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Save to Laserfiche As Tif Form Width

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Updated September 12, 2014

asked on June 16, 2014

I have a Form that is set to the default 800 px size and when it saves to Laserfiche as a Tif (via the Save to Repository task) it saves it in a much larger width.

The picture on the left is the form when it is saved to Laserfiche and the right is when they are filling it out. As you can see, when it saved it to Laserfiche it expanded the red title bar beyond the 800 px and there was extra space that could have been used for the fields on the right hand side. What is the max form width I can use if I want the form to save to a standard letter size (8.5" x 11")?

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replied on September 12, 2014

In Forms 9.2, When the form's width is less than 1000 px, the form generated when save to repository will follow the form's width; when the width is bigger than 1000px, it will compress the form to 8 1/2.

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replied on June 18, 2014

Forms will always generate the pdf/tiff when save to repository with "Letter - 300 PPI" size. You can set the form width to 964 px if you want the form to look exact the same when submit and save to repository.

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replied on June 25, 2014 • Show version history

Thanks, this was exactly what I was looking for. I wonder why this wasn't set as the default size since Forms is designed to feed into Laserfiche and 8 1/2 is the most common size? Was there some reason that 800 was the magic number?

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replied on June 17, 2014

I have the reverse problem, when I create a form wider than 8 1/2 it compresses the image together.

Is there an option to apply the CSS to the TIFF image when it is created?

Or some area that we can enter information regarding how we would like the TIFF to be generated?

Seems like this might solve both our issues.

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replied on June 17, 2014 • Show version history

You should be able to use CSS media queries if you want to enforce specific CSS rules when the form is printed. In some cases, you may need to use !important to override the rules that Forms has in place for print media.

Here's an example. Basically just put the CSS rules that should apply when the form is printed within the @media print brackets.

@media print {
  .cf-formwrap {width:400px !important;} 
}

This page in the help is a good place to get started if you're new to CSS in Forms.

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replied on June 18, 2014

I have been trying to get the media print to function, and it keeps exporting as 8 / 11.

I am using your example like this:

@media print {
  .cf-formwrap {width:1024px !important;} 

#q2 label {width: 150px;}
#q2 .cf-size {width: 450px;}
#q2 .cf-field {width: 450px;}
#q3 label {width: 150px;}
#q3 .cf-size {width: 550px;}
#q3 .cf-field {width: 550px;}
#q2, #q3 {display: inline-block; width: 22%; vertical-align:top;}

}

Am I doing this right? Or did I misunderstand.

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replied on June 19, 2014

Is there a plan to allow the Save To Repository page size options to be changed?

And thank you, I will keep in mind when designing forms to match that size.

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replied on September 12, 2014

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