Table overflow, only header row fits on page, avoid header

Hello together,
I encountered the following problem with adobe forms. The form consists of a table with a header row and (for sure) a data part. The table is encapsulated on a subform. If the table doesn't fit on one page, it breaks correctly to the next page (including header).
Because the table is not the onliest content of my page, it could happen that only the header row fits on the first page. So after the header, I get a page break. Is it possible to avoid the output of the table on first page, if only the header row will fit on it?
Currently it looks like this:
FIRST PAGE
bla bla bla bla
bla bla bla
HEADER
<-- page break -->
NEXT PAGE
HEADER
DATA

Hello Niels,
thanks for you help. I tried a lot with the "Keep with:" options the last couple of hours and now I double checked the flags.
I missed the flag "Keep with: NEXT" at table header level. Now it works as expected.
The table is part of a subform of type "flow". For the subform, I also checked the Keep with flag becasue the subform contains more than just the table.
Now, if only the header row fits on the first page, the whole subform starts at the next page. If the table needs much more space, it correctly breaks at the end of the next page.
Thank you very much

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        for (var i=this.cells.length-1; i>=0 ; i--)
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    // !! We can't trust Column::overflows !!
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        for (var i=this.cells.length-1 ; i>= 0 ; i--)
            if (this.cells[i].overflows) return(true);
        return(false);
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        return(this.width);
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            this.recompose();
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                // seems to internally recompose the cell!
                if (this.cells[i].contents == null) {}
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    // and inner space
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        var iCell = null;
        var w = 0;
        var r = 0;
        for (var i=this.cells.length-1 ; i>= 0 ; i--){
            iCell = this.cells[i];
            w = iCell.computeIncludedObjectsWidth() +
                iCell.leftInset + iCell.rightInset;
            if (w > r) r = w;
        return(r);
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    /*arr*/ Column.prototype.getCharsCount = function(){
        var r = new Array();
        var sgn = 0;
        for (var i=this.cells.length-1 ; i>= 0 ; i--){
            sgn = (this.cells[i].overflows) ? -1 : 1;
            r.unshift(sgn * this.cells[i].characters.length);
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        var r = new Array();
        for (var i=this.cells.length-1 ; i>= 0 ; i--)
            r.unshift(this.cells[i].lines.length);
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                r.unshift(this.cells[i].createLinesSizesArray());
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        if (APP_INT_VERSION>=4){
            $.gc();
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        if (this.isEmpty()) return;
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        var minWidth = this.computeMinWidth();
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        this.processFit(FLUIDFITTING, minWidth);
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    /*void*/ Object.prototype.processFit = function(/*bool*/ FLUIDFITTING, /*int*/ minWidth){
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                var charsCount = this.getCharsCount();
                var evalFlag = function(thisObj){return(thisObj.preserveCharsCount(charsCount));}
            else{
                var linesCount = this.getLinesCount();
                evalFlag = function(thisObj){return(thisObj.preserveLinesCount(linesCount));}
        else{ // STRICT FITTING
              // NB : overflowed columns are "intouchable"
            if ((this.constructor.name=="Column") && (this.isOverflowed()))
                return;
            var linesSizes = this.getLinesSizes();
            var evalFlag = function(thisObj){return(thisObj.preserveLinesSizes(linesSizes));}
        // DICHOTOMIC LOOP
        var sgnFLAG = -1;
        var w = ( this.getWidth() - minWidth ) / 2;
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    if ( app.documents.length > 0 ){
        if ( app.activeWindow.selection.length > 0 ){
            try{
                var thisDoc = app.activeDocument;
                var FLUIDFLAG = thisDoc.withinDelay();
                var memUnits = thisDoc.getUnits();
                thisDoc.setUnitsTo(MeasurementUnits.points);
                var selObjs = app.activeWindow.selection;
                var objsToFit = null;
                for (var i=selObjs.length-1 ; i>=0 ; i--){
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                    if (objsToFit){
                        for (var j=objsToFit.length-1 ; j>=0 ; j--)
                            objsToFit[j].manageFit(FLUIDFLAG);
                thisDoc.setUnitsTo(memUnits);
                thisDoc.storeTimeStamp();
            }catch(ex){
                thisDoc.setUnitsTo(memUnits);
                exitMessage(ex);
        else
            alert("No object selected!");
    else
        alert("No document opened!");

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I am unable to make the header row to repeat in subsequent pages for nested tables.
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Hi All,
I have selected the the check box Insert Header Row in Subsequent Pages then also the header is not getting flowed in subsequent pages only till 2nd page its getting flowed.
I have used table wizard to create table and i have made the table subform as flowed then also table header is not repeating in subsequent pages.
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Hi Gurus,,
I'm struck in a typical problem.
I have a Table with 2 header rows in a flowed subform.
when content flows to the next page, the table displays either the Ist header row or the second Header row depending on the checkbox selected for the individual header row.
The problem is how to get both the rows in the next page.
When I try to select both the header rows for display in initial as well as subsequent pages either of the one only remains on activation of the form.
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Now goto object Palette of Table in that select "Allow Page Breaks within content". now goto Binding in that select "Repeat Subform for each Data item, and dont select "min count", "max count" and "initial Count".
Now goto the object palette of the newly created Section inside a table. for this goto Pagination there select "Include Header Row in Initial Page" and also "Include Header Row in Sunsequent Pages". Now goto Binding Tab and there select "Repeat Subform for each Data item, select "min count" and enter 1 and dont select "max count" and "initial Count".
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Hello,
I'm at my wit's end and I have yet to see a response to questions related to repeating headers (though I've seen it in a few forums).
I have a flowed form with an initial header table and then 4 subforms, each made up of tables with a header group of two rows and then a user-modified number of data rows. Each of the subforms has it's own 2 line header, which includes a static "topic" row (with "add/delete row" button) and then a second header row with the column titles (9 columns across). As I said, these two header rows are grouped together.
Each of the 4 subforms can (and does) flow on to multiple pages once filled in by the users. At first, my issue was getting the two rows (grouped) that make up my header to repeat on subsequent pages for each subform. No go - apparently grouped header rows can't make up an overflow leader (I can only choose one of the two), and when I check the box to make the GROUP appear on subsequent pages under pagination, it will only appear on page 1 and 2 for that particular subform...so I've given up on that. Now I just want the second header row (with the column titles) to appear on every page that each subform overflows on to, but I can still only get it to appear TWICE. Anytime a subform moves onto a third page, requiring a third instance of the header, it doesn't work.
I came across one solution involving the "repeat header for each row", but that came with a host of new bugs, including a bug where every time I open, edit data in a particular subform and save the file, a NEW header group row is added to that subform (after 12 opens, there is literally 12 header rows at the top of each of my 4 subforms if I edit data in all 4)...though it solves the other issue and the header rows DO appear properly on subsequent pages beyond page 2!!!!
Any solutions? I've run into this on three separate occasions over the past year when building forms and every time, I've hit this wall, given up the search for a solution and sacrificed aesthetics and functionality in my forms that I shouldn't really have to.
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Here is a sample I did for you..
https://acrobat.com/#d=BSeyeLhbaeyqXfwX*wrwzA
The difference with this file, is I created a table and then in the top row I merged all cells. Then created a table with two rows inside this merged cell.
In the Header row properties I checked, repeat header in Subsequent pages.
Let me know if you have any issues..
Thanks
Srini

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I'm using InDesign CS5, and have a table that splits over two pages. There is one heading row, and I've set it to repeat on each page. But it doesn't repeat. The only thing a little unusual about this table is that some of the heading row cells are rotated and some are not rotated. Has anyone encountered this and found a solution?
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Works fine for me?
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I think similar questions have been asked before but I have not found an answer.
Here's the scenario:
I have several dynamic tables in a dynamic form. The layout is flowed, and everything can grow and shrink as needed. That all works.
However, my tables have headers. Occasionally when one of these tables is large and needs to break across multiple pages, there will be just enough room at the bottom of the previous page to show the next table header, but not enough space to show any of the related table rows. So it ends up looking silly, with just an orphaned header at the bottom of one page, and then the table continues on the next.
I have my tables set up so that headers get repeated on subsequent pages, by setting the header row to "repeat row for each data item" on the binding tab. I would like to keep that functionality, but I just want to find a way to avoid these "orphaned" table headers that sometimes appear.
I have tried the "keep with next" option. However, although this does push the rendering of the header to the next page, it seems that according to livecycle the table still officially began on the previous page. Therefore I get a duplicate header because of the "repeat row for each data item" option.
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