On Mi, 2015-09-23 at 09:12 -0400, Steve wrote: > Thanks for the answer on the rotation. > > So how can I adjust the box locations immediately after setup_tex to be > at specific locations? > (or how can I designate through a choiceitem directive the coordinate > locations of checkboxes, without necessitating that the latex generate > content that offsets the checkbox to the same location...)
It just does not work the like that. SDAPS is designed to only handle
one specific layout, and there is no code in place to modify the
checkbox locations on the fly.
Benjamin
> On 9/23/2015 9:04 AM, Benjamin Berg wrote:
> > On Di, 2015-09-22 at 09:32 -0400, Steve wrote:
> > > I need to do it without those two small squares that "classic"
> > > mode
> > > prints at the top. The crossmark lines are OK.
> > >
> > > So is there a way to accept pages that are insured by an operator
> > > to
> > > be fed with a particular consistent rotational orientation and
> > > side?
> > > Evaluation of the corner crossmarks by sdaps can be used to
> > > insure
> > > that the boxes are in positional alignment on the page (by x and
> > > y...); but no barcodes and no small boxes in the corner.
> > If you really want to, you can. But you really need to make sure
> > that
> > all pages are scanned correctly. There are no safeguards in place
> > once
> > you disable the barcode reading.
> >
> > But if you want to, there is even a file that shows how it can be
> > done.
> > The steps involved are:
> > 1. Switch to "custom" style.
> > 2. Preload script that implements your "custom" style.
> >
> > The first part is as simple as putting "style=custom" into the
> > latex
> > document. The second step requires a wrapper script that is run
> > instead
> > of the normal sdaps executable. It simply loads an implementation
> > for
> > the required functions that will be used later and then runs SDAPS
> > normally.
> >
> > There is an example "blank.py" in sdaps/sdaps/recognize.py which
> > just
> > assume first page and correct rotation.
> >
> > Note that you may need to grab the git checkout, as the file is not
> > in
> > the release tarball.
> >
> > > And separately: can I edit questionnaire.sdaps after project
> > > setup,
> > > to reflect possibly new box locations??
> > Nope, it is only read once at setup time. I have some (currently
> > still
> > private) example that reads a .csv file with checkbox definitions
> > on
> > the fly, does a recognize step and outputs the data as XML. It uses
> > a
> > custom style which assumes a QR code in the top left corner. (The
> > form
> > would be created manually using another method.)
> >
> > If people are interested, please ping me, and I'll polish it a bit
> > so
> > that it can be published.
> >
> > Benjamin
> >
> > > On 9/22/2015 8:15 AM, Terrence Kovacs wrote:
> > > > I am using sdaps w/o the barcode with this documentclass line:
> > > >
> > > > \documentclass[english,pagemark,stamp,final,letterpaper,no_prin
> > > > t_su
> > > > rvey_id,style=classic]{sdaps}
> > > >
> > > > Corner marks are printed to orient the page.
> > > >
> > > > Terrence Kovacs
> > > > Research Systems Engineer
> > > > Physics and Astronomy Department
> > > > Dartmouth College
> > > > Wilder 341, 603-646-9303
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > From: Steve <[email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 5:39 PM
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: Re: [sdaps] Inspection of Page Number and
> > > > Orientation...
> > > > (#82)
> > > >
> > > > This is sort of related to my previous page orientation
> > > > question
> > > > (which is not working yet; but let me bring this question to
> > > > the
> > > > fore...):
> > > >
> > > > In sdaps.cls, there is a comment:
> > > > % We unconditionally print this barcode; it is required for the
> > > > recognition process...
> > > > And sure enough: if I comment out the bar code and attempt a
> > > > scan,
> > > > checkmarks don't get recognized
> > > > (but note that I left the corner crossmarks from the stamp
> > > > process
> > > > in place...)
> > > >
> > > > My question is: if I feed all my documents to be oriented in a
> > > > uniformly consistent way (and perhaps even pass a hint to sdaps
> > > > as
> > > > to how they are oriented on the feeder?), can I get sdaps to
> > > > recognize the checkmarks without the barcode?
> > > >
> > > > An interrelated question: I see in questionnaire.sdaps that
> > > > coordinates for the checkboxes get defined during the setup
> > > > process.
> > > > If I adjust the coordinates in this file, will a subsequent
> > > > scan
> > > > read from those new locations??
>
>
>
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