Table cell alignment problem in FrameMaker 7.1 XML

[Mathew_cj]

Hai All,

I am using FrameMaker 7.1(Structure) and trying to align the table cell through “colspec” element using the “align” attribute, it is not working. But i have tried “colwidth” (eg., “colwidth="120.5"”) it is working fine when flowing the XML in to FrameMaker.

I have defined the colspec in rules file also find the below.

element "colspec"

{

is fm colspec;

attribute "colnum" is fm property column number;

attribute "colname" is fm property column name;

attribute "align" is fm property cell alignment type;

attribute "charoff" is fm property cell alignment offset;

attribute "char" is fm property cell alignment character;

attribute "colwidth" is fm property column width;

attribute "colsep" is fm property column ruling;

attribute "rowsep" is fm property row ruling;

}

Please provide some solution.

Thanks in Advance

Mathew.cj

[Van Kurtz]

Matthew,

I do not use colspec elements, so this is a guess.

A colspec element in the XML does not become a table part when read into FrameMaker. Cell alignment properties are associated with the table cells themselves. So, in your EDD, you need to  find the element that is used as a Table Cell element and give it additional attributes named align and valign. Then create format rules for each value of each attribute. If you need only horizontal alignment, you can add just the align attribute. The read/write rules tell FrameMaker how to interpret some of the elements and attributes in XML files, but the EDD does the actual formatting.

I suggest reading the Structure Application Developer Guide for details about CALS tables and the colspec element.

Van