Table with more lines per data element

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

i have some questions with adobe forms.

I got a table with many positions like that:

POSNR	LINE1_1	LINE1_2	LINE2_1	LINE2_2	LINE3_1	LINE3_2
0001	POSNR1_LINE1_1	POSNR1_LINE1_2	POSNR1_LINE2_1	POSNR1_LINE1_2	POSNR1_LINE3_1	POSNR1_LINE3_2
0002	POSNR2_LINE1_1	POSNR2_LINE1_2	POSNR2_LINE2_1	POSNR2_LINE2_2	POSNR2_LINE3_1	POSNR2_LINE3_2

The result in the printing PDF should look like this:

POSNR	LINE1	LINE2
0001	POSNR1_LINE1_1	POSNR1_LINE1_2
	POSNR1_LINE2_1	POSNR1_LINE2_2
	POSNR1_LINE3_1	POSNR1_LINE3_2
0002	POSNR2_LINE1_1	POSNR2_LINE1_2
	POSNR2_LINE2_1	POSNR2_LINE2_2
	POSNR2_LINE3_1	POSNR2_LINE3_2

I have implemented following solution

• subform
  • table
    • header
    • grouping (repeat for every element)
      • line 1
        • LINE1_2 (Data binding)
        • LINE1_2 (Data binding)
      • line 2
        • LINE2_1 (Data binding)
        • LINE2_2 (Data binding)
      • line 3
        • LINE3_1 (Data binding)
        • LINE3_2 (Data binding)

My problems now are:

• how to get a pagebreak if not all 3 rows of a position fit on the same page
• how to achive a zebra look that always 3 rows have the same color and the next 3 a different one

Is there a better way to structure these elements?

Best regards,

Philip

[pavan_prabhu]

Hello Philip,

     As Naveen and Xiangli said, To get a page break uncheck the check box "Allow Page Breaks within Content" for data Row. It works.

[Former Member]

Hi Philip,

I assumed your table structure is same as shown in your first table

0001

POSNR1_LINE1_1

POSNR1_LINE1_2

POSNR1_LINE2_1

POSNR1_LINE1_2

Use subform as table method, and organize your each row as layout below:

POSNR	LINE1_1	LINE1_2
	LINE2_1	LINE2_2
	LINE3_1	LINE3_2

Create this subform namely as rowSubform to hold 7 fields of your record.

Uncheck Object palette > Subform tab > "Allow Page Breaks within Content" option for this subform.

Sample on how to create subform as table

http://saptechnical.com/Tutorials/AdobeForms/Table/Create.htm

To do alternative color on each POSNR, you might want to use code to assign alternative color in rowSubform initialize event.

Code to change color.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/designerHelp/index.htm?content=000833.html

Hope this helps.

regards,

Xiang Li

[navip]

Hi Philip,

To get a pagebreak unchek the check box "Allow Page Breaks within Content" for every Row.

-Naveen