RE: "nested tables" in Jade&RTF ?

["joseph, Gershon" <Gershon_joseph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

RTF does not support nested tables. In fact, RTF does not really support
tables as such. In RTF, a table row is a special form of a paragraph, which
can contain one or more cells, which are placed side-by-side in the
"paragraph".

I have actually created RTF that mimics a table within a table, using
Omnimark to code my transformation from SGML to RTF. I could not achieve the
same effect using DSSSL and Jade.

The RTF I created simply puts enough cells into each row to handle the
nested table, and I format the header row of the nested table accordingly. I
could send you a sample RTF output to show you what I mean. If this works
for you, I could send you my Omnimark program so you'll have something to
start from...

Good luck!

Gershon

Gershon Leib Joseph 
DOCUMENTATION TECHNOLOGIES MANAGER 
Comverse Network Systems 
Tel: +972-3-645-2001 
Fax: +972-3-645-4088 
email: gershon_joseph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Steve Weyer [mailto:sweyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
	Sent:	Tuesday, October 19, 1999 12:16 PM
	To:	dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
	Subject:	"nested tables" in Jade&RTF ?

	my impression is that having nested tables isn't possible due to
either
	Jade and/or RTF limitations.

	I was wondering if there were other approaches that some of you had
used.
	I could go back and try to redefine my data nesting in XML, then
just
	include more columns in the main table (but I was hoping to avoid
major
	trauma to the data organization)

	I had thought about embedding tab characters inside a table cell,
but
	wasn't sure whether/how to define tab stop positions, or
define/include the
	tab chars themselves.

	a desperate approach might be to use a fixed font (like Courier) and
pad
	with spaces (uggh!) like <PRE>.

	other DSSSL techniques for lining up text in nested columns?

	thanks

	Steve



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