Pdf File Question?

[Guest]

Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible to save a PDF file in Access 2003?

I relatively new to Access. I do some work for a youth sports non-profit
organization. We're wondering if it would be possible to scan a signed
document (or a copy of a birth certificate) as an Adobe Pdf file and save it
as a field in a table that holds the kid's name, address, etc. information?
A Pdf file has obvious appeal in this situation (since a re-print looks just
like the original), but maybe someone knows another way to store 8.5x11
documents such as this? Thanks in advance.

John

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day John,

If you create a Field (in a Table) of type "OLE Object",
you can store most types of object - Word Doc, Excel
Spreadsheet, Bitmap etc. If you open the Northwind
sample database, and look at either the 'Employees' or
the 'Categories' Form you will see bitmaps that are stored
in the database.

Use 'Insert>Object' to copy the object into the Table.

It would probably be good to represent a PDF file as
an Icon, rather than the open Document itself.

Right-Click the Object to (open and) Print it (try this
with the Northwind Forms/Tables).
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Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia

Anne & Pat Garard.
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
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