PDF Form Module for Accounts

[rbarrero]

Hi guys...

I recently developed a self-contained "Invoice" form that pulls Account data and populates said data into a downloadable PDF.

Now, here is what I'd like to develop:
"Add an Invoice" button to appear, like the Notes, on the account page. Clicking this button would pull the account data from sugar, show the data and the form on the next page. Upon confirmation of all fields, it would run the pdf functions to create the PDF and then store all this relevant Invoice data into a new table. It might also save the actual PDF into Sugar for later use.

Where is the documentation to achieve this? Are there any 'sample' modules I can dissect?

Initially, I would simply like to see my form function properly without storing anything into Sugar's database... so how can I go about this?

Any help, suggestions, advice would be VERY appreciated.

[ftreml]

1. download the "Sugar Maps" module (http://www.sugarforge.org/projects/timeentry/) to see how to add additional menu items to DetailView of an Account
2. Link this menu item to your own screen (php script + html template)
3. Include a button "create pdf" on this screen

so far it is rather simple. if you want to have it saved in an own table, you will have to write your own sugar module. documentation and examples are here: http://www.sugarforge.org/frs/?group_id=20, and you may try to use the "module builder" http://www.sugarforge.org/projects/modulebuilder/