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kmoore007
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Hello,

I am trying to group my table output to have a GROUP and then the details underneath the group. I have seen some SDN solutions about using Control levels or nested tables. The problem with these is the control levels are part of the table details. I want the control levels (or groups) as a separate row and then the details below. Like this:

|Group One| |Group text|

col1

col2

col3

col4

col1

col2

col3

col4

col1

col2

col3

col4

col1

col2

col3

col4

|Group Two| |Group text|

col1

col2

col3

col4

col1

col2

col3

col4

col1

col2

col3

col4

col1

col2

col3

col4

But when I try nested tables or control levels I get this (it includes the group as part of the table):

Group One

Group text

col1

col2

col3

col4

Group One

Group text

col1

col2

col3

col4

Group One

Group text

col1

col2

col3

col4

Group One

Group text

col1

col2

col3

col4

Group Two

Group text

col1

col2

col3

col4

Group Two

Group text

col1

col2

col3

col4

Group Two

Group text

col1

col2

col3

col4

Group Two

Group text

col1

col2

col3

col4

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OttoGold
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Well... to speed this up, you can contact me directly if you want. Send me the form and we can discuss how to change it the way you need. Imho this should take us 5 minutes at most. Otto

kmoore007
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Otto, I sent you a SAPLINK nugget with my form and interface. Thanks for the help.

kmoore007
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Well, so far no luck. Anyone else with ideas how to make this work?

scott_stefanich
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Hi Kenneth,

I have been lucky enough to only require the nested table fields in adjacent columns as shown in the form sample snippet at:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/designerHelp/index.htm?content=000210.html

but I have previously accomplished this scenario. I believe the trick was to:

(1) Define the data structure as a table within a table

(2) Use a positioned subform inside the flowed subform in which the table is wrapped. The positioned subform allows you to move the nested table below the other fields.

It's been awhile so I'm looking through my notes and will provide an update if I find specifics.

--- Scott

kmoore007
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Hey Scott,

Thanks for the reply. When I pass a nested table structure from the context the Adobe Designer will not let me wrap the data row/body in a subform. When I right-click on the data row, wrap in subform is not an option.