On 2017-03-08 14:51, Roger Eller via use-livecode wrote:
So... Why not convert the forms to high-res (300+ dpi) PNG or JPEG as
Mark
suggests as one of the many options, and overlay LiveCode fields to
create
an app for filling the form? Once filled in, merge the high-res image
with
the collected field data into a fresh new PDF generated via the Quartum
PDF
Library (using 100% LiveCode scripting).
http://users.telenet.be/quartam/pdf4rev/benefits.html
This sounds like a good balance. I should perhaps point out (after my
previous
slightly 'gloomy' post) that generating PDF files by hand for specific
cases
is not that hard as they are mostly text files (in their simplest form).
In Dr Hawkins case, it sounds like images + overlaid text is sufficient
and as
long as the text is ASCII then Quartam PDF's abilities should be more
than up
to the task.
[ The reason I mention ASCII text here is that one of the hardest parts
of
generating PDF (and PostScript, to be fair) is actually text rendering.
As
they are both display/print oriented output formats they require text to
be
fully processed into positioned glyphs taken from subsets of embedded
fonts.
If however you stick to ASCII, or the slightly larger standard Adobe
encodings
with the default PostScript fonts then most of the complexity falls
away. ]
The hard part about PDF support (at both sides) is generality - which is
what
you need if you have no control over what PDFs are coming in, or what
might
need to be printed to PDF.
Warmest Regards,
Mark.
--
Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
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