Forms bundle
This feature allows multiple forms to be opened, edited, saved and printed
as if they were a single form.
See Updating Custom
Templates for updating the custom templates included in the bundles.
Creating
bundles
- Open the first
form you want for your bundle.
- Select Forms:
Add Form. The Forms Explorer
will open, select the next form you want to add to your bundle.
- You can add saved form files by selecting
Forms: Add
Data.
- You can now Enter
Information on the Forms and format the forms.
- Click
Save. The bundle forms will all be saved
under a single name with an .xfd extension.
Opening
bundles
- File:
Open and choose the bundle
file.
- You will not be asked for any form references
as they will already have been set. To change them, select Tools:
Insert Form References.
- You can now Enter
Information on a Form and format the forms.
Switching
between forms
When you open a bundle, a new toolbar will open, Forms
in File, listing the forms available in the bundle.
To switch between forms, select the form from the toolbar.
Saving
bundles
Click Save.
This saves all data from all forms in a bundle, and the selected files
will be saved under a single name.
Printing
bundles
To print all the forms in a bundle select the Form
Group option in the Print
dialog.
To print a single form in a bundle, make sure the form you want to print
is open, and select the Current
Form option in the Print
dialog.
Deleting
a form from a bundle
- Open the bundle.
- Open the form you want to remove by selecting
it using the Forms in File
toolbar.
- Select Forms:
Remove Form and the form will
be removed.
Separating
a form from a bundle
- Open the bundle.
- Select File:
Save As. Save the bundle using
a different name. The copy will be automatically opened.
- Open the other forms that are not required
in turn, using the Forms in File
toolbar.
- For each one select Forms:
Remove Form until only the
form you want is left.
