Re: Table cell straddle

["Lynne A. Price" <lprice@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:28 AM 9/5/02 +0100, Thomas Callan 3337 Analyst_Programmer wrote:
>I am importing sgml into Frame and I am looking for a way to get a table
>cell to straddle two columns automatically.  In the Developer Manual it
>mentions horizontal straddle for table cells but doesn't seem to explain
>how to do it.  Does anyone know if there is a read/write rule, or if I
>would have to write an API client, or if it is even possible at all?

Thomas,
  How do you know when a cell straddles two columns? Is there an
attribute that indicates when a straddle is desired? There is a r/w
rule that supports such attributes provided the attribute value is
the number of straddled columns. For example, if you have a rule
like:

    element "cell"
    {
       is fm table cell element;
       attribute straddle is fm property horizontal straddle;
    }

then markup like:

    <cell straddle="3">

is used to start a cell that straddles 3 columns.
  Alternatively, you could define an element type that is always used for 
straddling a particular number of columns. In this model, you'd use
a rule such as:

    element "straddle" 
    {
       is fm table cell element;
       fm property horizontal straddle value is "2";
    }

  A third approach is to use the CALS table model. In CALS tables, empty
elements called colspec and spanspec give names to individual columns and
spanned ranges of columns before the contents of individual cells are
specified. An attribute for a particular table entry can then indicate the
column or range of columns in which to place the value.

	--Lynne
  

Lynne A. Price
Text Structure Consulting, Inc.
Specializing in FrameMaker+SGML consulting and training
lprice@txstruct.com
http://www.txstruct.com
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