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following style sheet add up to the styles found in previously read style sheets. When style sheets
have a conflicting rule for the same element, class or ID, the last style sheet ‘wins’ and overrides
the rule found in the previous style sheet.
Using a PDF file as background image
In the Print context, a PDF file can be used as a section's background. It is different from the
Media in that the section considers the PDF to be content, so the number of pages in the
section will be the same as the number of pages taken from the PDF file.
With this feature it is possible to create a Print template from an arbitrary PDF file or from a PDF
file provided by the DataMapper. Of course, the PDF file itself can't be edited in a Designer
template, but when it is used as a section's background, text and other elements, such as a
barcode, can be added to it.
To use a PDF file as background image:
1.
On the Resources pane, expand the Print context, right-click the print section and click
Background.
2.
Click the downward pointing arrow after Image and select either From Datamapper
input or From PDF resource.
From Datamapper input uses the active Data Mapping Configuration to retrieve the PDF
file that was used as input file, or another type of input file, converted to a PDF file. With
this option you don't need to make any other settings; click OK to close the dialog.
3.
For a PDF resource, you have to specify the path. Clicking the Select Image button
opens the Select Image dialog (see "Select Image dialog" on page803).
4.
Click Resources, Disk or Url, depending on where the image is located.
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Resources lists the images that are present in the Images folder on the Resources
pane.
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Disk lists image files that reside in a folder on a hard drive that is accessible from
your computer. Click the Browse button to select a folder (or an image in a folder).
As an alternative it is possible to enter the path manually. You can give a local path
(e.g. C:\Images\Test.jpg) or use the "file" protocol. The complete syntax of a fully
qualified URL with the "file" protocol is:file://<host>/<path>. Note: if the
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