Providing navigation between pages

Adding page controls allows the user to move from page to page when viewing your form. Users are able to move to a specific page of the form, go forward to the next page or return to a previous page.

In order to insert page navigation buttons, your form must have more than one page.

You need to make the following decisions about paging in your form:

Do you want the user to be able to navigate both forward and backward? Consider whether the user will try to page through the form initially to look at its scope, try to clarify a confusing instruction, or need to fix an error. For example, if the user enters something on page three that invalidates something on page one, the user will need to return to page one to fix the error. If the user does not correct the error, the form cannot be submitted.
Do you want to hide pages from the user? You may want to reformat the user's input for storage or printing on hidden pages in the form.
Do you want to show different pages to different users, depending on what they enter into the form? You can program the form to decide where the user should go next, depending on what has been entered into the form. If you do this, make sure to consider backward navigation as well.
Do you want to direct the input focus to an item that is not the first item on a page? You can program a paging control to direct the input focus to particular items on new pages.

To insert a new page into your form:

In the Palette, click Page.
Click on the form to drop the new page.
The Properties window opens.
Click the Page tab. Click the Previous and/or Next check boxes to insert navigation buttons into the form.
Click OK to save changes and close the Properties window.
If you already have multiple pages in your form, you can add navigation buttons to a specific page:
In the Palette, click Page Navigation.
Click on the form to place the navigation button on the page.
The Properties window opens.
Set the required properties in the Properties window.
Click OK to save changes and close the Properties window.