*IF* the pdf files are simple enough, there are some substitutions that you can
“just make”.
A string literal can be replaced with a string of the same length. It could
also be replaced with a shorter string and space-padded for the extra space.
You want to put a string that is three
Bob S:
Thanks for replying to my post. It seems the situation is as I thought
although making a GUI with Livecode to activate an external library is
easier than using other tools to make a GUI for an external library.
When I started this conversation I assumed I would something like that.
That should have read preconfigured to read the FDF file (stupid spell correct!)
Bob S
On Nov 18, 2020, at 12:15 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
preconfigured to read the pdf file of course
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If you are talking about form data, there IS a way to configure a PDF so that
it reads a data file contains just form data and populates with the new data.
This works with Mac and Windows, and I assume with Linux, but the caveat is
that the PDF has to be configured to do this first.
The format
On Nov 18, 2020, at 10:34 AM, John McKenzie via use-livecode
mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
Comments people were making to William in the Design Question thread
have caused me to question some things and I am going to the list here
to get an answer.
Can Livecode edit existing
Comments people were making to William in the Design Question thread
have caused me to question some things and I am going to the list here
to get an answer.
Can Livecode edit existing PDF files? I would think this far beyond
its scope and just not the sort of thing it would be involved with.
