Changing output filename - append a field value

Is there any update on this? I'd like to alter the file name as well. Currently it's using Views' machine name.

Since clearly this issn't possible currently and the request could be usefull I'm changing this to feature request.

Basically a new setting for "PDF SETTINGS" is requested that makes it possible to set a custom file name, preferable with the support of tokens.

I am interested in this as well.

I found at least one way to alter the PDF filename.

1) Add this to the last "PHP Code After Output" box
$this->view->pdf->Output("YOUR PDF NAME");
This should go at the very end of any code. As far as I can tell, nothing after it will be rendered.

You could change out "YOUR PDF NAME" to something like $this->view->build_info['title'] to use the view title.

-OR-

2) In views_pdf_plugin_display.inc, change

if (empty($path_to_store_pdf)) {
      $path_to_store_pdf = $this->view->name;
}

to

if (empty($path_to_store_pdf)) {
      $path_to_store_pdf = $this->view->build_info['title'];
}

I haven't tried this second way yet.

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People just want a way to set the PDF name dynamically.

And this is possible if you change
$path_to_store_pdf = $this->view->name;
to
$path_to_store_pdf = $this->view->get_title();
in views_pdf_plugin_display.inc

The title can include field placeholders or can be set by contextual filters, which is how people would be able to change the PDF name.

Sorry for not proving a patch but the change is pretty simple to apply and I don't think it will break anything.

This is a feature that can be easily introduced.

Please need reviews this patch, but I did a push into the dev branch.

Works for me

Sorry guys - the original question was whether it's possible to appand a field value as title. Here we just changed from "machine name" to "title". Thats not quite what the opener wanted.

Ok, so I need this kind of feedback :)

What you want is a even more custom field for the title?

Yes, in my case I'm using this module for printing out a single node. So it would be cool to make one field of the node the filename. But as I think of it, I come to the conclusion that this won't be suitable for usual usecases where you print a list of different nodes. Maybe you can get the filename out of the argument (when present) such as nodetitle when it's a node or term name when it's a taxonomy term...

Okay, this is how i've done it. Quite hacky, I know but for me it works! Thanks a lot for this awesome module!

<?php
    if (empty($path_to_store_pdf)) {
		$arg = $this->view->args[0];
		if(is_numeric($arg)) $node = node_load($arg);
		$title = isset($node) ? $node->title : $this->view->get_title();
		$path_to_store_pdf = $title;
    }
?>

If you want a stable fix, bring me a patch! yaaarggg!!

Makku01, You're right, for the majority of use cases I don't think it would make sense to use an individual field value for filename. If you're showing a single node, just use contextual filter > override title: "%1". That should make the node title be the view title, and therefore the PDF filename.
While it's true you wouldn't be able to use any field as a filename, node title and taxonomy terms would be easy to do.

So this doesn't make sense ?? I'll close it then ...

How do i add a node create date stamp to : $path_to_store_pdf = $this->view->get_title(); ?

No idea @lindaweb

Should we keep this issue?

this would be great feature because pdf custom file name is what most of time needed. and it should be as customize as "views". i am not a developer but i think we should add a field like "pdf:filename" like pdf:pagebreak. it just a suggestion.
thanks

This seems to be a pretty popular request. Maybe for v2?
interesting idea @asif_khan about implementing as a field handler. I hadn't thought about how to implement this.
I could see the usefulness, even for multi-row views, where all nodes share a taxonomy term, for example.

Alright, we should push it to V2 then ....

So be ware, this will not be included on the V1 you might wait for the next version. The next version will be done when is ready, like Drupal 8.

Regards