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    #1

    absolute layout component

    is it posible to incsert controls with the absolute layout container, but maintain the background format where the control is to pasted ?
    i cant find a transparent style

    image.bmp
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    #2
    Re: absolute layout component

    Yes... just style your control the way you want it. For this example maybe something like this...

    AlphaALC.PNG

    The Textbox control has these style settings...

    background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; letter-spacing: 9px;border:none;

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      #3
      Re: absolute layout component

      Hi David,

      There is not a option to choose "transparent", but I wrote the word "transparent" into the backgroud-color option and it worked.
      Since it is related to post , i am creating a PDF with the javascript wizard of this image and it only shows part of the image .I doubled the height and width on the javacript settings with no results.

      do I have to reduce the size of the image wich is the base for the absolute layout component so that it can fit the PDF to be created? or is there something else?
      thanks
      Carlos

      shows.png

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        #4
        Re: absolute layout component

        Zip and post a test component and I'll have a look. Just put your absolute layout container in it, add the background image... and just put 1 control on it. Include the actual image in the zip.

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          #5
          Re: absolute layout component

          David,
          I am a beginner with Alpha so I am not sure these are the files needed .
          I appreciate your help
          Carlos
          Attached Files

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            #6
            Re: absolute layout component

            Originally posted by cpampas View Post
            Hi David,

            There is not a option to choose "transparent", but I wrote the word "transparent" into the backgroud-color option and it worked.
            Since it is related to post , i am creating a PDF with the javascript wizard of this image and it only shows part of the image .I doubled the height and width on the javacript settings with no results.

            do I have to reduce the size of the image wich is the base for the absolute layout component so that it can fit the PDF to be created? or is there something else?
            thanks
            Carlos

            [ATTACH=CONFIG]38894[/ATTACH]
            I don't beleive Alpha has completed this feature ... I could be wrong. At one time the guy I work with spoke to Alpha about creating a PDF straight from an absolute container but some of the options were not finished and there wasn't enough demand, at the time, to finish the feature up. That's my recollection anyways from several months ago. It may have changed between now and then.
            Mike Brown - Contact Me
            Programmatic Technologies, LLC
            Programmatic-Technologies.com
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              #7
              Re: absolute layout component

              Carlos,

              Yup... files all good... thanks.

              I'm not sure how all this work, technically... but I think you're image background file needs to be a bit closer to your output size.

              Attached is your original bmp file, sized down to approx. 12 x 17 from it's original 17 x 24, and changed to a png file type. Your bmp file was 6Mb in size... you don't want to do that. PNG is a better option. I also trimmed off the excess space.

              This, of course, throws off your controls, but now the PDF output, set to 8.5 x 11 fits. It's a little tight, but you can adjust the png file.

              Try it and see if it might work for you.

              page0004.pngPDF (9).pdf

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                #8
                Re: absolute layout component

                David,
                Very kind of you to help me out with this. I ll make all the adjustments and I am sure it will work just fine
                Thanks
                Carlos

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