Difference between Master Page and Body Page (PDF Forms)

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

Is it so, that the only difference between Master Page and Body Page is that whatever fields we include on the Master Page will appear on the Body Page.

Please let me know if there are some more differences.

Regards,

Amit.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Amit.

Master Pages acts "like" a conteiner to your body pages, acting like a template to them. Any items defined in the Master Page (such as header and footer), will appear on all your other pages defined to use that MasterPage. You can have 1 or more master pages, defining which one will appear on an interval (ex.: you want a type of header on your first pages, and a resumed one after some pages... so you define 2 MasterPages, and set the interval that they will be displayed).

You define too in your MasterPage a contentArea to display the content of your body pages.

Regards,

Douglas Frankenberger

[Former Member]

Thanks to all.

[Former Member]

Hi Amit,

The master and body pages represent the canvas on which you build your form design.

Master Page

Every form design contains at least one master page that LiveCycle Designer creates automatically. Master pages are responsible for formatting body pages. They help to facilitate design consistency because they can provide a background and layout format for more than one of the body pages in a form design.

master pages define the orientation and dimensions of body pages. You can use master pages to define these aspects of a form design:

1.Page size and orientation

2.Headers and footers

3.Watermarks and company logos

Each master page is created with a default content area that covers the whole page. You can add text, images, and other boilerplate objects to a master page. These objects are displayed on all of the body pages that the master page is responsible for formatting.

Body pages

Body pages represent the pages of a form. Each body page derives its page size and orientation from a master page, and by default, each body page is associated with the default master page that LiveCycle Designer creates. Each body page is created with a default subform that covers the whole page.

If your form design contains more than one master page and body page, you can choose which master page to assign to a body page.

Hope this helps,

Thanks

Amita