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Last post 10-19-2012 06:36 AM by ErnestoM. 1 replies.
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  • 10-18-2012 01:06 PM

    • mjw876
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    Page Breaks in Repeating Table - Printing Blank pages

    Currently my form is organized in a repeating section with multiple page breaks and between the page breaks there is a section. The user selects check boxes at the top of the form to make certain sections appear for printing purposes. The issue is that because of the page breaks when the user doesn't select one of the checkboxes, the blank page will still print even though the section it contains is hidden. How can I create my form so that sections stay on separate pages, but I can allow the user to print only the ones they need?

    THANKS!

  • 10-19-2012 06:36 AM In reply to

    Re: Page Breaks in Repeating Table - Printing Blank pages

    Hi-

    The problem is that those sections are controlled (hide/show) thru conditional formatting, but a page break is not a "control" that can be controlled in the same way. The Page break will be there regardless.

    It's kind of tedious, but the one solution I see is creating multiple views, so for example, if the user has checked sections 1, 2 and 3, show PrintView1, which has: Section1 - pagebreak - Section2 - pagebreak - section3

    Then if the user has checked section2 1 and 2, have a View2 which has: Section1 - pagebreak - Section2

    If the user has checked sections 1 and 3, have a View3, which has: Section1 - pagebreak - Section3.

    This gets more and more complex the more sections you have, due to the permutations, but if you only have 2 or 3 sections, it might be manageable.

    Sorry I couldn't think of something better!

    Ernesto Machado
    Qdabra® Software/ InfoPathDev.com
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