Automatically filling forms

Automatically filling forms

[Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky]

Hello,

First of all, thanks to NTG for the proceedings book.

I have a rather specific question. In my workplace, there are many forms 
in Word format:

         TITLE OF THE FORM
A student ___________________________ (name, surname)
was employed at ________________ (place) _______ (date)
bla-bla
bla-bla

The fields represented here by underlines should be filled in. 
Typically, it should be done electronically for a number (say, a group) 
of students, and then printed out. Performing this task in Word was 
proven to be error-prone and tedious.

What is the best way to handle such forms in ConTeXt? Maybe, some 
generic examples are already available?

Obviously, data could be stored in simple relational database-like 
columns: Name, Place, Data. But what format to choose? XML, CVS, plain 
text?

Regards,
Vyatcheslav







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Re: Automatically filling forms

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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Am 22.02.10 16:58, schrieb Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky:
> Hello,
>
> First of all, thanks to NTG for the proceedings book.
>
> I have a rather specific question. In my workplace, there are many 
> forms in Word format:
>
>         TITLE OF THE FORM
> A student ___________________________ (name, surname)
> was employed at ________________ (place) _______ (date)
> bla-bla
> bla-bla
>
> The fields represented here by underlines should be filled in. 
> Typically, it should be done electronically for a number (say, a 
> group) of students, and then printed out. Performing this task in Word 
> was proven to be error-prone and tedious.
>
> What is the best way to handle such forms in ConTeXt? Maybe, some 
> generic examples are already available?
Look into the widgets manual: http://pragma-ade.com/show-man-22.htm

Wolfgang


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Re: Automatically filling forms

[Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky]

Wolfgang, editable pdf fields are also good idea, but this will be just 
another form or current workflow, and I want another thing.

I want to generate pdf with data already filled in, taken from a 
database. The form should be repeated as many times as there are rows in 
the database.

By database I mean xml or plain text or excel format (cvs), whatever 
easy editable.

What about it?

Vyatcheslav

>>
>>
>> I have a rather specific question. In my workplace, there are many 
>> forms in Word format:
>>
>>         TITLE OF THE FORM
>> A student ___________________________ (name, surname)
>> was employed at ________________ (place) _______ (date)
>> bla-bla
>> bla-bla
>>
>> The fields represented here by underlines should be filled in. 
>> Typically, it should be done electronically for a number (say, a 
>> group) of students, and then printed out. Performing this task in 
>> Word was proven to be error-prone and tedious.
>>
>> What is the best way to handle such forms in ConTeXt? Maybe, some 
>> generic examples are already available?
> Look into the widgets manual: http://pragma-ade.com/show-man-22.htm
>
> Wolfgang

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Re: Automatically filling forms

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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Am 22.02.10 21:46, schrieb Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky:
> Wolfgang, editable pdf fields are also good idea, but this will be 
> just another form or current workflow, and I want another thing.
>
> I want to generate pdf with data already filled in, taken from a 
> database. The form should be repeated as many times as there are rows 
> in the database.
>
> By database I mean xml or plain text or excel format (cvs), whatever 
> easy editable.
>
> What about it?
XML: http://pragma-ade.com/show-man-43.htm
plain text: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/m-database (read also the 
MyWay from Mojca -> page 3) <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/m-database>

Wolfgang


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