Flash Report layouts

[Guest]

I would like to take a pre-printed special form, scan this into a file, load
this file into a report format, then plug access data into specific field
areas in multiple areas of the form. Like using a flashed form overlay for
report layouts. Is there a way to do that with Access 2000 or Access 2003.
Send data to a predefined scanned and pre-loaded, saved report image?

Thanks in advance

 

[SA]

Robert:

If you have a jpg or gif file that results from your scan, you can load this
in the background image property of your report and then overlay Access
controls to place the data. A couple of caveats. 1.) If the software that
produced the form can output a jpg or gif, do it that way, scan images will
have lower quality. 2.) The background image property may distort the form
somewhat and you may find that its better to actually add an Image control
to the detail section of the report, size it and then load the image; set
the image control to use the stretch option so that your jpg will size as
you change the size of the control.