To display dynamic header text and footer text in Adobe page breaks

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To display dynamic header text and footer text in Adobe page breaks

Applies to:

Adobe Print forms designer version 8.0 in ECC6

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Summary

This tutorial explains step-by-step process to display dynamic header text and footer text in page breaks using referenced objects (Overflow header & Overflow trailer).

Author(s): Deepthi Mineni

Company: IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

Created on: 5th Sep 2012

Author Bio

Deepthi Mineni is a Senior Systems Engineer currently working with IBM India Pvt. Ltd. She is having hands on experience in Adobe Forms.

To display dynamic header text and footer text in Adobe page breaks

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Table of Contents

Creating Interface ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3

Create Form ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4

Process ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6

Related Content …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17

Copyright………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 18

To display dynamic header text and footer text in Adobe page breaks

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Creating Interface

Go to transaction SFP and create Adobe Interface ZADOBE_SALES_DETAILS_INT.

Click on create button give description.

Then press enter.

Go to types tab and create type for VBAP.

TYPES: BEGIN OF TY_VBAP,

VBELN TYPE VBELN_VA,

POSNR TYPE POSNR_VA,

ERDAT TYPE ERDAT,

ERNAM TYPE ERNAM,

MATNR TYPE MATNR,

PSTYV TYPE PSTYV,

KWMENG TYPE KWMENG,

END OF TY_VBAP.

In Code Initialization write the following code to populate sales order details

Save and activate Interface.

Create Form

Go to transaction code SFP and Create Form ZADOBE_SALES_DETAILS_FORM

Click on Create

Press Save.

Go to context tab and drag table from Interface to Context.

Process

Go to layout tab -> Drag table from data view palette to layout.

Add subform „Head‟ above to Data subform and drag text field enter text “Item Continued”

Place cursor in middle of text “Item Continued” and go to insert -> floating field

In hierarchy palette order of subforms should be Head->data->Textfield

Now drag subform „Head‟ from table IT_VBAP to referenced objects as below.

Now „Head‟ is dragged to „Referenced objects‟.

Go to palettes -> object -> binding tab for „Head‟ subform and bind IT_VBAP

For DATA subform in „Head‟ bind DATA[*]

For field POSNR in „Head‟ bind POSNR

Sameway create one more sub form „Footer‟ after DATA subform in table IT_VBAP and drag text field enter text “Order Continued”

Place cursor in middle of text after “Order” and go to insert -> floating field

In hierarchy palette order of subforms should be footer->data->Textfield.

Now drag subform Footer from table to referenced objects. After „Footer‟ drag, hierarchy order will be as below.

Go to palette ->object-> binding tab for „Footer‟ subform bind IT_VBAP

For DATA subform in „Footer‟ bind DATA[*]

For field VBELN in „Footer‟ bind VBELN

Change Design view properties to flow content and direction should be “Top to Bottom” for design view..

Change IT_VBAP subform content to “Flowed” Flow direction should be “Top to Bottom”. Same way change DATA subform in IT_VBAP content to “flowed” and direction to “Western Text”

For DATA subform in IT_VBAP, on Object palette pagination tab give overflow leader as “Head” and overflow trailer as “Footer” as below

Now activate and execute form.

Below is the output. Middle of order number 7 break occurred. So before page break it is showing “Order 7 Continued” (Footer text), in next page it is showing “Item 000010 Continued” (Head Text)

Sample page in output:

Sample page in output:

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