Am 16.06.2012 um 12:24 schrieb Meer, H. van der:

> Using \startxtable gives an error, whereas \startembeddedxtable does not. What is the cause, what is the difference?

That’s a side effect of the implementation of the buffer mechanism which is used by xtables, as a result of this you can’t use buffer environments in the argument of another command.

> Error: Runaway argument?
> \xmlflush {test::4}\stopxtable  \endgroup 
> \stoptext
> ! File ended while scanning use of \buff_gobble.
> 
> Working:
> \startxmlsetups xmlcommon:table 
> \startembeddedxtable[
> \xmlflush{#1}
> \stopembeddedxtable
> \stopxmlsetups
> 
> Not working:
> \startxmlsetups xmlcommon:table
> \startxtable
> \xmlflush{#1}
> \stopxtable
> \stopxmlsetups
> 
> Calling this with:
> \usemodule[hvdm-xml] % contains simple definitions for <table> <tr> <td> through \startxcell etc.

The version of your module on tlcontrib don’t contain such definitions.

Wolfgang