^FORM causing blank page

We are using ^FORM in our datastream to change the form type mid-print. This causes a blank form to print followed by the form correctly populated. How can I prevent this?
Dave Hall

Talking about using ^FORM in the datastream seems to me an Output Server problem, not the designer software. You might get a better response on that forum (but, like me, I would think most people monitoring that forum also monitor this one).
Have you checked the Print Agent manual to see if there is something about your scenario that might provide an explanation?
I assume your datastream looks something like the following:
^form X.mdf
^field a
aaaaa
^field b
bbbb
^form Y.mdf
^field c
cccc
^field d
dddd
Is it form "X" or form "Y" that is printing blank?
As long as field "c" is on form "Y" then I would think it should work. If it is not, then that might be causing the blank form.
I'm not familiar with your problem because our datastreams are mostly like:
^global a
aaaaa
^global b
bbbb
^global c
cccc
^global d
dddd
^form X.mdf
^form Y.mdf
With this setup the fields can be used in any order on the forms and we definately don't experience what you are.
We do use the
b -afxon
parameter to "discard unknown fields". It is possible this might help you if you are not already using it.

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