Just use a group (\start ... \stop, \bgroup ... \egroup or {} ) around 
the setup commands and their table, or use \startsetup mytable ... 
\stopsetup and \startTABLE[setups=mytable] if you need the same settings 
for several tables.

HR

Am 27.01.24 um 22:29 schrieb Joel via ntg-context:
> I have a document that uses ~40 different TABLE configurations, each 
> with their own special requirements, such as these below, and in 
> total, perhaps 2000 tables appear in a file, using one of the 
> configurations.
>
> \setupTABLE[r][1][align=raggedleft]
>  \setupTABLE[c][1][width=.1\textwidth]
>  \setupTABLE[c][2][width=.33\textwidth]
>  \setupTABLE[c][3][width=.37\textwidth]
>  \setupTABLE[c][4][width=.1\textwidth]
>  \setupTABLE[c][5][width=.1\textwidth]
>  \setupTABLE[c][1,2,3,4,5][align=raggedleft, frame=off]
>  %\setupTABLE[r][2,3,4,5,6,8,9,11,12,14][bottomframe=off]
>  \setupTABLE[r][1][bottomframe=on]
>                             \bTABLE[split=yes]
>                                 \bTR\bTD {\it Lesson}  \eTD\bTD {\it 
> Time} \\eTD\bTD {\it Date} \eTD\bTD {\it Page} \eTD\eTR
>                             \eTABLE
>
> What I've been finding is that previous settings on TABLES appearing 
> earlier in the document is impacting later tables. For instance, if 
> one has a frame to the right of column 1, then the next table seems to 
> acquire this setting as well, even if it isn't expected to have any 
> frames at all.
>
> Note that each unique table is defined inside a macro.
>
> How can I make these table settings only apply to the a specific table?
>
> --Joel
>
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