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Forms and Subforms

AlScott
Registered: Nov 2 2007
Posts: 123
Answered

Now I'm not sure if LiveCycle or Acrobat 8.x is the best way of going about this - but I'd welcome any ideas:

I've got a pile of forms here many of which have common sections. So in order to cut-down the number of forms here's the plan.
Create a MASTER - a section that's common to ALL forms.
Create each section that's unique to each form.

1) Now when a User opens the MASTER section, completes that.
2) From a drop-down menu selects the typer of form they want.
3) Then that section appears - User completes that.
4) You might have another section from that.............etc etc. If this makes sense.

So, you might have in one situation:
Office - PC - Hardware - Fail
or if it's a Software prob:
Office, Software, Windows, Reinstall

So when that form's complete it'll print out as ONE form containing the appropriate sections.
Any ideas??? Thanks, Al

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows
alnash
Registered: Apr 24 2008
Posts: 5
How many forms and how large are they?

If web-based is an option and the forms are long, I would consider that route using javascript to select sections and then convert to a pdf.

Otherwise, you could have a button that appears if a form field is enter and an action that brings up the remaining sections that is related. And each section file is then inserted again using a button . . . if I made any sense. . .
AlScott
Registered: Nov 2 2007
Posts: 123
Yup - thanks - I've gone for the latter of the two - ie the form sections 'moving-up' as required.
The 'powers-that-be' seem to be content with this layout as it does cut down on the number of form types floating around the system!
thanks again
Al