how to repeat table in adobe form's masterpage?

[lcs00]

Hi guys, I am currently developing a form with Livecycle and as Adobe Livecycle has been discontinued, most of the previous links to repeat table on master page have gone into oblivion.

My form has only 1 master page and on this master page i have placed a table outside of the content area. I would expect this same table to be repeated on every  page depending on the length of the content area but the problem is, there is no data shown from page 2 onwards. Someone mentioned the table data is consumed on the first page itself, so there is nothing left for page 2 onwards. In order to solve this, they suggested to use scripting to duplicate the table for every page. 

I have tried but failed to achieve it as my scripting is not that good. Could anyone here guide me on how to do that?

Thanks

LC

[PascalBremer]

Hi,
if you suspect the issue might be due to the merge mode being set to "consumeData" (by default), you could try changing it.
More information is published on the note here: https://me.sap.com/notes/3236812/E

Essentially this is how you can change the mergeMode:

1. Open the Adobe LiveCycle Designer
2. View->XML Source
3. Navigate to the root subform and change the mergeMode:
   <template xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.1" xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/3.3/">
   ...
   <subform name="data" layout="tb" locale="de_DE" restoreState="auto" mergeMode="matchTemplate"> 

[lcs00]

Hi Pascal,

I added the mergeMode="matchTemplate" to the root subform as per instruction, but everytime i change the view or activate the form, that attribute will go missing. 

Could you advise what i did wrong?

Thanks

Siew

[lcs00]

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[F1592]

Could you resolve the prolem, i have the same issue, i need to print a table in all page with the same data, the information is only showed in the first page

[lcs00]

@F1592

I have raised this with SAP last year and they suggested to follow the instructions in sap note 3236812. 

However the example that they showed me while discussing did not work with the live data that are generated in my SFP interface. The keyword mergeMode="matchTemplate" in SFP's XML layout tab will go missing every time i activate my form in SFP. 

I found a workaround by adding that keyword mergeMode="matchTemplate" in the .XDP file via notepad, go into SFP and don't click on the 'Layout' tab, then upload the .XDP file as layout and activate it. This workaround will not erase that keyword and i can repeat the table on every page. You may need to repeat this step every time you make changes and re-activate.

SAP mentioned that this is a bug with Adobe Livecycle and it is being tracked internally by Adobe with Jira ID LC-3922506. There has been no update since.

Sorry it has been a year so i am trying my best to reply based on the chat history. 

[F1592]

Thank for your response, but i did what you said but that doesnt repeat the table, i gonna upload a example of my issue:

page 1

page 2

Like the example i need to show the first table in all page, with the same data, and my main table printed like normal, flowed in each page(this work), the problem is the header table, that only show data in the first page, in the other pages only show the header of the table without data.

[Chuma]

Hello @lcs00 

Thanks for your question.

In Adobe LiveCycle (and SAP Adobe Forms), it’s not possible to place a repeating data-bound table on a master page — master pages are designed for static content only.

Recommended approach:

• Move the table into the content area of a flowed subform on the body page.

• Ensure the subform and table are set to allow repetition.

• If needed, use the master page for static table headers or layout framing, but keep all data-bound tables in the content area.

Using scripts to repeat tables across pages is technically possible, but not reliable or supported for production forms — and SAP does not recommend this.

Let me know if you'd like help restructuring your layout.

Adobe Forms Design Tips 

Best regards,
Chuma