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Create
fragments when you identify form content or a script that you intend
to use in multiple forms. Fragments allow you to quickly create
or change common elements that you want to share with multiple form
authors. A company logo is a good example of content that you use
in multiple forms. Changes to the logo are simplified because you
make a single change in one place, which is the fragment file.
A script fragment is also useful where a function defines a standard
way of formatting or doing some type of calculation.
Content reuse
You can use fragments to reuse content in multiple
form designs. When you must use some of the same content in multiple
forms, using a fragment is faster and simpler than copying or re-creating
the content. Using fragments also ensures that the frequently used
parts of a form design have consistent content and appearance in
all the referencing forms.
Global updates
You can use fragments to make global changes to
multiple forms only once, in one file. You can change the content,
script objects, data bindings, layout, or styles in a fragment,
and all XDP forms that reference the fragment reflect the changes.
To update a fragment in a PDF form, resave the form in Designer.
For
example, a common element across many forms can be an address block
that includes a drop-down list object for the country. If you update
the values for the drop-down list object, you must open many forms
to make the changes. If you include the address block in a fragment,
you open only one fragment file to make the changes.
Shared form creation
You can use fragments to share the creation
of forms among several resources. Form developers with expertise
in scripting or other advanced features of Designer can develop
and share fragments that take advantage of scripting and dynamic
properties. Form designers can use those fragments to lay out form designs
and to ensure that all parts of a form have a consistent appearance
and functionality across multiple forms designed by multiple people.
Security
If
you have Designer and Workbench, you can use the AEM forms repository
to limit access to a fragment and to store and share fragments.
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