XFA Specification
963
Characteristics of layout objects (Continued)
Layout object
pageArea
Used as …
display surface, such as one side of a sheet of paper
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
container for
Positioned (all content), flowing (all
content except
contentArea
)
No
Assumed to be infinite
Not applicable; already infinite
No
Yes; controlled by
occur
property
area
,
contentArea
,
draw
,
exclGroup
,
field
,
subform
,
subformSet
pageSet
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
container for
rectangle
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
container for
collection of display surfaces
Not applicable
No
Assumed to be infinite
Not applicable; already infinite
No
No
pageArea
boilerplate geometric figure
Not a container
No
Inherited, except line thickness
All except line thickness; no limit
No
No
N/A