\defineseperatedlist and working with variables and merging fields

\defineseperatedlist and working with variables and merging fields

[Cecil Westerhof]

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Attached a tex file and the generated PDF.

The first table is what I am trying to do. The second table is an example
about what I would like to accomplish.

I have two problems.

Because there will be a lot of tables I like to use a variable, so that
changes can be done in one place. That is why I would like to use:
    \getvariable{desc}{fieldHeading}
on the third line of the table. But then I get one column instead of five.
(The third is what I get, the fourth what I would like to get.)

In the first and last two rows I would like to have the field take the
complete row. Just like the example in the table under it where I use

Is this possible?

-- 
Cecil Westerhof

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Re: \defineseperatedlist and working with variables and merging fields

[Willi Egger]

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Hi,

i think it will be difficult to solve it in that way. If you put the 5 fieldnames into one string, that will not result in 5 cells. What you can do, is to make 5 variables which you call then with a tab-separated list.
Your table has in fact 5 columns. Alas it does not work to use \setupTABLE to organize this, because ConTeXTt expects the nx=5 after the  \bTD. Waht you can do, is to prepend the entry's of the first, second and last row with [nx=5]

See attached example.

Willi


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\usemodule[database]

\startsetups Table:EXT
 \setupTABLE[style={\switchtobodyfont[9pt]}]
\stopsetups


\defineseparatedlist
 [MyTableExt]
 [separator=tab,
  left=\bTD,right=\eTD,
  first=\bTR,last=\eTR,
  setups=Table:EXT,
  before=\bTABLE,after=\eTABLE]

  \setvariables[desc][
    fieldHeadingA={\bf Field name},
    fieldHeadingB={\bf Field type},
    fieldHeadingC={\bf Field modifiers},
    fieldHeadingD={\bf Field constraints},
    fieldHeadingE={\bf Comments/Usage}]

\starttext

\setupTABLE[row][1][nx=5]
\setupTABLE[row][2][nx=5]
\setupTABLE[row][last][nx=5]
\startMyTableExt
[nx=5]Table name
[nx=5]Table summary
{\getvariable{desc}{fieldHeadingA}}	{\getvariable{desc}{fieldHeadingB}}	{\getvariable{desc}{fieldHeadingC}}	 {\getvariable{desc}{fieldHeadingD}}	{\getvariable{desc}{fieldHeadingE}}
id	CHAR(16)	NOT NULL	PK	
[nx=5]Table constraints
\stopMyTableExt

\bTABLE
\bTR \bTD[nx=5] Table name \eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD[nx=5] Table summary \eTD \eTR
\bTR
	\bTD {\getvariable{desc}{fieldHeadingA}} \eTD
	\bTD {\getvariable{desc}{fieldHeadingB}} \eTD
	\bTD {\getvariable{desc}{fieldHeadingC}} \eTD
	\bTD {\getvariable{desc}{fieldHeadingD}} \eTD
	\bTD {\getvariable{desc}{fieldHeadingE}} \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
 \bTD id	 \eTD
 \bTD CHAR(16) \eTD
 \bTD NOT NULL \eTD
 \bTD PK \eTD
 \bTD \eTD
\eTR
\bTR \bTD[nx=5] Table constraints\eTD \eTR
\eTABLE

\starttable[|l|l|l|l|l|]
\HL
\VL \use{5} Table name \VL \SR
\HL
\VL \use{5} Table summary \VL \SR
\HL
\VL \bf Field name \VL \bf Field type \VL \bf Field modifiers \VL \bf Field constraints \VL \bf Comments/Usage \VL \SR
\HL
\VL \use{5} Table constraints \VL \SR
\HL
\stoptable

\stoptext

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On 27 Jul 2011, at 11:36, Cecil Westerhof wrote:

> Attached a tex file and the generated PDF.
> 
> The first table is what I am trying to do. The second table is an example about what I would like to accomplish.
> 
> I have two problems.
> 
> Because there will be a lot of tables I like to use a variable, so that changes can be done in one place. That is why I would like to use:
>     \getvariable{desc}{fieldHeading}
> on the third line of the table. But then I get one column instead of five. (The third is what I get, the fourth what I would like to get.)
> 
> In the first and last two rows I would like to have the field take the complete row. Just like the example in the table under it where I use 
> 
> Is this possible?
> 
> -- 
> Cecil Westerhof
> <test.tex><test.pdf>___________________________________________________________________________________
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> 
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