Yep, still alive and kickin'....
I'm working up a proof-of-concept thing to add to our report writing
engine, that being the ability to export our text based reports into a PDF.
I know how to do the FDF creation part of this (thanks again Ted) but I
seem to be coming up short in a couple of areas.
I am using LibreOffice to create my PDF template file, and not sure if the
problem lives in there or not. I add a textbox control to a document, save
as PDF, and later the FDF merge works just fine. BUT if the text starts
getting any longer than what fits into the textbox as I've laid it out in
the PDF, scroll bars appear and the textbox doesn't expand. I'm not saying
it *should* do so automatically, but I can't figure out how to do that or
even if it's possible.
Or, is there some other control available to LibreOffice I might try using
that lets me FDF merge in files of large size?
In a perfect world there wouldn't be any control visible to the user at
all, just the text of the report.
Some of our reports can be several thousand pages for Year-End stuff and
all that...
Installing any software such as CutePDF or other to help drive this isn't
an option at this time.
TIA,
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Yep, still alive and kickin'....
I'm working up a proof-of-concept thing to add to our report writing
engine, that being the ability to export our text based reports into a PDF.
I know how to do the FDF creation part of this (thanks again Ted) but I
seem to be coming up short in a couple of areas.
I am using LibreOffice to create my PDF template file, and not sure if the
problem lives in there or not. I add a textbox control to a document, save
as PDF, and later the FDF merge works just fine. BUT if the text starts
getting any longer than what fits into the textbox as I've laid it out in
the PDF, scroll bars appear and the textbox doesn't expand. I'm not saying
it *should* do so automatically, but I can't figure out how to do that or
even if it's possible.
Or, is there some other control available to LibreOffice I might try using
that lets me FDF merge in files of large size?
In a perfect world there wouldn't be any control visible to the user at
all, just the text of the report.
Some of our reports can be several thousand pages for Year-End stuff and
all that...
Installing any software such as CutePDF or other to help drive this isn't
an option at this time.
TIA,
--
Matt Jarvis
Eugene, Oregon USA
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If you're using VFP tables or cursors, FoxyPreviewer lets you export
seamlessly to PDF.
Laurie
On 4 January 2018 at 00:05, M Jarvis <brewdaddy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yep, still alive and kickin'....
>
> I'm working up a proof-of-concept thing to add to our report writing
> engine, that being the ability to export our text based reports into a PDF.
> I know how to do the FDF creation part of this (thanks again Ted) but I
> seem to be coming up short in a couple of areas.
>
> I am using LibreOffice to create my PDF template file, and not sure if the
> problem lives in there or not. I add a textbox control to a document, save
> as PDF, and later the FDF merge works just fine. BUT if the text starts
> getting any longer than what fits into the textbox as I've laid it out in
> the PDF, scroll bars appear and the textbox doesn't expand. I'm not saying
> it *should* do so automatically, but I can't figure out how to do that or
> even if it's possible.
>
> Or, is there some other control available to LibreOffice I might try using
> that lets me FDF merge in files of large size?
>
> In a perfect world there wouldn't be any control visible to the user at
> all, just the text of the report.
>
> Some of our reports can be several thousand pages for Year-End stuff and
> all that...
>
> Installing any software such as CutePDF or other to help drive this isn't
> an option at this time.
>
> TIA,
>
> --
> Matt Jarvis
> Eugene, Oregon USA
>
>
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Hi,
I would also go for FoxyPreviewer, would not be able to construct an app
without this class. You can export to virtualy anything: Word, Excel,PDF,
RTF and print a normal report, with not more than one (1) mouseclick.
Forget about anything else, the more FP is free and 100% VFP.
Regards,
Koen
2018-01-04 10:39 GMT+01:00 Laurie Alvey <trukker41@gmail.com>:
> If you're using VFP tables or cursors, FoxyPreviewer lets you export
> seamlessly to PDF.
>
> Laurie
>
> On 4 January 2018 at 00:05, M Jarvis <brewdaddy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yep, still alive and kickin'....
> >
> > I'm working up a proof-of-concept thing to add to our report writing
> > engine, that being the ability to export our text based reports into a
> PDF.
> > I know how to do the FDF creation part of this (thanks again Ted) but I
> > seem to be coming up short in a couple of areas.
> >
> > I am using LibreOffice to create my PDF template file, and not sure if
> the
> > problem lives in there or not. I add a textbox control to a document,
> save
> > as PDF, and later the FDF merge works just fine. BUT if the text starts
> > getting any longer than what fits into the textbox as I've laid it out in
> > the PDF, scroll bars appear and the textbox doesn't expand. I'm not
> saying
> > it *should* do so automatically, but I can't figure out how to do that or
> > even if it's possible.
> >
> > Or, is there some other control available to LibreOffice I might try
> using
> > that lets me FDF merge in files of large size?
> >
> > In a perfect world there wouldn't be any control visible to the user at
> > all, just the text of the report.
> >
> > Some of our reports can be several thousand pages for Year-End stuff and
> > all that...
> >
> > Installing any software such as CutePDF or other to help drive this isn't
> > an option at this time.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > --
> > Matt Jarvis
> > Eugene, Oregon USA
> >
> >
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On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 7:05 PM, M Jarvis <brewdaddy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm working up a proof-of-concept thing to add to our report writing
> engine, that being the ability to export our text based reports into a PDF.
> I know how to do the FDF creation part of this (thanks again Ted) but I
> seem to be coming up short in a couple of areas.
Glad to help.
>
> I am using LibreOffice to create my PDF template file, and not sure if the
> problem lives in there or not. I add a textbox control to a document, save
> as PDF, and later the FDF merge works just fine.
Are you using pdftk to do the PDF-FDF merge? If so, there are a couple
of commands starting with "dump" that can tell you a little bit more
about what pdftk is seeing in the document, perhaps a clue.
> BUT if the text starts
> getting any longer than what fits into the textbox as I've laid it out in
> the PDF, scroll bars appear and the textbox doesn't expand. I'm not saying
> it *should* do so automatically, but I can't figure out how to do that or
> even if it's possible.
>
> Or, is there some other control available to LibreOffice I might try using
> that lets me FDF merge in files of large size?
The student has exceeded the teacher :) My customers use CutePDFPro
for all of the PDFs they need to turn into data-fillable ones.
> In a perfect world there wouldn't be any control visible to the user at
> all, just the text of the report.
In LibreOffice, with the textbox control selected, you can right-mouse
click over an existing textbox, select "Control" and get a property
page where you tell it to be multi-line and turn off the scroll bars,
but I don't see an option to "rubber-band" the length
> Some of our reports can be several thousand pages for Year-End stuff and
> all that...
>
> Installing any software such as CutePDF or other to help drive this isn't
> an option at this time.
>
Don't you hate it when you're backed into a corner, but you can't use
the tool that would solve the problem?
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+1
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>
> Hi,
> I would also go for FoxyPreviewer, would not be able to construct an app
> without this class. You can export to virtualy anything: Word, Excel,PDF,
RTF
> and print a normal report, with not more than one (1) mouseclick.
> Forget about anything else, the more FP is free and 100% VFP.
> Regards,
> Koen
>
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At 15:37 2018-01-03, M Jarvis <brewdaddy@gmail.com> wrote:
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>Installing any software such as CutePDF or other to help drive this isn't
>an option at this time.
Why not? Do you have an arm tied behind your back, too?
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:02 AM, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote:
> At 15:37 2018-01-03, M Jarvis <brewdaddy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> Installing any software such as CutePDF or other to help drive this isn't
>> an option at this time.
>>
>
> Why not? Do you have an arm tied behind your back, too?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
>
>
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On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 3:10 AM, Ted Roche <tedroche@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Installing any software such as CutePDF or other to help drive this isn't
> > an option at this time.
> >
>
> Don't you hate it when you're backed into a corner, but you can't use
> the tool that would solve the problem?
>
Sorry for the delayed response... I appreciate the help from all...
I was doing some more research and came across a technique that supposedly
did what I wanted, but it requires $$$ for the tool(s) to do it and for
this proof-of-concept phase I doubt that the powers that be are going to
pony up. I guess I'll wait until they want it bad enough right? Of course,
by then it will be an 'emergency' to get it done... gosh just once it would
be nice to plan this stuff out in advance wouldn't it?
If someone wants to give it a shot, here are some links that describe the
technique/process:
https://blogs.uoregon.edu/developments/2010/12/29/pdf-making-text-fields-grow-to-accommodate-text/
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/450522
https://itstillworks.com/increase-pdf-form-character-limit-5814921.html
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