Pagination in ADB Form

When you select a table, the Pagination tab in the Object palette displays several pagination options. In the pagination tab, following options are to be available:

Place

Determines where the table/subform will be placed. Possible options are described as follows.

Following Previous

Lays down the table/subform after the previous object in the parent subform.

In Content Area > [name_of _content_area] 

Lays down the table/subform in the specified content area.

Top of Next Content Area 

Lays down the table at the top of the next content area.

Top of Content Area > [name_of _content_area] 

Lays down the table at the top of the specified content area.

On Page > [name_of _page] 

Lays down the table on the specified page (introduces a page break if one does not occur naturally).

Top of Next Page 

Lays down the table at the top of the next page (introduces a page break if one does not occur naturally).

Top of Page > [name_of _page] 

Lays down the table at the top of the page, whenever the specified page is rendered (introduces a page break if one does not occur naturally).

On Odd Page 

Places the subform on pages that are set to print on odd pages.

Top of Next Odd Page 

Places the subform at the top of the odd page whenever the specified page is rendered (introduces a page break if one does not occur naturally).

On Even Page 

Places the subform on pages that are set to print on even pages.

Top of Next Even Page 

Places the subform at the top of the even page whenever the specified page is rendered (introduces a page break if one does not occur naturally).

Keep With Previous

Keeps the table within the same content area as the previous table.

Keep With Next

Keeps the table within the same content area as the next table.

After

Determines which area to fill after the table is placed.

Continue Filling Parent 

Continues merging data for all objects remaining to be filled in the parent subform.

Go to Next Content Area Starts filling the next content area. For example, area1 of Page1

If this option is chosen, after the subform objects finished to be filled, it will go to next content area (next page)

Notice

if the body page/ subform height is more than the content area, you will get a blank page.

Solutions:

Bind each body page to an Master page

Go To Content Area > [name_of _content_area] Starts filling the specified content area.

Create each master page link to each content_area

Go To Next Page Starts filling the next page.

Go To Page > [name_of _page] Starts filling the specified page.

Go To Next Odd Page Starts filling the next odd page.

Go to Next Even Page Starts filling the next even page.

If dataset must be paginated

Overflow

Sets an overflow for a table that spans pages. See To set up a table to span multiple pages .

None Starts filling the next page (introduces a page break if one does not occur naturally).

Go To Content Area > [name_of _content_area] Starts filling the specified content area.

Go To Page > [name_of _page] Starts filling the specified page.

Overflow Leader/Trailer

Because the length of an interactive form containing subforms that are set to flow content can vary depending on the amount of data displayed in the form, the form often has more than one page. As a result, you may want certain subforms (sections) in the form to continue on subsequent pages.

Using overflow leader and overflow trailer subforms, you can designate different subforms to precede and follow repeating or expanding subforms that are likely to carry over to additional pages. Overflow leaders and trailers are special types of subforms that you can use in form designs that have a flowable layout. After you specify a subform as an overflow leader subform in the Binding tab of the Object palette, the subform appears at the top of each new page.

For example, you can use the heading row at the top of a table as an overflow leader subform. Placing the heading row at the top of a table ensures that it is repeated at the top of each new page, making the information in the table rows easier to read and follow from page to page.

Similarly, you can assign an overflow trailer subform to follow the last occurrence on a page of a repeating or expanding subform that could possibly span multiple page

Example

Subform Hierarchy

Letter subform

Header Subform (repeated for each page)

Table Subform