Re: forms & pdf
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 06:56:33 GMT
Message-ID: <6tl331$4am$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>
If anyone else has found a way to display *INSIDE* a form please feel free to enlight us here!!
Andreas,
I haven't found a way to display a pdf file *inside* a form. You can store pdf files (or any other ole-type file) inside a table though and have it's icon displayed in the form (other filetypes can be viewed inside the form). In case of PDF an icon is displayed and by double-clicking, Acrobat Reader is started-up and the PDF is displayed.
Do it like this:
Build a new table with a long raw column. Build a new form based on that table
using the datablock wizard. Indicate that the long raw column-item is to be an
Ole-container. Lay out your form to size the ole-container. Run your form. Try
inserting a new record. The ole container appears empty, but right-click to
insert an object (file). Select Create from file. Save the data and try on
yourself.
Good Luck,
Sicco Otten
In article <905802007.501244_at_news.vbs.at>,
adoerler_at_acm.org (Andreas Doerler) wrote:
> In article <6tieu2$58h$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>, scotten_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:
> >> i there a solution for integrating
> >> pdf-files in a forms-application?
> >
> >Sure, but what exactly do you want to achieve? Want to generate a PDF of a
> >report or do you want to store PDF files in the database using forms? And...
> >what version of Forms are you using?
>
> i just want to display a pdf-file in a dedicated area of a forms 5.0
> application. how?
>
> <ad>
>
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