Flowing Tables into Structured FrameMaker

[LW White]

Hi Brenda,

Are you using a custom tagset? The XML likely contains an attribute that indicates each column's width. Frame, on the other hand, uses its own table properties to determine a column's width. So...you have to write a kind of translation between the XML attribute and the corresponding Frame table property. These translations are called "read/write" rules and you should already have some set up for the structured application you're using.

So, find that attribute that your XML tagset uses to record column width and create a rule that translates it to the Frame column width property.

Also, if your read/write rules contain the rule "writer use proportional widths;" be sure to comment that out or Frame will render all your columns of equal width regardless of other rules operating on them.

Best,
Leigh


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From: BGeorge at federatedinv.com
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:10:11 -0500
Subject: Flowing Tables into Structured FrameMaker

I am importing an XML file into Structured FrameMaker that contains a table. When I created the table, I sized the table to fit in the text box. If I insert the table, it inserts with the correct size.
 
When I flow xml into the structured FrameMaker template that contains the table, the flowed table is not sized correctly and needs to be manually resized.
 
Do I need to add column width settings to the EDD in order to get the table to size correctly after the xml file has been flowed into the structured FrameMaker template?
 
If so how is this done?
 
Brenda George
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