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I am having the hardest time trying to get this flowed form to work properly, and what I mean by that is that I have a form with 2 subforms > flowed top to bottom on each page.  the flowing of the subforms work, but none of the form is pushing the content below down further, whether its fields in the 2nd subform or fields outside the subforms, and I have tried a number of things but i am not sure where I am going wrong.  I have tried putting everything in a single subform on each page, but with trying to break up each of the 13 'objectives' that I have, the only way I knew how to do that is with adding top and bottom margins, which didn't work, especially on a page break.  Also, there were a few fields that i wanted to stay at the bottom of one of the pages, but then the fields would just expand over it, so that was not an option.  I tried to make the second subform positioned, which i read to try to do if you have multiple subforms on a single page.  I tried adding those stationary fields to its own subform, but that didnt work, and I just need some help please

 

Is there someone that can please help me out with my issue?

 

Here is the link to my form:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IhqYohf9osTJ8ZueAJBqjDH7H48WVp65/view?usp=sharing

 

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Best answer by MHWinter

As a general suggestion, I would highly recommend you watch some tutorials on LiveCycle/AEM Designer as there are lots of features that are tricky to figure by yourself and the Adobe documentation tends to be overwhelming considering both its extensive coverage, and its conciseness. They are still very helpful when you have a clue of what you are looking for. Here is the link to these (somewhat hard to find) documents I refer to all the time:

- Using Designer: https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/aem-forms/6-3/using-designer.pdf 

- Scripting Basics: https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/experience-manager/6-5/forms/pdf/scripting-basics.pdf

- Scripting Reference: https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/aem-forms/6-3/scripting-reference.pdf

- Designer Samples: https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/aem-forms/6-3/designer-samples.pdf

- Designer Quick Start Tutorials: https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/aem-forms/6-3/designer-quickstart.pdf 

I personally found the series of recordings by True Tech Troubleshooting super helpful (see https://www.truetechtroubleshooting.com/). See for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vENVQbQvMCM on How Making Your Form Flow.

 

regarding your form, I would recommend the following:

1. since you want the form to flow, the Page-level subform needs to be flowed. the fields in the top part of your form can be placed in a subform within that flowed Page. Make sure that the Page level and other flowed subform accept page break (unless you want a subform to sytematically remain as a block).

2. since you typically have a variable number of KPIs to be recorded in your form, you could set object1 subform as repeatable, with buttons to add or remove instances. (Note that the script for the calculation of the overal average would be affected by that change. You would then be able to remove page2 thru page7 from your form.

3. It looks like the end part of your form is appropriately set as positioned... unless you don't was to limit the size of the text fields and allow them to expand.

 

Good luck!

 

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MHWinter
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February 3, 2022

As a general suggestion, I would highly recommend you watch some tutorials on LiveCycle/AEM Designer as there are lots of features that are tricky to figure by yourself and the Adobe documentation tends to be overwhelming considering both its extensive coverage, and its conciseness. They are still very helpful when you have a clue of what you are looking for. Here is the link to these (somewhat hard to find) documents I refer to all the time:

- Using Designer: https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/aem-forms/6-3/using-designer.pdf 

- Scripting Basics: https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/experience-manager/6-5/forms/pdf/scripting-basics.pdf

- Scripting Reference: https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/aem-forms/6-3/scripting-reference.pdf

- Designer Samples: https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/aem-forms/6-3/designer-samples.pdf

- Designer Quick Start Tutorials: https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/aem-forms/6-3/designer-quickstart.pdf 

I personally found the series of recordings by True Tech Troubleshooting super helpful (see https://www.truetechtroubleshooting.com/). See for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vENVQbQvMCM on How Making Your Form Flow.

 

regarding your form, I would recommend the following:

1. since you want the form to flow, the Page-level subform needs to be flowed. the fields in the top part of your form can be placed in a subform within that flowed Page. Make sure that the Page level and other flowed subform accept page break (unless you want a subform to sytematically remain as a block).

2. since you typically have a variable number of KPIs to be recorded in your form, you could set object1 subform as repeatable, with buttons to add or remove instances. (Note that the script for the calculation of the overal average would be affected by that change. You would then be able to remove page2 thru page7 from your form.

3. It looks like the end part of your form is appropriately set as positioned... unless you don't was to limit the size of the text fields and allow them to expand.

 

Good luck!

 

    MHWinter
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    February 3, 2022

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