Pagebreaks in adobe forms

[sachin_mathapati]

Hi,

I have a case at hand where a pdf is generated and is running fine, however there is a huge page break(empty space) in between the pages heading and content. All I that have is the pdf(with blank space in between) and the name of the form.

I have the sap form on which this customized form is based. How ever, all I could explore so far was comparing the properties of the Z form with sap one.

I try to preview the pdf (in display mode) but there are no contents visible(nothing! only some logo and 2 boxes). Isnt there any location where the test data is usually stored? or any way through which I can add the data manually, so that when I preview, I somehow tinker with the available options and get rid of the page breaks.

Please suggest

[sachin_mathapati]

Thanks

[OttoGold]

Hello, I wonder if you have successfully solved the problem. You you please share your experience/ solution with us?

Thank you, Otto

[sachin_mathapati]

Hi Otto,

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, the issue that I was facing was solved by the 'flow content' selection. However, there is another issue that I still have with my pdf. Some fields, displayed in my pre production system, are not being set even after saving, while the other fields are updated. All the fields are working fine on the development system, but not on the pre production.

This seems a typical transport error. But even after transporting the entire layout, the issue persists.

Please can you also help me onthis issue.

Thanks a lot for the previous reply!

[OttoGold]

i am sorry, but cannot tell without my hands on the system. I don´t remember any situation I was not able to save only a part of the values. Always the problem was clearly with the binding which can be debugged.

are not being set even after saving, while the other fields are updated

Can you please describe what exactly is the problem? It is WD or offline form? The same values work with one system and do not work with another? Maybe the ABAP programming was not transported?

I don´t understand if

- the problem is with passing data into the form,

- saving the form with values by the user

- or extracting the data out of the form

The more details you provide the better chance to get some help you have, but I guess you understand that:))

Regards Otto

[sachin_mathapati]

Let me come step wise, in every detail and explain what all I have already done.

In the layout tab(sfp transaction), I selected the field, which is now not getting updated (its neighbouring fields are properly updated when changed in the portal). Under the binding tab of the field, I have re-assigned the binding(text box below default binding), and got it transported to the next system(pre-production). However, this field still does not pick the changes done on the portal and display it in the pdf.

When I debugged the form, and manually entered the data, I could view the values that i had entered. But when i run it through the portal, it doesnt work.

The data for our form is saved from the portal in the wd backend and picked from there, so I debugged it backend to check if the data is available there. The data is present! Yet, l the value in the pdf doesnt appear.

i hope this answers the questions (though not directly). any similar situations?

Please help.

[OttoGold]

Well, well, there is a note about debugging Adobe for WD, something like 999998.

and of course there is the forms trace, which is turned on in SFP menu - very detailed trace is the right one - then create/ generate the form and at the bottom left there is the attachments icon where you will find the debug files.

Otto

[scott_stefanich]

An easy way to view formatting changes in the Preview PDF is to add a default value in the object's object pallette -> Value tab -> Default field.

Then, say you change a content area's height, you can switch over to the Preview PDF to see any formatting changes.

[OttoGold]

Hello,

I have a case at hand where a pdf is generated and is running fine, however there is a huge page break(empty space) in between the pages heading and content.

Check if the content subform has content type flowed (rearange the form elements one after one).

I try to preview the pdf (in display mode) but there are no contents visible(nothing! only some logo and 2 boxes). 

Maybe that is not a problem with the data. if nothing can be seen, ten you should check the scripting (in the form) if the scripts are hiding the form parts or in the context, check the alterantives if these are hiding it.

Isnt there any location where the test data is usually stored? 

You can generate the test data when you launch your LCD outside SAP (from program files), should be easy for you to find the menu item which can do that for you.

or any way through which I can add the data manually

Of course, you can launch the form from SFP using F8 and add your test data there (like FM testing).

Hope some of that helps, Otto