LiveCycle ES4 - XFA forms, expandable tables and columnar layout

Hi,
We are using LiveCycle ES4 and XFA forms to bind XML to the PDF. I am having trouble with a particular layout however:
I have two tables.
The number of rows expand depending on the XML data.
I want to print the tables side-by-side in a newspaper like columnar format.
If I add them using a flowed sub form and make the sub form just high enough they display side by side, which is how I want it. It all works well as long as there is no page break. However, when the left table expands onto a new page the start of right table is moved to next page as well, leaving a big empty space on the right on the previous page.
If I change the contents of the sub form to positioned instead of flowed then the tables seem to behave correctly, but then the header row does not repeat after each page break, and the check boxes to enable "Include header row in subsequent pages" on the header row is disabled. This only becomes available if I make the sub form flowed instead of positioned.
I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. Why can't I enable "Include header row in subsequent pages" on positioned tables? Can someone suggest an alternative method perhaps? Note that there are other non-columnar sub forms as well so I cannot use columnar master page content areas, unless I understand master pages wrong.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Jako

Hi Sara,
1) The first problem is because you did not set the Page content direction to "Flowed". Once the Page's Content property is set is flowed, your problem should be resolved.
2) You can always make a section visible or hidden by scripting. Use code :
               subform.presence = "visible";
                         or
               subform.presence = "hidden";
Thanks,
VJ

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... I've been researching on the web, and getting the feeling that the new XFA forms architecture is not being supported by third party suppliers in the same way as the old FDF architecture was. see http://www.appligent.com/docs/tech/Acroforms%20WhitePaper.pdf and http://www.jcentricity.com/jCentricityWhitePaper.pdf. I can't find a single reference on the web to any third party developer/toolkit products that support interaction (reading/writing data/merging/splitting etc.) with PDF XFA forms, while there are many vendors offering tools for working with FDF.
Why is this - is there some licensing issue preventing them from doing so ? Is the new PDF XFA standard "open" enough to allow developers (including maybe end user developers like myself if I have the time) to build solutions to manipulate XFA forms as an alternative to the LiveCycle product suites. (For example, could I build code myself that would pre-populate XFA forms programatically in the same way the LiveCycle Server does - without the need for any licenses... is the standard open & documented to make this possible - are there any toolkits or products from Adobe or elsewhere to help me do so) I'd like to understand this before recommending that we commit to a solution on the XFA platform.
I'd also like to understand the status of FDF technology in the Adobe roadmap (given that Adobe recommend XFA for new solutions) before considering that route either.
Any input on any of these points appreciated...
best regards,
Aidan

XFA is an open/published standard. You can download the specs for every version since 1.0 to the current 2.8 and implement them. there are various 3rd parties that have done so - but less than have implemented Acrobat forms. Why? You'd have to ask the 3rd parties...
AcroForms and FDF are both part of ISO 32000 - the newly minted completely open, non-Adobe-owned, version of PDF. So they aren't going anywhere.

ONE-to-MANY relationship between tables and forms in APEX

I recently started using APEX and I have run into an issue.
I have a ONE-TO-MANY relationship between two tables, A1 and A2, respectively.
A1:
A1_ID
Item
A2:
A2_ID
SubItem
A1_ID
I have 2 forms (lets call it F1 and F2) that I use to capture data for A1 and A2.
On F2, I have the following fields that are setup to capture data:
A2.A1_ID
**A1.Item (this is a drop down that is populated using a SELECT statement where the select uses A1.Item field)
A2.SubItem (user would enter SubItem)
Note: A2.A2_ID is populated using a SEQ
Everytime I pick **A1.Item on F2, is there a way to link to A1 table and display A1.A1_ID for every **A1.Item selected on F2?
If so, I want to store the value captured in F2 for the A1_ID field into A2 table to maintain my 1-to-MANY relationship.
If this will work, how do I go about implementing this solution?
Can someone help me?

I think it sounds like you are asking for a Master-Detail form. Try that and see what you get.
chris.

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