Paraplegic Racehorse schrieb: > I've been trying to generate a PDF form with a series of combo boxes > listing each of my taxicabs. In some cases, I will want nothing to > appear in the printed result. How do I create a blank entry in a combo > box? I've tried using a blank line (apparently ignored), 0% opaque text > (100% transparent - Scribus crash), and non-printing characters (tabs, > spaces, etc. - Scribus crash). In each case of a Scribus crash, it has > crashed when I tell Story Editor to update and close. > > I'm using 1.2RC1 on SuSE 9.1 > > Any suggestions? > > This would be much easier if I could set up a data-source (delimited > text file would be fine) because when it comes time to change the form > (by adding or subtracting vehicles, for instance), I will have to > manually edit each individual combo-box; a not terribly pleasant task. Can't confirm these crashes with current CVS. If you want to have an empty line in a PDF-Combobox just enter 2 spaces for that value.
If you want that an PDF-Field non printing go to the PDF-Annotation Properties Dialog and set the appearence in the first tab to "Non Printing" Best Regards, Franz Schmid
