Re: edd xml question

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

At 03:52 PM 2/15/2004, Wim Hooghwinkel wrote:
> I want to set up in my EDD formatting rules for table cells. The Entry 
> element (from docbookx) is the basic table cell element and can contain 
> text. The tgroupstyle attribute (in tgroup element) is used for setting 
> the table format. This is defined in the r/w rules file, hence the 
> tgroupstyle attribute is no longer visible nor available in the document. 
> Could I still use the tgroupstyle value to set a formatting rule for the 
> Entry element? Or is there another way to use the table format as base for 
> formatting?
> The syntax 'If context is TGroup[tgroupstyle="Safetytable"]' does not seem 
> to have any effect.
>
> In another project, where table format was defined in the EDD using an 
> attribute value, it worked fine this way - but then the attribute was 
> visible in the attribute list.


Wim,
  A context rule cannot test whether a particular table format is used. 
The syntax
you've given:
      If context is: TGroup[tgroupstyle="Safetytable"]
tests the value of the tgroupstyle of the containing TGroup element. If you 
use this test in a text format rule for the Entry element, it will never be 
triggered, since the parent of the cell element is a row element. Instead, use
      If context is: * < TGroup[tgroupstyle="Safetytable"]
to test whether any ancestor of the cell element is a TGroup with the 
indicated attribute.
   You can map an XML attribute to and from an FM property and an FM 
attribute simultaneously with a rule such as :

       attribute "tgroupstyle" {
         is fm property table format;
         is fm attribute;
         }

        --Lynne


Lynne A. Price
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