Re: Tables in headers

["Wolfgang Schuster" <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

Hi Stefan,

> I'll try to illustrate using a monospaced font:
>
> +------+                                         Company Name
> |      |
> | Logo |
> |      |
> +------+
>
> ------------------------------------------------+------------
> Type of document                                | Page
> Report of something                             | 2 (10)
> -----------------------------------+------------+------------
> Name of document                   | Issue      | Date
> My document name                   | 1          | 2008-04-22
> -----------------------------------+------------+------------
> Issuer (dept, name, email)                      | Appendix
> dept, name, email                               | Appendix
> ------------------------------------------------+------------
>
> This is the full header. A reduced header is used on the rest of the pages
> where the last row is excluded.
>
> (I am trying to convert a MS-Word template...)

\setvariables
  [document]
  [type={Report of something},
   name={My document name},
   issue={1},
   date=\currentdate,
   issue={dept, name, email},
   appendices={Appendix}]

\definelayer
  [head:table]
  [width=\paperwidth,
   height=\paperheight,
   state=start]

\definelayer
  [head:picture]
  [width=\paperwidth,
   height=\paperheight,
   state=repeat]

\startsetups head:table

\setlayer
  [head:table]
  [hoffset=\backspace,
   voffset=5cm]
  {\ifnum\pagenumber=\plusone
     \setups{head:table:first}%
   \else
     \setups{head:table:next}%
   \fi}

\stopsetups

\startsetups head:table:first

\bTABLE[textwidth=\textwidth,option=stretch,align=right]
  \bTR
    \bTD[nx=2] Type of document\\\getvariable{document}{type} \eTD
    \bTD Page\\\pagenumber\space(\lastpagenumber) \eTD
  \eTR
  \bTR
    \bTD Name of document\\\getvariable{document}{name} \eTD
    \bTD Issue\\\getvariable{document}{issue} \eTD
    \bTD Date\\\getvariable{document}{date} \eTD
  \eTR
  \bTR
    \bTD[nx=2] Issuer (dept, name, email)\\\getvariable{document}{issue} \eTD
    \bTD Appendix\\\getvariable{document}{appendices} \eTD
  \eTR
\eTABLE

\stopsetups

\startsetups head:table:next

\bTABLE[textwidth=\textwidth,option=stretch,align=right]
  \bTR
    \bTD[nx=2] Type of document\\\getvariable{document}{type} \eTD
    \bTD Page\\\pagenumber\space(\lastpagenumber) \eTD
  \eTR
  \bTR
    \bTD Name of document\\\getvariable{document}{name} \eTD
    \bTD Issue\\\getvariable{document}{issue} \eTD
    \bTD Date\\\getvariable{document}{date} \eTD
  \eTR
\eTABLE

\stopsetups

\setlayer
  [head:picture]
  [hoffset=\backspace,
   voffset=\topspace]
  {\externalfigure[Logo][width=3cm]}

\setlayer
  [head:picture]
  [preset=righttop,
   hoffset=\cutspace,
   voffset=\topspace]
  {Company Name}

\setupbackgrounds[page][setups={head:table},background={head:table,head:picture}]

\starttext
\dorecurse{3}{\page[empty]}
\stoptext

Greetings,
Wolfgang
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