User submitted long links in text boxes are breaking .pdf generation

  • ehardman
    Asked on January 15, 2015 at 1:40 PM

    Whenever users submit their form with long links* in the text box, it becomes impossible to get usable .pdfs out of the system (they come out at a tiny font size to fit the link on one line). This doesn't work for our purposes--.pdfs are needed and these long links are not going to be unusual because of the way users are copying links from the browser when looking at our catalog. Is there a way to mandate line breaks, edit out or convert to a collapsed link so that the .pdf can still work?

     

    *eg:

    http://hollis.harvard.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do;jsessionid=CA465E1EA7EBDDDB567836EBB0475832labs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=HVD_ALEPH005230682&indx=1&recIds=HVD_ALEPH005230682&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&onCampus=false&query=any%2Ccontains%2Cbroken+links&scp.scps=scope%3A%28HVD%29%2Cscope%3A%28HVD_VIA%29&tab=books&dstmp=1421347185222&highlight=true&mode=Basic&search_scope=default_scope&displayField=all&vl(51615747UI0)=any&vl(1UIStartWith0)=contains&bulkSize=30&pcAvailabiltyMode=true&vl(freeText0)=broken%20links&vid=HVD&institution=HVD

  • Mike
    Replied on January 15, 2015 at 2:29 PM

    Thank you for contacting us.

    I was able to reproduce the PDF generation issue caused by long links. Now it has been escalated to our Development Team.

    User submitted long links in text boxes are breaking  Screenshot 30

    There is no ETA, but we will let you know as soon as it is fixed.

    If the link field is not critical, you might consider hiding it on the form Submissions page, then generate the PDF.

    User submitted long links in text boxes are breaking  Screenshot 41

  • alp_deniz
    Replied on January 17, 2015 at 6:34 PM

    Hello,

    This issue has just been fixed. Thank you very much for letting us know.

    All the best