* Re: \defineseperatedlist and working with variables and merging fields
2011-07-27 9:36 \defineseperatedlist and working with variables and merging fields Cecil Westerhof
@ 2011-07-27 17:33 ` Willi Egger
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From: Willi Egger @ 2011-07-27 17:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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?
>
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> Cecil Westerhof
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