---
title: "Subforms (Global and Local) - Lasernet 9 Form Editor Training"
slug: "subforms-global-and-local"
description: "To simplify your daily routines when creating documents and reports with the same repeating text, fragments, or other elements."
tags: ["Global Styles", "LocalDB", "Subforms"]
updated: 2026-03-06T07:59:14Z
published: 2026-03-06T07:59:14Z
canonical: "kb.lasernetgroup.com/subforms-global-and-local"
---

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# Subforms (Global and Local)

**Applies to:** Lasernet 9

To simplify your daily routines when creating documents and reports with the same repeating text, fragments, or other elements, you can use both global and local subforms designed for this purpose.

In this exercise, you can learn how to add and edit both local and global subforms to a new sheet.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> This article describes a software version that is no longer supported. Although the software will no longer receive updates or technical support, existing documentation, such as this article, will be retained for reference purposes but will no longer be updated. If you have any questions, contact [Lasernet Support](https://support.lasernetgroup.com/new-ticket).

## Exercise

Download and import the attached configuration called **36. Subforms (Global and Local) in Lasernet Developer 9**. Afterward, navigate to the **Forms** section and open the **Sample** form.

Once you are done, proceed through the following steps:

1. Add a new sheet. To this end, right-click the **Sheet 1** tab in the input, and then click **Add** on the context menu that appears.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/1628084205262(2).png)

1. As a result, the **Sheet Options** dialog opens. Click **Ok** to confirm adding a new sheet.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/1628084202312(1).png)

1. Insert local and global forms to the new sheet. To this end, on the **Developer** bar, click **Subforms**, and then click **Insert Global Subform…**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/4181630RSDOEAXDMYVZYGV0-image(1).png)

Once a cursor becomes a cross, click the output. As a result, the **Subforms** dialog appears.

1. When the **Subform** dialog is displayed, select the **Logo** subform on the left panel, and then click the **Ok** button.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/4181631LTVQVLZXSVMELXD0-image(2).png)

1. To insert a local subform, click **Subforms** on the **Developer** bar and then click **Insert Local Subform…**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/1628084202489.png)

Once a cursor becomes a cross, click the output. As a result, the **Subform** dialog appears.

1. When the **Subform** dialog is displayed, select the **Header** subform on the left panel, and then click the **Ok** button.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/4181632KEVEWGFUWDPDCOK0-image(2).png)

1. Change the position for the **Header** local subform. To this end, right-click the subform and then click **Position** on the context menu that appears. Specify the position values as shown in the following image.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/1628084202680(1).png)

1. On the **View** menu, select the **Object boxes** checkbox to view all the elements belonging to the subform.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/1628084202870(1).png)

As a result, you can see two subforms added to a new sheet.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> Pay your attention to a position of the static form that is fixed as you set it in the previous exercise.

## Attachments

- [36.-Subforms-Global-and-Local.lnconfigx](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/36.-Subforms-Global-and-Local.lnconfigx)