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[SL] Cheque template help requested.

[Jeff R. <je...@jr...>]

Hi Everyone

I modified my latex file to print cheques in the new format required 
starting this spring in Canada. Everything seems to work as long as I am 
only paying one invoice. If I pay two or three invoices the extra lines 
printed in the top third of the page push the information down in the 
cheque body. If I pay one invoice everything lines up, if i pay two then 
the cheque body is down a line, by the time i try to pay three cheques 
all at once the cheque information is totally out of place.

I tried to find out how to correct this by reading my copy of "The not 
so short introduction to Latex" but couldn't figure it out. I think it 
may have to do with boxes?

Here is my cheque code:

/*\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage[letterpaper,top=2cm,bottom=-3cm,left=2.25cm,right=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\pagestyle{myheadings}
\thispagestyle{empty}

\fontfamily{cmss}\fontsize{12pt}{12pt}\selectfont

<%company%>

\vspace{0.5cm}

<%name%> \hfill <%datepaid%> \hfill <%source%>

\vspace{0.5cm}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lXrr@{}}
\textbf{Invoice \#} & \textbf{Invoice Date}
  & \textbf{Amount Due} & \textbf{Applied} \\
<%foreach invnumber%>
<%invnumber%> & <%invdate%> \dotfill
  & <%due%> & <%paid%> \\
<%end invnumber%>
\end{tabularx}

\vspace{1cm}

\text{Memo: } \
<%memo%>

\vspace*{3.5cm}

\hfill <%source%>

\vspace*{.75cm}

\hfill <%datepaid%>

\vspace*{1.75cm}

<%text_amount%> \dotfill <%decimal%>/100 \makebox[4cm]{\hfill}

% \hfill <%datepaid%> \makebox[2cm]{\hfill} <%amount%>

\hfill <%amount%>  \makebox[1cm]{\hfill}

% different date format for datepaid
% <%DD%><%MM%><%YYYY%>

%\vspace{0.25cm}

<%name%>

<%address1%>
<%address2%>

<%city%>
<%if state%>
\hspace{-0.1cm}, <%state%>
<%end state%>
<%zipcode%>

<%country%>

\vspace{0.25cm}

<%memo%>

\vfill

\end{document}
*/
Thanks in advance

Jeff Roberts

/*

*/

Re: [SL] Cheque template help requested.

[C. D. H. <Du...@Du...>]

Jeff Roberts wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> I modified my latex file to print cheques in the new format required 
> starting this spring in Canada. Everything seems to work as long as I am 
> only paying one invoice. If I pay two or three invoices the extra lines 
> printed in the top third of the page push the information down in the 
> cheque body. If I pay one invoice everything lines up, if i pay two then 
> the cheque body is down a line, by the time i try to pay three cheques 
> all at once the cheque information is totally out of place.
>
> I tried to find out how to correct this by reading my copy of "The not 
> so short introduction to Latex" but couldn't figure it out. I think it 
> may have to do with boxes?
>
> Here is my cheque code:
>
> /*\documentclass{scrartcl}
> \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
> \usepackage{tabularx}
> \usepackage[letterpaper,top=2cm,bottom=-3cm,left=2.25cm,right=2cm]{geometry}
> \usepackage{graphicx}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \pagestyle{myheadings}
> \thispagestyle{empty}
>
> \fontfamily{cmss}\fontsize{12pt}{12pt}\selectfont
>
> <%company%>
>
> \vspace{0.5cm}
>
> <%name%> \hfill <%datepaid%> \hfill <%source%>
>
> \vspace{0.5cm}
> \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lXrr@{}}
> \textbf{Invoice \#} & \textbf{Invoice Date}
>   & \textbf{Amount Due} & \textbf{Applied} \\
> <%foreach invnumber%>
> <%invnumber%> & <%invdate%> \dotfill
>   & <%due%> & <%paid%> \\
> <%end invnumber%>
> \end{tabularx}
>
> \vspace{1cm}
>
> \text{Memo: } \
> <%memo%>
>
> \vspace*{3.5cm}
>
> \hfill <%source%>
>
> \vspace*{.75cm}
>
> \hfill <%datepaid%>
>
> \vspace*{1.75cm}
>
> <%text_amount%> \dotfill <%decimal%>/100 \makebox[4cm]{\hfill}
>
> % \hfill <%datepaid%> \makebox[2cm]{\hfill} <%amount%>
>
> \hfill <%amount%>  \makebox[1cm]{\hfill}
>
> % different date format for datepaid
> % <%DD%><%MM%><%YYYY%>
>
> %\vspace{0.25cm}
>
> <%name%>
>
> <%address1%>
> <%address2%>
>
> <%city%>
> <%if state%>
> \hspace{-0.1cm}, <%state%>
> <%end state%>
> <%zipcode%>
>
> <%country%>
>
> \vspace{0.25cm}
>
> <%memo%>
>
> \vfill
>
> \end{document}
> */
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jeff Roberts
>   
Jeff - There's always a million ways to skin a cat, but we found the 
easiest way to handle this specific problem was with the Latex tabularx 
package.  We use 3 part checks, with the actual check in the middle.  
We're limited to 20 invoices / check, but other then that it works like 
a charm.  Drop me a line off list if you'd like to take a look at what 
we did.

Dunc

Re: [SL] Cheque template help requested.

[Jigme D. <jig...@gm...>]

> I think it
> may have to do with boxes?

I think it's due to using a fixed /vspace instead of flexible vglue.
I think what you want to do (and this may take some playing around) is
figure out how far *up* the page you want the bottom of your cheque,
and put a \vfill between the top of the cheque, and the bottom of the
summary, and then at the bottom put the \vspace that you want from the
bottom of your cheque.  Now I'm not sure that this gives the answer
that you are looking for.  It would depend on how you want to lay this
all out.  The way that you have it laid out you have the invoice
information at the top, then the cheque below that, and it appears
that it is just a little bit below  it.  So what you want to do if you
want to maintain the same format is to make sure that {tabularx} is
the same size, and I'm not familiar enough with LaTeX to know if that
is a text box, or if it's just a lexical boundary.  If it is a textbox
then you should be able to define the hsize and vsize of the box.  If
it's simply lexical (has no direct effect on how things are laid out
on the page), then you will have to find a way to put the cheque on
the page where you want (and that's crutial).  I would suggest trying
to place the cheque either on the top of the printed page of
"letterpaper".  That may be easily said, but much more difficult to
produce with the cheque paper that you are using.

Jigme Datse

Re: [SL] Cheque template help requested.

[Jeff R. <je...@jr...>]

Hi Jim

> figure out how far *up* the page you want the bottom of your cheque,
> and put a \vfill between the top of the cheque, and the bottom of the
> summary, and then at the bottom put the \vspace that you want from the
> bottom of your cheque. 
that may work, I'll give it a try tonight.

Thanks
Jeff


Jigme Datse wrote:
>> I think it
>> may have to do with boxes?
>>     
>
> I think it's due to using a fixed /vspace instead of flexible vglue.
> I think what you want to do (and this may take some playing around) is
> figure out how far *up* the page you want the bottom of your cheque,
> and put a \vfill between the top of the cheque, and the bottom of the
> summary, and then at the bottom put the \vspace that you want from the
> bottom of your cheque.  Now I'm not sure that this gives the answer
> that you are looking for.  It would depend on how you want to lay this
> all out.  The way that you have it laid out you have the invoice
> information at the top, then the cheque below that, and it appears
> that it is just a little bit below  it.  So what you want to do if you
> want to maintain the same format is to make sure that {tabularx} is
> the same size, and I'm not familiar enough with LaTeX to know if that
> is a text box, or if it's just a lexical boundary.  If it is a textbox
> then you should be able to define the hsize and vsize of the box.  If
> it's simply lexical (has no direct effect on how things are laid out
> on the page), then you will have to find a way to put the cheque on
> the page where you want (and that's crutial).  I would suggest trying
> to place the cheque either on the top of the printed page of
> "letterpaper".  That may be easily said, but much more difficult to
> produce with the cheque paper that you are using.
>
> Jigme Datse
>
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