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April 15, 2009
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Need repeating field on every form page

  • April 15, 2009
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I have a form that is set to flow. The form has three main subforms. The first subform is CampusNameSubform. This contains one text field. The subform is set to Position/Allow Page Breaks, the rest of the tabs are the default settings. The second subform, "HeaderSubform", is the repeatable "area" that contains a drop down menu, two text fields and an expandable table. The third subform is an "Add New Goal" button that when clicked adds a new "area", ("HeaderSubform" with the expandable table). All of this works great.

(I have the Master page set up with the form's title and print button in what would be a document's header and the page number count in the document's footer. Both the header and footer objects are outside the Master Page content area.)

Problem: How do I get the CampusName field to appear on all new pages as they are created? As new pages are created via the expandable table or the "Add New Goal" button the campus name field only appears on page 1. I have tried several combinations between the design page and the master page but I cannot get the CampusName text field to appear with data on every page. FYI - The info in the field will not change. Each campus will have its own form. So what I really need is to enter the campus name one time and have the field repeat on every subsequent page as the pages are created via the expandable table or the Add New Goal button.

A picture of the heirarchy is attached.

I am grateful for any help you can send my way. TIA!

Jan

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11 replies

April 15, 2009

Ok.  I'm not 100% sure I get what you are saying, but I think I do.  You want the CampusName subform to appear at the top of every page, right?  If so, here's what I recommend...

On the first page, keep everything as is.  Allow CampusNameSubform to be the first subform on the page.  Select the HeaderSubform and AddGoalButton subform.  In the Object pallette, open the Pagination tab.  In the Overflow Leader dropdown, select CampusNameSubform.

What this will do is anytime either HeaderSubform or AddGoalButton is expanded or repeated onto another page, it will be preceded by a copy of CampusNameSubform.

Does this help?

Ryan D. Lunka

Cardinal Solutions Group

rlunka@cardinalsolutions.com