Page protection in Smart Forms

Introduction

This article covers the usage of Page Protection which is very much useful in Smart forms. 

Here I have created 2 texts to describe the usage of Page Protection. I have also described that what will be the output of the displayed scenario if we don't check in the Page Protection Check box(i.e. if we don't use Page Protection Option).

Steps

Step 1: Go to T-code SMARTFORMS, give the smart form name you want to create and then click on create button. For reference do it as given below.

Step 2: Once you create your smart form, you can see the details of it in this screen.

Step 3: Open Node Pages and Windows Node, %PAGE1 New Page, MAIN Main Window and create 2 texts by right clicking on the MAIN Window as shown below.

Step 4: Go to Text Element of First Text (TEXT_PAGE1) and give below information or the information you want to print on the first page of smart form.

Step 5: Go to Text Element of Second Text (TEXT_PAGE2) and give below information or the information you want to print on the second page of smart form.

Step 6: Double click on the second text (TEXT_PAGE2) and go to tab Output Options. Here the Page Protection check box is not marked 

Step 7: Save, Check and Activate the smart form. Click on the Print Preview to see the output as shown below [ Note : Here First few  Second Page (TEXT_PAGE2)  text elements are coming in the First page as the Page Protection is not marked  and rest are coming the second page]

Second text contents appearing in the first page  

Step 8: Double click on the second text (TEXT_PAGE2) and go to tab Output Options. Here we have to make sure that the Page Protection check box is marked

Step 9: Save, Check and Activate the smart form. Click on the Print Preview to see the output as shown below [ Note : Here First Page (TEXT_PAGE1)  text elements are coming in the First page  and Second Page (TEXT_PAGE2)  text elements are coming in the Second page  as the Page Protection is marked.

 Summary

Page Protection is used to avoid displaying the broken contents of the page and allow it to display in the new page from the beginning after the previous page. E.g. I have two texts available and i want to display them in two different pages without any break in any of the page contents.  But here if we don't use Page Protection then first text will be displayed in first page and if some space is available in the first page then second text also will get started after the first text contents (few lines) in the first page itself, it will break the second text contents and the rest of the lines of the second text it will display in the second page. If we use Page Protection then First text contents will be displayed in the first page and without any break of the second text contents, it will be displayed in a new page i.e. in the second page.