[AccessD] FW: Transportable Document Approach needed

...same ...rptPrintLinesClassVer9 ...1 up Portrait
...did you actually try editing the text?
...I ask not to be a wise a*s, but because my first impression was that it 
was an image
...but then I clicked in the text and it was editable ...as virtually 
everything turned out to be.

William

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From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:55 PM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] FW: Transportable Document Approach needed

> Here's what did:
>
> Downloaded A2K2ReportUtilities.zip
> Extracted A2K2ReportUtilitiesver2.mdb and A2K2ReportSpecs.mde to a 
> directory
>
> Then in Office 2003:
> Opened A2K2ReportUtilitiesver2.mdb
> Set a reference in VBA, Tools-References to A2K2ReportSpecs.mde (It shows 
> as
> "ReportSpecs")
> Opened the form "ReportUtilties".
> Selected a report from the list
> Made sure "RTF for Microsoft Word - EMF images" was selected
> Clicked on "Export To File"
> The exported RTF file consists of several Pictures, one for each page and 
> nothing else.
>
> How are you generating an editable document?
>
>
> On 4 Mar 2009 at 22:01, William Hindman wrote:
>
>> Stu/Gustav/Rocky
>>
>> ...hey guys, I just dl'd Leban's ReportUtilities, converted it to A2k3 
>> w/o
>> errors, referenced the mde, and exported a sample report to a Word.rtf 
>> file
>> ...a fully editable one ...anyway, I couldn't find anything that I 
>> couldn't
>> edit just as I would in a regular rtf file ...he does use emfs to get the
>> graphics right but they CAN be replaced if need be, eh ...and the Word
>> report is pretty much exactly what the report was with some minor text 
>> size
>> differences that are readily correctable ...I'm not sure what you're
>> referencing except that he does have an option to output the entire thing 
>> as
>> an emf file for web presentation ...but the functionality to convert a
>> report to an editable word.rtf file certainly works as advertised.
>>
>
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