br />
<br />
Click the following link to see the individual response:<br />
{VIEWRESPONSEURL}<br />
<br />
Click the following link to edit the individual response:<br />
{EDITRESPONSEURL}<br />
<br />
View statistics by clicking here:<br />
{STATISTICSURL}]]></email_admin_notification>
<email_admin_responses_subj><![CDATA[Response submission for survey {SURVEYNAME} with results]]></email_admin_responses_subj>
<email_admin_responses><![CDATA[Hello,<br />
<br />
A new response was submitted for your survey '{SURVEYNAME}'.<br />
<br />
Click the following link to see the individual response:<br />
{VIEWRESPONSEURL}<br />
<br />
Click the following link to edit the individual response:<br />
{EDITRESPONSEURL}<br />
<br />
View statistics by clicking here:<br />
{STATISTICSURL}<br />
<br />
<br />
The following answers were given by the participant:<br />
{ANSWERTABLE}]]></email_admin_responses>
<surveyls_numberformat><![CDATA[0]]></surveyls_numberformat>
</row>
</rows>
</surveys_languagesettings>
</document>
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Ok, before we start fixing this we should determine how it should look like in the future. The old presentation wasn't so great either.
If you let just any coder determine how it looks like it will not look much better again in the future.
So anyone can contribute something regarding this? Like a mockup 'it-should-look-like-this' document?
Also we should define what changes are needed n the settings/software in general to make it happen.
Because the partner have been working on this in the past, they should have a better picture of what is needed.
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I have idea about
- Single response
- Array
I can do it quickly on skelvaniall and send a quick mockup.
Less for array of text and array of nulber. But i can try.
After we have the "other" and "comment" case |
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More food for thought…
We are a paying hosted customer and we were really disappointed by the fact we can't get a good PDF export right away, as do provide other commercial solutions.
We requested to install the limeMpdf and pdfReport plugins to compensate this, and we got them (with an additional cost we agreed on), but we now have to put additionnal work into self-designing the PDF and re-implementing the fields display logic. So we've got an exit to our PDF export problem, but with far more work we would have expected (and planned).
We are this close to quit LimeSurvey, just because of this PDF export problem… and it's very sad.
So, yes, it should definitely go onto your roadmap, since you are at risk to lose customers just because of the lack of good PDF export, which IMHO is the definition of a business killer bug!
Best regards. |
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@auforg, thanks a lot for this very helpful feedback. I absolutely second this. |
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A sample with https://gitlab.com/SondagesPro/SurveyThemes/skelvanilla/-/tree/master_fix-printanswers
Then :; only use Survey theme , no mpdf (i do an limempdf sample after : but think needed only in 5.X since it broke current survey theme). |
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Still a lot of work, just base idea |
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Hello,
have you found a solution or made a patch ?
Thanks |
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No, still working on it.
If you have only some specific questions type
You can replace files : https://gitlab.com/SondagesPro/SurveyThemes/skelvanilla/-/tree/master_fix-printanswers/views/subviews/printanswers/question_types
Take time 80 fles to update test and review. |
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