I want to create an editor that will allow users to ultimately create web forms.

I want to load an image of an existing paper form (.png / jpg / pdf ) and then draw objects over the image. The objects would be Checkboxes, text fields, etc... The kinds of things that you would see on a Adobe Acrobat PDF with fillable fields. The attributes would be position (x,y), text size, font, etc... The position of the field/objects is critical, as they have to fit over the existing paper form.

By creating objects in GIMP, they could be moved around to match the underlying image and take advantage of the existing tools - snap to grid, etc..

Finally, when all the objects are created, the user would generate the corresponding html file, including the input fields. Eg.

Why GIMP? The system I am writing this for is an Open Source EMR (Electronic Medical Records) system and I don't want to reinvent the wheel. We have hundreds of these forms and need to constantly update them.

All the other 'web form creation' tools like Orbeon are not completely Open Source..

If you want to see the types of forms we need to generate, see the following site:
https://worldoscar.org/?page_id=52

The probable first step would be to write something that would parse existing html forms (we have lots) and create the objects in GIMP...

Does this seem doable? If not, can you recommend another solution?

Thanks in advance...

Pat,
Thanks for the reply...

I _would_ be creating complete HTML pages, including the

fields...

I mentioned the 'input' field particularly because they would correspond to the fields objects created in GIMP.

There will be a place to enter or store the 'boilerplate' that we use. eq. The CSS for the fields, various javascript routines, Save/Print/Submit buttons, etc that we use...

The plugin should work both ways: It should be able to parse an existing html web-form and display it in GIMP.

Almost all the forms we create use positioning ( eg. position:absolute; left:428px; top:28px; width:280px; ) because we have to exactly match the existing paper forms...

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 2:58 PM Pat David wrote:

This is certainly a novel approach.

Personally, I would imagine that you'd realize a much greater benefit by making these forms native HTML pages. That is - re-building these forms as actual HTML content.

Maintenance should be significantly easier, use should be easier, and someone in the future will thank you for approaching things in a more robust and manageable way.

On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:30 PM Earl Wertheimer via gimp-developer-list wrote:

I want to create an editor that will allow users to ultimately create web forms.

I want to load an image of an existing paper form (.png / jpg / pdf ) and then draw objects over the image. The objects would be Checkboxes, text fields, etc... The kinds of things that you would see on a Adobe Acrobat PDF with fillable fields. The attributes would be position (x,y), text size, font, etc... The position of the field/objects is critical, as they have to fit over the existing paper form.

By creating objects in GIMP, they could be moved around to match the underlying image and take advantage of the existing tools - snap to grid, etc..

Finally, when all the objects are created, the user would generate the corresponding html file, including the input fields. Eg.

Why GIMP? The system I am writing this for is an Open Source EMR (Electronic Medical Records) system and I don't want to reinvent the wheel. We have hundreds of these forms and need to constantly update them.

All the other 'web form creation' tools like Orbeon are not completely Open Source..

If you want to see the types of forms we need to generate, see the following site:
https://worldoscar.org/?page_id=52

The probable first step would be to write something that would parse existing html forms (we have lots) and create the objects in GIMP...

Does this seem doable? If not, can you recommend another solution?

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