Entire page background for report possible?

[orangezero]

Apologies if this is too basic, I'm wondering if I could use a preprinted form and insert that into nubuilder in some way so that when I do a report, the customer's name, address, phone, etc is auto inserted into the "report" over the top of a pdf or jpg (or whatever format it needs to be). I've been hand typing each of these in our browser, and it is a pain.

Nubuilder is great for making my own reports and adding lines and such, but this one form needs to be a specific format I can't recreate.

Thanks,

[pmjd]

Can you screenshot the form, post here and describe the bit that’s causing a problem? Maybe there is another way to get it working for you.

[orangezero]

I should have mentioned I've never so much as tried to insert a small logo image on any of my test reports so far.

From the Wiki I see:
<Image - An Object that displays the path to an image file. This can be from 1 of 3 places. (And is checked for in this order.)
<1.Contained in a field within the the temporary table.
<2. The Code of an image stored within nuBuilder's Image table.
<3. A hard-code URL accessible by the browser.

It does appear I can have the image of my form saved in one of these three spots and then in the report designer I add fields over the top of that image. I just learned "Z index" defines which object is on top of the other objects. I see in the demo where I can create a new object in the report designer, and then select it as an image in object properties, and then I assume "something" needs to go in "source" to link it to one of those three locations listed in the wiki? Is that spelled out anywhere in the documentation on how to do that?

Am I on the right track? I appreciate you taking the time to help. Thanks

[kev1n]

Where is the image stored? In the database or file system?

[orangezero]

kev1n, I could put it either place but I'm not sure of the ramifications of each.

I looked in the demo and found the Files section that has the goldfish image and the nubuilder logo. I assume this is where I upload an image file to the database? I could upload my "backgroud image" that way, and then link it via the source in the report designer? I'm hoping to get a new install of the newest nubuilder version.

Is there a discussion of why specifically to use any of those three methods of image retrieval over the other methods? I'm not sure it matters to me but I shouldn't end up needing more than a handful of customized background images or logos.

At some point I may want to include things like images of customer's faces to use on a demographics page in nubuilder, which to me seems like a different project entirely (vs just a report background). If anyone has advice on how to do those safely/effectively I'm all ears. I know part of my brain is destroyed by listening to older "how to learn sql books" that may have had great advice for 2010 technology limits.

Thanks.

[kev1n]

I looked in the demo and found the Files section that has the goldfish image and the nubuilder logo. I assume this is where I upload an image file to the database? I could upload my "backgroud image" that way, and then link it via the source in the report designer? I'm hoping to get a new install of the newest nubuilder version.

Yes, that's a way to do it

Is there a discussion of why specifically to use any of those three methods of image retrieval over the other methods? I'm not sure it matters to me but I shouldn't end up needing more than a handful of customized background images or logos.

It depends on where the image is stored (db or url)