On Mi, 2015-09-23 at 09:23 -0400, Steve wrote: > Or perhaps there is a latex directive that can get a choiceitem > placed at a specific coordinate offset??
I have no idea what you want to do. There are ways, i.e. write out the metadata to an answer and use the \checkbox command to place a checkbox. You could probably even just change the text color to make it invisible if that is really what you want. Se: http://sdaps.org/FAQ#Is_it_possible_to_do_custom_layouts_in_LaTeX.3F Benjamin > On 9/23/2015 9:19 AM, Steve wrote: > > Got that; but how can I designate checkbox coordinate offsets at > > generation time? That must be getting output somewhere at the setup > > step, so that a recognize knows where to look for checks relative > > to the corner crossmarks... > > > > > > On 9/23/2015 9:16 AM, Benjamin Berg wrote: > > > On Mi, 2015-09-23 at 09:12 -0400, Steve wrote: > > > > Thanks for the answer on the rotation. > > > > > > > > So how can I adjust the box locations immediately after > > > > setup_tex to be > > > > at specific locations? > > > > (or how can I designate through a choiceitem directive the > > > > coordinate > > > > locations of checkboxes, without necessitating that the latex > > > > generate > > > > content that offsets the checkbox to the same location...) > > > It just does not work the like that. SDAPS is designed to only > > > handle > > > one specific layout, and there is no code in place to modify the > > > checkbox locations on the fly. > > > > > > Benjamin > > > > > > > On 9/23/2015 9:04 AM, Benjamin Berg wrote: > > > > > On Di, 2015-09-22 at 09:32 -0400, Steve wrote: > > > > > > I need to do it without those two small squares that > > > > > > "classic" > > > > > > mode > > > > > > prints at the top. The crossmark lines are OK. > > > > > > > > > > > > So is there a way to accept pages that are insured by an > > > > > > operator > > > > > > to > > > > > > be fed with a particular consistent rotational orientation > > > > > > and > > > > > > side? > > > > > > Evaluation of the corner crossmarks by sdaps can be used to > > > > > > insure > > > > > > that the boxes are in positional alignment on the page (by > > > > > > x and > > > > > > y...); but no barcodes and no small boxes in the corner. > > > > > If you really want to, you can. But you really need to make > > > > > sure > > > > > that > > > > > all pages are scanned correctly. There are no safeguards in > > > > > place > > > > > once > > > > > you disable the barcode reading. > > > > > > > > > > But if you want to, there is even a file that shows how it > > > > > can be > > > > > done. > > > > > The steps involved are: > > > > > 1. Switch to "custom" style. > > > > > 2. Preload script that implements your "custom" style. > > > > > > > > > > The first part is as simple as putting "style=custom" into > > > > > the > > > > > latex > > > > > document. The second step requires a wrapper script that is > > > > > run > > > > > instead > > > > > of the normal sdaps executable. It simply loads an > > > > > implementation > > > > > for > > > > > the required functions that will be used later and then runs > > > > > SDAPS > > > > > normally. > > > > > > > > > > There is an example "blank.py" in sdaps/sdaps/recognize.py > > > > > which > > > > > just > > > > > assume first page and correct rotation. > > > > > > > > > > Note that you may need to grab the git checkout, as the file > > > > > is not > > > > > in > > > > > the release tarball. > > > > > > > > > > > And separately: can I edit questionnaire.sdaps after > > > > > > project > > > > > > setup, > > > > > > to reflect possibly new box locations?? > > > > > Nope, it is only read once at setup time. I have some > > > > > (currently > > > > > still > > > > > private) example that reads a .csv file with checkbox > > > > > definitions > > > > > on > > > > > the fly, does a recognize step and outputs the data as XML. > > > > > It uses > > > > > a > > > > > custom style which assumes a QR code in the top left corner. > > > > > (The > > > > > form > > > > > would be created manually using another method.) > > > > > > > > > > If people are interested, please ping me, and I'll polish it > > > > > a bit > > > > > so > > > > > that it can be published. > > > > > > > > > > Benjamin > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/22/2015 8:15 AM, Terrence Kovacs wrote: > > > > > > > I am using sdaps w/o the barcode with this documentclass > > > > > > > line: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > \documentclass[english,pagemark,stamp,final,letterpaper,n > > > > > > > o_prin > > > > > > > t_su > > > > > > > rvey_id,style=classic]{sdaps} > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Corner marks are printed to orient the page. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Terrence Kovacs > > > > > > > Research Systems Engineer > > > > > > > Physics and Astronomy Department > > > > > > > Dartmouth College > > > > > > > Wilder 341, 603-646-9303 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Steve <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 5:39 PM > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [sdaps] Inspection of Page Number and > > > > > > > Orientation... > > > > > > > (#82) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is sort of related to my previous page orientation > > > > > > > question > > > > > > > (which is not working yet; but let me bring this question > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > fore...): > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In sdaps.cls, there is a comment: > > > > > > > % We unconditionally print this barcode; it is required > > > > > > > for the > > > > > > > recognition process... > > > > > > > And sure enough: if I comment out the bar code and > > > > > > > attempt a > > > > > > > scan, > > > > > > > checkmarks don't get recognized > > > > > > > (but note that I left the corner crossmarks from the > > > > > > > stamp > > > > > > > process > > > > > > > in place...) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My question is: if I feed all my documents to be oriented > > > > > > > in a > > > > > > > uniformly consistent way (and perhaps even pass a hint to > > > > > > > sdaps > > > > > > > as > > > > > > > to how they are oriented on the feeder?), can I get sdaps > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > recognize the checkmarks without the barcode? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > An interrelated question: I see in questionnaire.sdaps > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > coordinates for the checkboxes get defined during the > > > > > > > setup > > > > > > > process. > > > > > > > If I adjust the coordinates in this file, will a > > > > > > > subsequent > > > > > > > scan > > > > > > > read from those new locations??
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