Section Origin Force on Overflow
New section origin property to “Force on overflow” when using a relative top positioning
It has long been a standard pagination assumption that copy on overflow (COO) sections are placed on the overflow pages at the same position where these occurred on the original page. This assumption is largely based upon the assumption that COO sections tended to be header or footer sections and typically are expected to occupy the same place on each page. In addition, headers and footers often use an absolute origin rule to place on the page in a fixed position.
However, there are rare cases where you might have a COO section that is not a header or footer and expect it to “float” on the page relative to other sections. For instance, a form designer might expect a copied section to appear "higher" on the succeeding page than on the original page placement. The standard pagination assumption for COO placement on the succeeding pages does not support this behavior.
Beginning in version 12.7.2, a new option attribute named “Force on overflow” has been added to the origin Position properties for a section.
Due to the legacy behavior previously described, there may be customers with forms that define relative-positioned COO sections and are happy with the result. This new check box is required to enable the force reapplication of the origin when this section is copied on overflow.
The new "Force on Overflow" option will appear in the Position property section that controls the section origin behavior. This new option ONLY appears when the section is set as Copy on Overflow AND is using a relative "Top type" (vertical) positioning. If the current section properties do not meet these qualifications, the Force On Overflow option will not appear.
The option is validated during runtime operations as well. If the section does not meet the requirements during execution, then the behavior property is ignored.
Without this setting, copy on overflow section continue to be copied and placed on subsequent pages at the same position where these occurred on the original page.