I have a working script to create a Google Doc from a Google Form, but I want to change one of my values to sheet2. I am using sheet2 to =CLEAN a column due to line breaks I can't get rid of in column 3 on sheet1. I replicated my script for a simple form/doc below to test. I want var title to pull values from column 5 on sheet 2 instead of column 3 on sheet 1. Or perhaps there is a better way to solve my formatting issues of line breaks remaining in my created Doc from template?
function autoFillGoogleDocFromForm(e) {
var timestamp = e.values[0];
var firstName = e.values[1];
var lastName = e.values[2];
var title = e.values[3];
var templateFile = DriveApp.getFileById("17HH3zii-MfT3vl7-JU9Xx8XNgWpPAcNG5244iJHnzo0");
var templateSubmittedFolder = DriveApp.getFolderById("1QNaCCyueyLvcuB7w8wkYvjt-OW75scPP");
var copy = templateFile.makeCopy(lastName + ',' + firstName, templateSubmittedFolder);
var doc = DocumentApp.openById(copy.getId());
var body = doc.getBody();
body.replaceText("{{FirstName}}", firstName);
body.replaceText("{{LastName}}", lastName);
body.replaceText("{{Title}}", title);
var currentDate = new Date();
doc.saveAndClose();
}
Based on what you've provided, one small change is needed. Instead of
var title = e.values[3];
Just add in a replace to remove all nonprintable text like so
var title = e.values[3].replace(/[^\x20-\x7E]/g, '');
Below is the full code with the edit. Good luck!
function autoFillGoogleDocFromForm(e) {
var timestamp = e.values[0];
var firstName = e.values[1];
var lastName = e.values[2];
var title = e.values[3].replace(/[^\x20-\x7E]/g, '');
var templateFile = DriveApp.getFileById("17HH3zii-MfT3vl7-JU9Xx8XNgWpPAcNG5244iJHnzo0");
var templateSubmittedFolder = DriveApp.getFolderById("1QNaCCyueyLvcuB7w8wkYvjt-OW75scPP");
var copy = templateFile.makeCopy(lastName + ',' + firstName, templateSubmittedFolder);
var doc = DocumentApp.openById(copy.getId());
var body = doc.getBody();
body.replaceText("{{FirstName}}", firstName);
body.replaceText("{{LastName}}", lastName);
body.replaceText("{{Title}}", title);
var currentDate = new Date();
doc.saveAndClose();
}