Re: Form based report (Overlay)

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

<vendor>
 I have helped customers create forms from PDF files (that start out as
Word, Google Docs, etc).  Then they use something like our SPLTOOL product
to convert the *SCS spooled file to PDF and add that overlay.

A lot easier than using form products.

You can find examples here: https://www.bvstools.com/spltool
</vendor>

On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM Shane Reeves via RPG400-L <
rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> With regards to Form based reporting within RPG programs
> https://dl.ricohsoftware.com/downloads/aa9a248e-101c-4aa6-b109-1cf7403f3b4f
> Having to change an overlay for a report recently we discovered it is
> pretty obscure of how to get the driver to recreate/update the form.
> Is there a generally accepted updated way to create forms in RPG?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Shane Reeves
>
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