Using the form with a transparent background & a table with lots of rows & columns to place the fields approximately where I wanted them in writer worked for me. It was a bear putting the fields where I wanted them and the long names writer generates make it difficult to see and place fields where you want them if you have a lot of little boxes to "x". If I spend enough time with a really complicated form, it will do what I want.
I saw that the cutepdf guys sell a sdk / library that allows you to define fields on the pdf form, then send the field data to it and it populates the form and I presume there is some way to save / print it. Anyone know of an open source library to accomplish this ? On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Girvin R. Herr [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <ml-node+s969070n4062622...@n3.nabble.com> wrote: > > > Alex Thurgood wrote: > > > Le 21/06/2013 20:46, howellsilverman a écrit : > >> That is correct. These are forms that are available to me as pdf's > >> without > >> fillable fields. Even if the fields were fillable - I want to fill > them > >> from a database. I'm not the creator of these forms so I have to work > >> backward from what I receive. > > > > OK, then Girvin's advice about using Draw is probably the best thing, > > or else invest in a specific PDF converter software that will turn > > your PDF image form into an editable one. > > > > > > Alex > Maybe. Except for the OP's comment: "...I want to fill them from a > database. " That implies that the OP wants to do something like > mailmerge, where database record data fields are inserted into the Draw > text blocks. I am not sure Draw supports that. I suppose the Draw > image of the pdf form could be inserted into a Writer document as a > background (something like a watermark) and then mailmerge type fields > could be put on top of the Draw image with frames, but I have never done > that. > BTW: I have never used mailmerge, so this is all speculation on my > part. It is something I would try if I were having the OP's problem. > Girvin > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4062622&i=0> > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Database-field-on-top-of-PDF-document-tp4062419p4062622.html > To unsubscribe from Database field on top of PDF document, click > here<http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=4062419&code=aG93ZWxsc2lsdmVybWFuQGdtYWlsLmNvbXw0MDYyNDE5fDM0OTk3MzM2Mw==> > . > NAML<http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > -- Howell Silverman 516-495-9568 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Database-field-on-top-of-PDF-document-tp4062419p4062627.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
