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Posts: 4
Structured FrameMaker Table
Structured FrameMaker 7.1
I want to create an EDD snippet that will result in a table in FrameMaker that
is a matrix with version numbers across the top and build numbers down the left
side.
_____________________
| 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
_____________________
0 | | | |
_____________________
1 | | | x |
_____________________
2 | x | | |
_____________________
The boxes would be used to check the version/build, for example 6.5.2 or 6.7.1.
The resulting XML (I think?) would look like this with num being attributes for
the version and build elements:
<version num = 6.5>
<build num = 0>
<build num = 1>
<build num = 2>
</version>
<version num = 6.6>
<build num = 0>
<build num = 1>
<build num = 2>
</version>
<version num = 6.7>
<build num = 0>
<build num = 1>
<build num = 2>
</version>
But I don`t know how to get that into table cell format for FM.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Marsha Lofthouse
Information Development
Motorola, Inc., Public Safety Applications
Boulder Design Center
Marsha.Lofthouse@...
303.527.4178
Joined: 08 Feb 2005
Posts: 8
Structured FrameMaker Table
Hi Marsha
It just so happens that I have hit this same point in modelling my content.
I have a whole lot of tables that describe the components of a dialog. What
I want is along the lines of the following element hierarchy:
ComponentTable
Headings
Field
Label
Description
BoundingBox
Field
Label
Description
Button
Label
Description
But I want to present this information in a table and I can`t quite see how
this would work.
The only thing I can think of is to have, say <TableRow type=field> and
then use read/write rules to turn it into a field element when
round-tripping - but then how do I re-establish the table.
I would have thought tables were part of the presentation layer not part of
the source data, but it seems that the two cannot be separated.
Any thoughts anyone?
-Melanie Kendell
On 5/27/05, Lofthouse Marsha-PT1816 <marsha.lofthouse@...> wrote:
> Structured FrameMaker 7.1
>
> I want to create an EDD snippet that will result in a table in FrameMaker
> that is a matrix with version numbers across the top and build numbers down
> the left side.
>
> _____________________
> | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
> _____________________
> 0 | | | |
> _____________________
> 1 | | | x |
> _____________________
> 2 | x | | |
> _____________________
>
>
> The boxes would be used to check the version/build, for example 6.5.2 or
> 6.7.1.
>
> The resulting XML (I think?) would look like this with num being
> attributes for the version and build elements:
>
> <version num = 6.5>
> <build num = 0>
> <build num = 1>
> <build num = 2>
> </version>
>
> <version num = 6.6>
> <build num = 0>
> <build num = 1>
> <build num = 2>
> </version>
>
> <version num = 6.7>
> <build num = 0>
> <build num = 1>
> <build num = 2>
> </version>
>
> But I don`t know how to get that into table cell format for FM.
>
> Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Marsha Lofthouse
> Information Development
> Motorola, Inc., Public Safety Applications
> Boulder Design Center
> Marsha.Lofthouse@...
> 303.527.4178
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Posts: 20
Structured FrameMaker Table
Hi Marsha:
Are you trying to automate insertion of the numbers, or will you type those
in? If you are open to editing the attributes, then all the formatting
should be possible with text format rules written as Context Rules.
Have you created formatting in your EDD using a context rule? If so, then
you can try writing a context rule that would format the cells as you like,
plus make the attribute values appear in the cells.
If you want to send me an example doc and some more details, I can start the
rules for you to show how they would work.
Good luck,
Kay
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lofthouse Marsha-PT1816
Structured FrameMaker 7.1
I want to create an EDD snippet that will result in a table in FrameMaker
that is a matrix with version numbers across the top and build numbers down
the left side.
_____________________
| 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
_____________________
0 | | | |
_____________________
1 | | | x |
_____________________
2 | x | | |
_____________________
The boxes would be used to check the version/build, for example 6.5.2 or
6.7.1.
The resulting XML (I think?) would look like this with num being attributes
for the version and build elements:
<version num = 6.5>
<build num = 0>
<build num = 1>
<build num = 2>
</version>
<version num = 6.6>
<build num = 0>
<build num = 1>
<build num = 2>
</version>
<version num = 6.7>
<build num = 0>
<build num = 1>
<build num = 2>
</version>
But I don`t know how to get that into table cell format for FM.
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