Signature Field Widget

Signature Field is really convenient to receive Customer agreement directly on your tablets or phones.

If you need to generate / print back any document containing the Customer signature, you will have to create a PDF Template inside SuiteCRM PDF module.

By default, SuiteCRM is not compatible with Signature field type and the PDF engine is not compatible with customizations and plugins.

To open the engine to new fields type, you will have to edit one file in your SuiteCRM instance, pasting three lignes of code.

Step by Step procedure :

1. Edit the file located in /modules/AOS-PDF_Templates/templateParser.php
2. Around ligne 105 (locate the line IF type="image") paste the following code juste before the final "else" statement :

} elseif ($field_def['type'] == 'Signature') {
                        $repl_arr[$key . "_" . $fieldName] = '<img src="src" alt="image" />$fieldName . '" width="'.$field_def['width'].'" height="'.$field_def['height'].'"/>';

You're done !

Version 7.10.0 to 7.10.2

You should paste the code line 87

Version 7.10.3 to 7.10.5

You should paste the code line 94

Version 7.10.6 to 7.10.7

You should paste the code line 100

Version 7.10.8 to Version 7.10.29

You should paste the code line 98

Version 7.11.0

You should paste the code line 103

Version 7.11.10

You should paste the code line 123

Version 7.11.18

You should paste the code line 123

Version 7.12.9

You should paste the code line 118

Version 7.13.2

You should paste the code line 118

Other versions

Please locate the code looking like

} else {
                    $repl_arr[$key . "_" . $fieldName] = $focus->$fieldName;
                }
            }
        } // end foreach()

The comment //end foreach() will be easy to spot !

before the

} else {

paste the code snippet given above.

Creating the template

Now, create a PDF Template inside SuiteCRM (for example here linked to Quotes module, where we previously created a signature field)

Then go on a Quote and click the Actions Menu to reveal the entry Print as PDF

SuiteCRM is generating and then downloading the PDF.

Open it in your browser and check that the signature is present :