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 <[email protected]>: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > multipart/alternative > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > text/html > > --- > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacuu1str7nvt20mk670-j6di2gsgtmzwe5frvmxbgrf0smk...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
