Smartforms: Layout Design Problem

Dear All
I have only one Smartforms page(First Page) having several windows and one Main Window at the bottom.
Main window has one node TABLE with header , Body and footer .
Now when this main window is getting more nos of records than its size then whole page is getting dispalyed as 2nd page and the output is dispersed also.
Where i m going wrong ? plz suggest and give some referrence .
Do i need to create SECOND Page and print that at page break(FIRST page) ?
Thanx
Moni
Message was edited by: md monirujjaman

Hi Moni,
There is a rule in Page Windows which states:
Same window name = same contents
If you change something in the Main Window, the changes will propagate to any page in which the window appears, regardless of whether that is "First" or "Next".
As resources for these questions, you will find excellent answers in a book called SAP Smart Forms by Werner Hertleif and Christoph Wachter. It can be found at
http://www.sap-press.com/product.cfm?account=&product=H955
Here is some help Table Processing from help.sap.com
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/9b/e3b0d9c2a711d3b558006094192fe3/frameset.htm
Footer
With table output, besides using the main area for output of table lines, you will frequently print a header and footer. If the footer is printed at the end of each page, the output control must consider the footer height when determining the position of the automatic page break. Therefore, you must specify a height for the footer output. If you don't, then the output control cannot reserve any space at the end of the main window and thus not print the inferior nodes of the footer before the page break.
In addition, if you really wanted some in-depth training about Smart Forms, SAP Education offers BC470, a Smart Forms course. Info can be found at sap.com/education under Project Team Training-> SAP NetWeaver-> SAP NetWeaver-Buisnes Programming->BC470:
https://websmp101.sap-ag.de/~form/ehandler?_APP=00200682500000001337&_EVENT=DISPLAY&COURSE=BC470&COLLECTION=32&LANGUAGE=EN
Cheers,
Marilyn

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