PDF Form Incorporation

I have an excel database with 5000 items in the data base. They need to be
entered into a special form that I downloaded as a PDF file. Is there a way
to incorporate this in access so I can go from the data base to the form?
Need to retain form structure as it is a state form.

I noticed that nobody answered. I think that you're going to have to think
through and clarify exactly what you are trying to do, including what you
ment by "form" and how that fits into what you are trying to do.

In Access, a Form is basically a "window" to data stored in table.

A "form" in a document sense (e.g. a pdf or word document) is typically a
document where some text is already there / permanent, and some text needs to
be filled in (e.g. "fill in the blanks")

Are you saying that you want to get the data from your spreadsheet into
5,000 copies of the form?

Fred








PS: "Excel Database" is a conflict of terms. There are Excel
Spreadsheets, and Access Databases.

A "form" in government terminology is some thing that has to be filled in.
In an exact format.

If you have a government "form" that you have received in .pdf format and
you need to "fill it in" using an Access database that derives it's data
from an Excel spreadsheet.......???

Not sure how you would do that. I don't know if Access data can be merged
into a .pdf document.

You could try making an Access report that mimics the content and layout of
the .pdf "form".

Mike

"Fred" wrote in message
...
I noticed that nobody answered. I think that you're going to have to
think
through and clarify exactly what you are trying to do, including what you
ment by "form" and how that fits into what you are trying to do.

In Access, a Form is basically a "window" to data stored in table.

A "form" in a document sense (e.g. a pdf or word document) is typically a
document where some text is already there / permanent, and some text needs
to
be filled in (e.g. "fill in the blanks")

Are you saying that you want to get the data from your spreadsheet into
5,000 copies of the form?

Fred








PS: "Excel Database" is a conflict of terms. There are Excel
Spreadsheets, and Access Databases.

Rich wrote:

I have an excel database with 5000 items in the data base. They need to be
entered into a special form that I downloaded as a PDF file. Is there a way
to incorporate this in access so I can go from the data base to the form?
Need to retain form structure as it is a state form.

Here's a utility which might do what you want.
http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/

Note that the ability to electronically fill in data into a PDF
form/file could easily cost you $$$. There might not be any free
solutions out there.

Tony
--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
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Hello Rich,

I have a method that I developed that might do what you want. I would need
to look at your Excel wprkbook and your PDF form to determine if it can be
done. I provide help with Access, Excel and Word applications for a small
fee. If you are interested, contact me.

Steve



"Rich" wrote in message
...
I have an excel database with 5000 items in the data base. They need to be
entered into a special form that I downloaded as a PDF file. Is there a
way
to incorporate this in access so I can go from the data base to the form?
Need to retain form structure as it is a state form.

"Steve" wrote in message
m...
Hello Rich,

I have a method that I developed that might do what you want. I would need
to look at your Excel wprkbook and your PDF form to determine if it can be
done. I provide help with Access, Excel and Word applications for a small
fee. If you are interested, contact me.

Steve



What is that, number eight now? You really are desperate.


These newsgroups are provided by Microsoft for FREE peer to peer support.
There are many highly qualified individuals who gladly help for free. Stevie
is not one of them, but he is the only one who just does not get the idea of
"FREE" support. He offers questionable results at unreasonable prices. If he
was any good, the "thousands" of people he claims to have helped would be
flooding him with work, but there appears to be a continuous drought and he
needs to constantly grovel for work.

A few gems gleaned from the Word New User newsgroup over the past Christmas
period and a few gems from the Access newsgroups to show Stevie's
"expertise".


Dec 17, 2008 7:47 pm

Word 2007 ..........
In older versions of Word you could highlght some text then go to Format -
Change Case and change the case of the hoghloghted text. Is this still
available in Word 2007? Where?
Thanks! Steve


Dec 22, 2008 8:22 pm

I am designing a series of paystubs for a client. I start in landscape and
draw a table then add columns and rows to setup labels and their
corresponding value. This all works fine. After a landscape version is
completed, I next need to design a portrait version. Rather than strating
from scratch, I'd like to be able to cut and paste from the landscape
version and design the portrait version.
Steve


Dec 24, 2008, 1:12 PM

How do you protect the document for filling in forms?
Steve


One of my favourites:
Dec 30, 2008 8:07 PM - a reply to stevie
(The original poster asked how to sort a list and stevie offered to create
the OP an Access database)

Steve wrote:
Yes, you are right but a database is the correct tool to use not a
spreadsheet.


Not at all. If it's just a simple list then a spreadsheet is perfectly
adequate...


Sept 10, 2009
(In respose to a perfectly adequate GENERIC solution stevie wrote)

This function is specific to the example but not generic for any amount paid
out.

Steve



Sept 9, 2009
"Steve" wrote in message
you can then return all the characters in front of it with the Left()
fumction. Would look like:
Left("YourString",Instr("YourString","VbCr" Or "VbLf") - 1)

Steve

No, it would not look like

Left("YourString",Instr("YourString","VbCr" Or "VbLf") - 1)

First of all, the constants are vbCr and vbLf: no quotes around them. With
the quotes, you're looking for the literal strings.

Second, you can't Or together character constants like that. Even if you
could, Or'ing them together in the InStr function like that makes no sense
at all.



Sept 22,2009
Sorry Steve, even I can see that this is a useless answer. I made it pretty
clear that "CW259" is just ONE possible value for the control.

"Steve" wrote:

Hello David,

Open your report in design view and select txtOrderID. Open properties and
go to the Data tab. Put the following expression in the Control Source
property:

=IIF([chkActive],"CW259","(CW259)")

Steve


John... Visio MVP

"Steve" wrote:

I provide help with Access, Excel and Word applications for a small
fee.

Ah, trolling for more business Steve. Go away.

Tony
--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/

"Steve" wrote in message
m...
Hello Rich,



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