I want to create an editor that will allow users to ultimately create web forms.
I want to load an image of an existing paper form (.png / jpg / pdf ) and then draw objects over the image. The objects would be Checkboxes, text fields, etc... The kinds of things that you would see on a Adobe Acrobat PDF with fillable fields. The attributes would be position (x,y), text size, font, etc... The position of the field/objects is critical, as they have to fit over the existing paper form. By creating objects in GIMP, they could be moved around to match the underlying image and take advantage of the existing tools - snap to grid, etc.. Finally, when all the objects are created, the user would generate the corresponding html file, including the input fields. Eg. <input name="Pat_Nam" id="Pat_Nam" type="text" class="noborder" style="position:absolute; left:428px; top:28px; width:280px; height:20px;" oscarDB=first_last_name > <input name="HIN_No" id="HIN_No" type="text" class="noborder" style="position:absolute; left:428px; top:60px; width:143px; height:20px;" oscarDB=hinc > Why GIMP? The system I am writing this for is an Open Source EMR (Electronic Medical Records) system and I don't want to reinvent the wheel. We have hundreds of these forms and need to constantly update them. All the other 'web form creation' tools like Orbeon are not completely Open Source.. If you want to see the types of forms we need to generate, see the following site: https://worldoscar.org/?page_id=52 The probable first step would be to write something that would parse existing html forms (we have lots) and create the objects in GIMP... Does this seem doable? If not, can you recommend another solution? Thanks in advance... _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
