| re: Drawing lines and boxes
You can set the form's background to your scanned image, but I've had a
terrible time trying to place things correctly relative to the lines on the
image.
I've had much better luck adding an image control to display the scanned
image, then "sending it to back".
Remember, too, that scanned images are often quite large, and Access will
multiply the size of the bitmap several times, so if you do this much,
you're likely to find yourself with an enormous database.
HTH
- Turtle
"Salad" <oil@vinegar.com> wrote in message
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> taccea wrote:[color=green]
> > this sounds like a better idea, how do I put it in after I have my[/color][/color]
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> > image?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Taccea
> > "Salad" <oil@vinegar.com> wrote in message
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> >>taccea wrote:
> >>
> >>>I have data for an insurance (HCFA) i'm printing.
> >>>I need to draw the undelying lines on the entire page, then overlay the[/color]
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> > data
> >[color=darkred]
> >>>on it.
> >>>How do I do this?
> >>>
> >>>Any suggestions appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>Taccea
> >>>
> >>
> >>Scan it in and use as the form/reports background
> >>[/color][/color]
>
> This should give you some pointers. Click Forms/New/FormWizard. Select
> the table, add a couple of fields, and layout. You are then asked for
> the Style...select clouds or International. Finish it up. Open up the
> form to modify the design. Open the property sheet for the form and
> click the Format tab. Scroll down. You'll see the picture options; the
> file, whether to clip or strecth, embed, etc. You can change the file
> to your graphic template file. You would then overlay the entry
> sections with your fields in the table.
>
> The same properties are in Reports. So the image would be the
> background and overlay the output areas with your recordsource fields.
>
> I saw an article on this shortly after MS Access 2.0 came out. If
> people are used to these forms, then the input/output are what they come
> to expect.
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