OIPI

Opto_Will

I have a table that stretches across a page with 3 columns (below). I want column 1 and 3 to be boxed but column 2 not to have the top and bottom lines.


Setting a styles to try and turn off the boxing for the column doesn't appear to work. It seems to be an all or nothing.
Styles = 9:@FM:"L" :@VM: 0:@FM:"L" :@VM: 9:@FM:"L"
RTF seems to have support for a TB_LEFT_RIGHT, which seems like what I want, but it is not in the insert so I am guessing OI doesn't support it.

I am basically trying to line up some things that are for a far left and a far right column and I thought a spanning table would be easiest since I will need to do similar for a several rows

I am also going to try and use the \f function of EnableRTF to try and change the fontsize of that second column.

AusMarkB

You could change the font size with a TABLECELL command.

Void = Set_Printer("STARTTABLE") Void = Set_Printer("ADDTABLE", TableFmt, '', Table, "", "", 0, Tb_none:@fm:"C") Void = Set_Printer("TABLECELL",TcFontSize:@fm:firstRow:@fm:firstCol:@fm:lastRow:@fm:lastCol:@fm:fontSize) Void = Set_Printer("ENDTABLE")

Off the top of my head, I can't think of a way of changing the borders for specific cells other than printing the table without borders, "tb_none", and then resetting the printer pos and adding boxes where you want them.

Alternatively, you can print the line as three separate tables and set the justification as required. I'm not sure which is less tedious.

Opto_Will

@AusMarkB
I tried the POS reset and i couldn't get it right, which is why I went back to the spanning table.

Thanks for the TABLECELL tip. I will give it a try now...

The joys of OIPI and clients that want an exact match to the documents coming out of a WYSIWYG editor.....

BarryStevens

Try using LINESTYLE and TEXTBOX combinations

Opto_Will

Thanks all for the suggestions. I ended up going with 3 separate tables. Tedious for the requirement but straightforward.