Smartform Line printing

Hi All,
I'm displaying smartform PO which contains line items and subline item.
I'm using 3 line type 1. is header 2. for line item and 3. for subline item.
i've made line item 2's upper line as bold .
Here in output i'm getting line propoerly but when the line items are more n if it is going to second page
means at the end of the first page horizontal line is not coming..
how to trigger tat horizontal line when it reaches the end of the page.
Regards
Suprith

there's no way u can detect when the page break happens what u can do is adjust the main window height on a hit and trial basis so that entire line item goes to the next page and line is shown at end. the line is not showing as certain part of line item may be coming in first page and rest in second.
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Other terms
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%Charwidth values from HP4300 HELVE 060 normal
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Released on: 30.06.2006 12:44:06
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Secondary Components: BC-SRV-SCR SAPscript
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ET, LT, LV              COURIER, HELVE, TIMES
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