Base the report on a temporary table and populate the table. Preview mode becomes a quick way to check your work. Also, print the report with the image on it and a ruler becomes a very handy tool!
Dennis McGrath Software Developer QMI Security Solutions 1661 Glenlake Ave Itasca IL 60143 630-980-8461 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Goldberg Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 1:31 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: pushing data from rbase into a pdf form I just started on it. Fun alignment stuff! Dan From: Dennis McGrath<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 11:23 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: pushing data from rbase into a pdf form Slick thinking outside the box (or inside depending on your point of view!) Dennis McGrath Software Developer QMI Security Solutions 1661 Glenlake Ave Itasca IL 60143 630-980-8461 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> On Behalf Of Dick Fey Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 12:35 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: pushing data from rbase into a pdf form We do all our taxforms by scanning in the form, saving it in an images table as varbit , then creating a report using the page style band, and the fields fill in the form. Pretty cool! Dick Fey On 8/1/2012 12:20 PM, Dan Goldberg wrote: We have a state pdf form in which we manually fill out data from rbase. Has anybody pushed data from rbase into pdf form fields? I think r:pdf form filler does this but since I have compiler I would have to buy the runtime($$$) for one user. So I am looking for an alternative. Dan Goldberg
