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    From James Fortune@jamesfortune630@gmail.com to comp.databases.ms-access on Wed Dec 23 12:07:05 2020
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    Happy Holidays everyone!
    I'm using Access PDF functions I made to create a PDF file from a form in Access 2016. I have a "template" set of PDF commands in a table and use the form input to append the PDF commands required to display the data on the template. I decided to use a BMP of the blank form as a form background and then put Access controls above the relevant locations on the background image. That's something I've never tried before. It looks similar to the fill-in PDF forms that I use to fill in tax forms. The problem is that when I scroll down the form, the input controls move relative to the background image. I tried setting Continuous Forms and different Anchoring combinations, to no avail. Any suggestions?
    Thanks in advance,
    James A. Fortune
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  • From James Fortune@jamesfortune630@gmail.com to comp.databases.ms-access on Fri Jan 1 07:16:57 2021
    From Newsgroup: comp.databases.ms-access

    Happy New Year everyone!
    It turns out that the problem was solved simply by using an image control instead of using a background image for the form.
    James A. Fortune
    On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 3:07:10 PM UTC-5, James Fortune wrote:
    Happy Holidays everyone!

    I'm using Access PDF functions I made to create a PDF file from a form in Access 2016. I have a "template" set of PDF commands in a table and use the form input to append the PDF commands required to display the data on the template. I decided to use a BMP of the blank form as a form background and then put Access controls above the relevant locations on the background image. That's something I've never tried before. It looks similar to the fill-in PDF forms that I use to fill in tax forms. The problem is that when I scroll down the form, the input controls move relative to the background image. I tried setting Continuous Forms and different Anchoring combinations, to no avail. Any suggestions?

    Thanks in advance,

    James A. Fortune
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