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FormTrap is capable of generating contracts using
either sub-forms to move between pages or using detail lines to move
between pages. Note that FormTrap was not designed to operate in this
way, but does a great job provided the bulk of the contents do not vary
by more than a few lines for each page. If you are inserting long
blocks of text from data then you may end up with “short” pages.
We supply better products, including Forms-on-Demand which is designed
to allow form design as well as "filling-in" on computer, saving
both the data and a PDF of the document. Form-on- Demand allows for
logic within the form and is specifically for manual computer data
entry,
whereas FormTrap is designed for automated operations.
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| Using Sub-Forms as Pages |
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These are the
recommendations for sub-forms as pages, with a limit of 9 pages (one
for each of the available sub-form letters, plus the Base Page).
Please look at example files by downloading the “Multi-page
Subforms.zip” file, unzip it and open documents and read along with
this, starting with Multi-page Subform.frm. Note that this used Records
Mode, but that the same thing is possible (a little more difficult)
using Print Line Extract.
- All data is carried in the Base Page
record - we've shown it on the form in red, but for most contacts you
will not want to have a Base Page for a contract. Typical data elements
are compnay names, abbreviations, person names and titles, addresses,
dates, products and amounts.
- Base Page with Copy Control as shown for
duplex contracts.
- Each sub-form fills one
page and (apart
from the first) has these attributes:
- Your Document Maximum Pages with this
approach is 9 pages. To see the results, please load the supplied .asc
file into your spooler, set the queue up like this and view the archive
to see results:
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| Using Detail Lines as Pages |
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The same
approach can be used with detail lines if
you require a document beyond 9 pages, giving a maximum of 35 pages (9
sub-forms plus 26 detail lines).
You would adopt the same approach, with this
as the detail:
In Records Mode, details and sub-forms can be mixed and appear in the
order of the file. Please Load and look at the second set of form and
data with the name "Multi-page Subforms and Details" for an example.
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