>hi all,
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>my client has a blank application form format in MS Word.
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>is there any way in vfp6.0 to open the said application form (word doc) and place data from the vfp table at specific positions in this document.
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>for example, at position 3.3 inches from the top i want to place the name and at position 3.8 inches the birth date, etc. there is also a table with columns of various widths and i want to place data into the specific slots too.
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>if there is some way to accomplish the above, please enlighten me.
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>with sincere thanks.

In addition to the others' advice - instead of filling out a "pre-existing" word doc - you could use VFP and a VFP "Word.Application" OLE "instance" to both construct the document and fill in the blanks. Do the whole document from inside VFP.