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Entering Text on Richedit

I have a SCANNED INVOICE COPY, all i want to do is making it computerized. i want to input information from the invoice using the computer, ON PRINTING, i will use the invoice paper and print my inputted text.the problem is that i want to align my inputed text to where it should belong in the invoice paper. how could i do that.

anybody here knows about a transparent TRichedit/TMemo so that i can put my SCANNED INVOICE AT THE BACK and just align the text accordingly.

and

anybody here knows how to align my text pixel by pixel (for any font size or type) in the richedit/memo. so that i can just put x and y values to allocate the text to where i want to place.

like:

procedure PutTheText(xAxis,yAxis,New_Text);

anybody can finish this procedure?

ryan_sabarre

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anybody can help me please

ryan_sabarre

ASKER

by the way can you make the richedit/memo margins to 0 so that i can print freely without any margin

zebada

To do pixel alignment I would not use a richedit, instead do something like this:

if ( printerDialog.Execute ) then try
Printer.BeginDoc;
...
In here simply :
1. Set the font using:
Printer.Canvas.Font.....

2. Write to the Printer's Canvas using
Printer.Canvas.TextOut(x,y,"your text here");
...
Printer.EndDoc;
except on
e:Exception do
begin
Printer.Abort;
ShowMessage(e.Message);
end;
end;

You can also print lines, graphics and images as well - simply by rendering them onto the printer's canvas.

Regards
Paul

Tvigep

Indeed use the printers canvas, and to check what has to go where I would first use a regular canvas (like a forms canvas) so you can check what has to go where. If you load the scanned document as bitmap, you can then use Form.Canvas.TextOut to place your texts, and tweak it so that you have the pixel values exactly right.

But wouldn't it be easier to simply recreate the original invoice document, instead of using a scanned version? shouldn't be that difficult, I assume, unless it contains logo's you need.

HTH,
Stef

ryan_sabarre

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sorry folks i already found a component that does that one. Its an ALrep component, which i can easily drag and drop text to where i want to put in the paper.

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