At the college where I work, we have a problem when dealing with Machform entries; the entries need to be brought into the document management system (DMS) we use for managing student records. We are handling this need by generating PDF files of each entry and importing each one into our DMS. From the import side, there is no problem; a whole folder of PDF files can be imported at once. But on the PDF generation side in Machform, there is a big problem: The only way to generate PDFs for a set of entries from a Machform form is to go through the entries, one by one, and generate and save the desired PDFs, one at a time. This is a huge waste of time and effort for our staff.
If the option to export as a PDF file was added to the "Entry Manager" screen, where the list of all the entries is shown, instead of just having this option be available when viewing an individual entry, then this would be a huge time saver for us. This would be in addition to the current export option that is available on the "Entry Manager" screen, which allows the data to be exported as an Excel, CSV, or tab-separated text file. If the options to "Export All Fields" or "Export Selected Fields" weren't available for the PDF export, that would be fine, as long as multiple entries could be chosen at the same time which would cause a bulk download of PDF files, one for each chosen entry, to take place.
I would like to see the print option, also currently available only when viewing individual entries, given the same treatment. Our DMS has a virtual printer option that allows you to print directly into the system, which would save an additional step.