Creating Pages 

Use

Each mail form consists of one or more pages.

·        First Page: The first page in the tree structure is the start page. The start page exists as soon as you create a form. Processing of the form starts with this page. On the pages of a mail form you determine the page layout and the order in which pages that are structured differently are to appear. The term "layout" refers to the page format (for example, DIN A4, Letter, DIN A5 landscape) and the position of the windows on a page.

·        Individual Page: The individual pages of a mail form are structured differently. For example the first page of a letter contains the address, which you do not however want displayed on the following page. Equally, you want to display the General Terms of Business on the last page. For each page, you must therefore specify which page is to follow, so that the page sequence is clear.

·        Page Break: The page break either is triggered automatically by the main window or you code it manually into the form logic.

 

Many forms contain only two pages that are differently structured: the first page, which calls the next page, and the next page, which calls itself. If the text does not entirely fit onto the second page, another document page is automatically displayed.

Procedure

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       1.      Open the context menu for an existing page node and choose Create ® Page.

       2.      Enter a unique name for the node and a description (for example, business terms).

       3.      Specify the format and mode of the page counter. The default setting is that the page itself is the next page.

       4.      On the Maintain Print Options screen maintain the print attributes (see F1 help).

       5.      Determine a background graphic for the entire page on the Background tab. For information on how to select the graphic see Inserting Graphics. If you do not determine an Output mode in the Output attributes box (in print preview only, on the printer as well), the system ignores the background graphic.

If you select an output mode, the user can still choose Background graphic in the print preview to display or suppress it.

Result

You are now ready to define the page contents. Each page can have its own individual layout. Whether or not the page is included in the printout depends on whether it is evaluated during form processing (a page can be omitted even if it is part of the tree structure).