Enhanced Metafile In Report
An Enhanced MetaFile may be used to store any series
of Windows graphical commands. Many companies
use these files to store complex forms for fast printing.
In addition, many utilities exist to scan hardcopy forms
and to convert other commonly available file types, such
as Adobe's Portable Document Format(PDF), into EMF
format.
The @Emf command places an *.emf image into your
report at the position you specify.
SYNTAX: @Emf(filename, left, top, width, height)
Filename: This is either the name
or, alternately, the full path of the Windows Enhanced MetaFile
you want to use. If the name alone is specified, Collect! will attempt
to load the file from the Collect! application folder, that is the folder
where the Collect! program's *.exe file is found.
For example, the CV11.exe is in the bin folder, for
example, C:\CV11\bin, so your *.emf would be in the same
folder, that is, C:\CV11\bin\myform.emf.
If a full path is specified, Collect! will load from that path.
Left: The position of the left side of the image
in 1/100ths of an inch. The value is measured from the left side of
the page.
Top: The position of the top of the image
in 1/100ths of an inch. The value is measured from the top of
the page.
Width: The width of the image in 1/100ths of
an inch. If this value is -1 then the default
width is used.
Height: The height of the image in 1/100ths of
an inch. If this value is -1 then the default
width is used.
DC Printing Examples:
EMF files in Collect!'s application folder
When your enhanced metafile is in the same folder as the
Collect! program executable as described above, just put the
name of your *.emf file in the @Emf tag as shown below.
@Emf(myform.emf,0,0,850,1100)
EMF files in an EMF folder
You could define a path to your image in the EMF tag. For
instance, if you have multiple scanned forms, it might be
handy to have a folder for *.emf files in the Collect! application
root folder, for example, C:\CV11\bin\images\emf. Then when
you reference the form, you can do it like so.
@Emf(C:\CV11\bin\images\EMF\myform.emf,0,0,850,1100)
This way, if anyone else is looking for the forms or needs to
modify them, the chance of any critical files being deleted or
moved accidentally is greatly reduced. Remember that a path
may no longer be valid if the *.emf file gets moved. Then it would
not appear in your reports anymore.
Full Page EMF file
@Emf(mydataform.emf,-25,-20,850,1100)
This would display the file mydataform.emf
across the entire page, assuming standard letter sized paper.
Negative values are used for the top and left to compensate for
the Windows printer device default margins. Depending on how
your margins are set, you may need to make adjustments to
image positions if you are printing across the entire page.
See Also
- Report Sample to view sample reports and letters
- Report Topics Index for a list of all report and letter topics
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