Thank you guys I just scanned the empty form and embedded it in a VFP report
Then, by painstaking trial and error I managed to make the report textboxes coincide with the right place on the form. I printed it and it looks well enough The textboxes have to be set as "bring to front" and the scanned image have to cover the header, details and footer areas of the report. It also has to be a JPG image. The VFP control will not accept a PDF file, unless I am missing something very obvious Thanks again for your suggestions Rafael El vie., 14 sept. 2018 a las 14:15, Frank Cazabon (<[email protected]>) escribió: > Koen, > > it's not me asking for help, it's Rafael. I suggested PDFtk as I use it > in some systems. Dead simple to implement, maybe 30 minutes tops if you > program slowly. > > Frank. > > Frank Cazabon > > On 14/09/2018 12:57 PM, Koen Piller wrote: > > Frank, > > > > Ted is completely correct. > > Just use VFP: > > 1) scan your given PDF form and extract the different images from that > > file into separate .jpg files > > 2) create a dbf/cursor with all the fields you are required to fill in > the > > given PDF > > 3) search internet for the font used for that PDF > > 4) create a VFP Report, where you put the images you have colleted at > their > > place like on the given PDF > > 5) set all the captions as on the given PDF to the text as in the font as > > 6) set all the textboxes font as on the given PDF > > 7) save report, print and compare > > A job which can be done in less than 1 hour. (maybe 1st time a little > bit > > longer, however when you know how-to certainly < 1 hour) > > If you find problems with this approach, feel free to contact me. > > > > Koen > > > > > > > > > > Op vr 14 sep. 2018 om 17:10 schreef Frank Cazabon < > [email protected]>: > > > >> If you can get the PDF as a fillable PDF form you can then use PDFtk to > >> fill the form from VFP. > >> > >> Frank. > >> > >> Frank Cazabon > >> > >> On 14/09/2018 10:53 AM, Rafael Copquin wrote: > >>> Perhaps I was not very clear. > >>> > >>> I have scanned the empty receipt as a pdf image. > >>> I want to fill it with the applicable data and then print it on a laser > >>> printer > >>> > >>> I can't use the vfp report writer because it will not take a pdf file > as > >> an > >>> image. And if I use a jpg file instead, it will not allow me to make it > >> fit > >>> in the page with the right shape. > >>> > >>> Rafael > >>> > >>> > >>> El vie., 14 sept. 2018 a las 6:01, Alan Bourke (< > [email protected] > >>> ) > >>> escribió: > >>> > >>>> Maybe I'm missing something but would you not just design a normal VFP > >>>> report with the logo graphic and whatever boxes and lines are > required, > >>>> reproducing the pre-printed stationery, and print that to PDF via XFRX > >> or > >>>> whatever? > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Alan Bourke > >>>> alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > >>>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAHM-jJ344DS1yAWta8bdV8mLTcRUEUwBhrYp6Ra=c-b5tt2...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
