Hmmm ! I wonder whether I can do this with Revolution ?

Francis Nugent Dixon effendi at wanadoo.fr
Wed Apr 12 15:56:23 EDT 2006


Hi Ian,

> Import a sample form into the stack, and send it to the back.
> Put your fields in the right places.
> Set the fileName of the image to the path of the scanned form file,
> making sure that everything gets scanned in identically.
> Fill in fields.
> Export a snapshot of the stack window.
> You might want to add in a handler that sets the opaque and
> showBorder of the fields to false before exporting so that the text
> appears directly over the form, then set them to true again.

Thanks for the info, especially the last bit ! It allows me to
continue with confidence. The forms are destined to be
available in a Rev stack, so the screen resolution is not
a problem.

I will commence coding the minute I have finished my mail.

Best

-Francis

"Nothing should ever be done for the first time !'


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