*IF* the pdf files are simple enough, there are some substitutions that you can
“just make”.
A string literal can be replaced with a string of the same length. It could
also be replaced with a shorter string and space-padded for the extra space.
You want to put a string that is three character
Bob S:
Thanks for replying to my post. It seems the situation is as I thought
although making a GUI with Livecode to activate an external library is
easier than using other tools to make a GUI for an external library.
When I started this conversation I assumed I would something like that.
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That should have read preconfigured to read the FDF file (stupid spell correct!)
Bob S
On Nov 18, 2020, at 12:15 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
preconfigured to read the pdf file of course
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use-live
If you are talking about form data, there IS a way to configure a PDF so that
it reads a data file contains just form data and populates with the new data.
This works with Mac and Windows, and I assume with Linux, but the caveat is
that the PDF has to be configured to do this first.
The format
On Nov 18, 2020, at 10:34 AM, John McKenzie via use-livecode
mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
Comments people were making to William in the Design Question thread
have caused me to question some things and I am going to the list here
to get an answer.
Can Livecode edit existing P
Comments people were making to William in the Design Question thread
have caused me to question some things and I am going to the list here
to get an answer.
Can Livecode edit existing PDF files? I would think this far beyond
its scope and just not the sort of thing it would be involved with.