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You are tasked with creating a collection of forms. From
experience, you know that the first form that you create normally
involves some trial and error before you get it just right. However,
after you create that first form, you begin to find areas where
you can create shortcuts to speed up and improve the process so that
the remaining forms you create go together much faster.
For example, you discover that the majority of the forms you
are creating include a delivery address part. Instead of creating
the delivery address subform in each new form, you copy the first
delivery address subform you created and paste it into a separate
XDP file. That way, you can easily copy the delivery address subform
and paste it into the other forms that you create. When you have
to change the delivery address part, either you make the change
in every form, or you make the change in the separate XDP file and
then replace the delivery address part in every form.
In Designer, these reusable parts are called
fragments
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and instead copying the part from a separate file each time you
need to use the part, you can insert a reference to the required
fragment and the fragment appears in the form. Then, when you update
a fragment, all forms that reference the fragment reflect the changes.
All fragments are included in the form when it is saved as a
PDF file.
About the sample forms
Designer includes a selection of complete sample forms.
Each one includes a form design, sample data, and/or schema, and
the final version of the form.
The sample forms that are installed in EN\Samples\Forms\Purchase
Order\Form Fragments\Forms, under the Designer installation folder,
illustrate simple and complex ways in which fragments may be used.
The ...\Form Fragments\Forms folder includes three form designs:
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Purchase Order Interactive.pdf
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Purchase Order Dynamic Interactive.pdf
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Purchase Order Dynamic.xdp
The fragments that are referenced in these sample form designs
are installed in EN\Samples\Forms\Purchase Order\Form Fragments\Fragments.
You will use the form designs, fragments, and sample data in
the Form Fragments folder for this tutorial. Therefore, it is recommended
that you make a backup copy of this folder before you begin.
Click to continue:
Opening the sample fragment in the Fragment Library palette
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