Printing Tactical Console

[zarlor]

If I remember right the with a form-fillable PDF it's really just pointing to the field number and telling it you wanted this output to go there, so I think that part was easy for me (although I last looked at this more than a few years ago so I maybe misremembering) it was just having an easier way to figure out what I was pulling in from Hero Lab and how to send it. I did end up messing around with the non-xslt stuff (sheet_standard1.dat and sheet_standard2.dat files) to create a big thing I needed for my players, which was a sheet that had the complete text of things instead of just the summary text (you can find those in this thread if anyone is interested). I have a few players that pretty much love to make huge assumptions about things from summary text, so forcing them to actually read the real text about that Edge they are trying to completely game on you was something I desperately needed.

I think the last time I really messed with it was from in this thread. I had figured a few things out (which I have long since forgotten since I've never messed with it since then). Largely I guess I just would prefer some way to do thing graphically, like when messing with a word processor being able to visually move elements around on a page to where you wanted and setting static things for campaign logos or the like. I long since gave up messing with it, though.

[jfrazierjr]

Originally Posted by zarlor

If I remember right the with a form-fillable PDF it's really just pointing to the field number and telling it you wanted this output to go there, so I think that part was easy for me (although I last looked at this more than a few years ago so I maybe misremembering) it was just having an easier way to figure out what I was pulling in from Hero Lab and how to send it. I did end up messing around with the non-xslt stuff (sheet_standard1.dat and sheet_standard2.dat files) to create a big thing I needed for my players, which was a sheet that had the complete text of things instead of just the summary text (you can find those in this thread if anyone is interested). I have a few players that pretty much love to make huge assumptions about things from summary text, so forcing them to actually read the real text about that Edge they are trying to completely game on you was something I desperately needed.

I think the last time I really messed with it was from in this thread. I had figured a few things out (which I have long since forgotten since I've never messed with it since then). Largely I guess I just would prefer some way to do thing graphically, like when messing with a word processor being able to visually move elements around on a page to where you wanted and setting static things for campaign logos or the like. I long since gave up messing with it, though.

Thanks for the links, I absolutely want more verbose sheets.

As I said, I a large part of my job for the past 17 years(well... tangentially in the first 6 years in a support role) has been dealing with XML and xsl in various forms(as well as plenty of backing code), so if you want to start looking at this again, I can absolutely help you with the xst setup of getting data from a base XML. Send me a PM if you want to coordinate more or let's open a different thread or bounce back to one of your sheet threads to keep this more clear.