I have to create a non interactive pdf form that has some data coming from the data base using EJBs. There i have a table followed by another table. I placed all these contents in a single body page. The problem that i face is : if the number of records in the first table increases the limit(which is the space alloted to it till the next element that comes on the page), the remaining content gets overwritten by the next element placed on the page. How can i dynamically shift the other contents on the page based on the number of records to be displayed
Well,In case,if our data extends more than 1 page, like in your case, you have a Table, but when the number of rows exceed the page size, then overwriting problem comes. In order to encounter such problems, we usually create Master Pages.
Goto Hierarchy Window and create the Master Pages. By default a Master Page-Page1 is already created. You can place your Table inside this Master Page. Also place the generic contents(that spans over all pages commanly) in the Master Page itself.
Now create your BODY PAGE, by default a Body Page-Page1 is already created. You can link this Body Page to the Master Page by...Goto Object tab of Body Page - Subform - Place - On Page - Master Page Name(select). this will automatically bring the contents of Master Page to this Body Page.
I hope this should help you out.
Please find more information about MASTER PAGE and BODY PAGE by referring to Adobe Help.
If i got ur case rite.. you need to display two tables which comes one after the other and these have to flow to pages depending upon the number of records in the respective tables with out over writing.
Solution for this is .. put the subforms wrapping the tables and also the body page subform to "Flowed Content" (top to bottom). provided u have kept the tables in the body page.
We have done the same thing . we have created subform that wrapps table. but we already have some other contents to be displayed on the page that fitting both the tables in the same page seems to be very difficult. We created another subform in the next page which wrapped the second table.
The records from the first table(and first page) if exceed the page size, the remaining ones are cut off and content following the table are also cut off.
We also tried creating the table in master page, but found that master page does not allow flow content for table.
We tried creating table in master page, but found out that master page does not allow flow content for table. As a result, we were not able to get this within the subforms
If the table always contains one page data , then you can prefer for master page.
pavan meda
Message was edited by: pavan meda
Masterpage works like consatnat window in SAP script and body page like main window.Master page you can use for the header and footers ( which is constant info for every page ).
You really should avoid using the Master page for any data, this should be seen as static layout only. As during client side use it is very hard to script against a specific instance of a master page.
I would suggest using a dynamic form, and set the main body page to flow content and then place in your specific subforms as position content.
If you have more than one row and the data source then you can set the subform to bind to the row with [*] at the end.
1.Wrap the static contents in position sub form and the dynamic ones (like tables) inthe flow content sub form.
2. Put the static objects which you need to display in all pages in the master page.
3. if there is any flow content sub form with in a subform, put the outer sub form also in the flow content, unless you are sure that the inner flow content sub form will not ve data that will exceed the height or width of the outer sub form.
4. check 'Allow page breaks' in flow content sub forms.
these are the general rules... it may vary for certain specific specifications
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