Larry: Client says they're scans of engineering drawings. Yeah, seems to me like locating anything in a region (whether jpg or pdf) would be too small to be useless if it's an engineering document.
Karen > What's inside those PDF files? Is it a scanned image, or an actual set > of generated text? > > > If it's text, there are two other options you might consider: > > > 1. Convert to RTF (if possible) and store that. Use a DBRichEdit control > to display, this should work in a region. > > > 2. If the customer can tell you what he's looking for in the PDF, perhaps > you can actually have your application search _into_ the PDF and only > display the row or rows he's looking for without requiring visual inspection. > -- > Larry > >
