Re: Report Design tool to allow formatting print fields in an overlay

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is responsive to your needs, from another point of view.

Faced with a similar problem I created an Intranet and publish there the 
various documents as HTML documents.  In the end this proved a much 
nicer user experience with a negligible learning curve for users.  After 
the first couple of reports, it also turned out to be a much easier 
programming experience for me.

This isn't a direct response to your situation, but I mention it 
because, for me,  it did result in a paradigm shift and  more modern 
presentation of data.   As an introductory exercise and for my own 
education I did a little project on my web site.
http://martinvt.com/Ice_Cream_Project/ice_cream_project.html


On 12/9/2013 4:23 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
> Just a thought for grins, but I have a client with many overlays for
> different forms (Order confirmation, Invoice, Credit, Purchase Order ...)
> that will be sent as a PDF file via Fax or E-Mail or just print the PDF
> locally..
>
> Presently, I need to print the overlay and then attempt to align the
> various fields with the overlay.
>
> Is there a better mouse trap available?
> Ideally, a tool that would let me bring the overlay up in a GUI editor and
> then place the fields where needed, saving the result as a DDS PRTF.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff Young
> Sr. Programmer Analyst