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Re: Setting table format on XML import

On import you want a table instance to be formatted according to a defined FrameMaker table format named table_col. The solution depends upon which element (table or tgroup) is defined in your EDD as the table element.

If element table is defined as the table element then you must modify your XML instance as follows:
<table tabstyle="table_col">

If element tgroup is defined as the table element then you must modify your XML instance as follows:
<tgroup cols="2" tgroupstyle="table_col">

Then, in your read/write rules file, you must be sure that the following rules exist:

attribute "tabstyle" is fm property table format;

attrigute "tgroupstyle" is fm property table format'

At 12:14 PM 6/9/04 +0200, Fredrik Nyman wrote:
Hi!

I'm new to the list as well as to structured FrameMaker.

I've got a bunch of text in XML format that I want to import into
FrameMaker, then apply formatting on it. I'm opening the XML file,
importing element definitions from the EDD (xdocbook) and have got most
of the things working the way I want it. I've successfully made
modifications to the EDD for certain containers.

But I've ran the head into the wall now regarding tables. I have a table
format defined in the document template. The format is known as
table_col.

I want FrameMaker to use that table format when importing a table such as
    <table>
         <title>This is the table title</title>
      <tgroup cols="2">
        <thead>
          <row>
            <entry>Heading left</entry>
            <entry>Heading right</entry>
          </row>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <row>
            <entry>First row left</entry>
            <entry>First row right</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
            <entry>Second row left</entry>
            <entry>Second row right</entry>
          </row>
        </tbody>
      </tgroup>
    </table>

I've managed so far modifying the Title, TBody and THead elements to get
the proper paragraph formatting for the content of the cells and the
table title. But I can't seem to get FrameMaker to change the default
table format.

I assumed this should be done in the TGroup definition and have added

InitialTableFormat
  AllContextsRule
     TableFormat table_col

But FrameMaker does not trigger on this (or ignores it) as the table
format used is my custom table in the document template.

Please help!

--
Fredrik Nyman
PacketFront Sweden AB
http://www.packetfront.com/


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