Hello,
We are currently in the process of converting all of our manual forms/documents into live interactive forms using LiveCycle designer however the question has been raised "How can we create components that are going to be the same across all documents and copied and pasted?" I suggested fragments however the debate is whether it would be best to use a 'template' that perhaps we've designed and use it for each form? I understand that Livecycle have inbuilt templates but we won't be using those and if we create a template it won't automatically update those sections that are used across a number of forms?
The real issue is that we've got suite's of forms so for each form or document we could have up to three version with varying elements even though they be it slight. The header/footer etc will be the same throughout every form it is just going to be the specific information that will need to change.
My initial thought would be to create a Master Page with the fragments on it that are going to be 'standard' across the board and have a fragment library of every other component that will need to be different, is that the best way? I am more than happy to take all suggestions as we need to get this right and have a lot of variables with our forms and documents so need to get it right in the beginning.
The only other thought I had would be to create an entire library of every fragment we will need and label accordingly and once a document is opened (to be created) the fragments can be used as needed and if the form is relatively similar to the next one you can save as and than apply the changes and the fragments will stay the same?
Can fragments be a scripted fragment i.e a table of calculations for tracking kilometres travelled (we reimburse them for these)?
Thank you in advance for any thoughts/suggestions/ideas.