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1. 5 ml 24 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Graphics Building Tables The third type of content you can have in a table is a graphic You can place a graphic in a table s title component in any of its body cells or in the footer component If you place a graphic in a single cell Table Viewer automatically sizes the cell to accommodate the graphic unless width or height overrides have been applied If the column or row that contains the graphic is limited by a width or height attribute specification only a portion of the graphic may be visible Since you can t scale graphics in Table Viewer you may want to create a span of cells to accommodate large graphics The graphic tag can have two attributes style optional and file required Again the style attribute can be used to override the graphic style in the SMF file The file attribute is needed to provide an external reference to the graphic file that is to be placed in the cell Graphics of many different formats can be placed in GUIDE tables Here are some of the more popular formats BMP Bitmap JPG JPEG TIFF Tagged Image File Format PCX PCX PNG Portable Network Graphics WMF Windows Metafile EPS Encapsulated Postscript TGA Targa RAS Raster WPG WordPerfect Graphics PCT Macintosh Pict Format Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 25 Spans E 5 5 A span is a group of adjacent cells merged into one l
2. lt 1440 brdflag n1 gt a lt tfoot gt 3 Q Syntax lt TTITLE CSTYLE Named Style 71 CBDRFLAG y1 1 gt CSubordinate tag lt TTITLE gt Tag Definition The TTITLE tag marks a table title TMF Tag Descriptions 84 Table Markup Format Reference TTITLE continued Subordinate Tags The TTITLE tag can contain the following subordinate tags PARA LIST GRAPHIC Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION STYLE Character string Optional Specifies a style that overrides the default style for the table HEIGHT Number Optional Specifies the height of the title component in TWIPs n1 Optional Specifies whether the title component has a border yes y1 the default no n1 If there is a border it takes on the style of the left top and right borders as defined in the TABLE tag Example lt ttitle height 960 bdrflag n1 gt lt para gt Power Supply lt para gt lt ttitle gt TMF Tag Descriptions Table Markup Format Reference 85 APPENDIX TABLE MARKUP FORMAT DTD lt Tables TMF Table Markup Format DTD gt lt Entity declarations gt lentity X tabcont lentity content lentity cattrib lt Table structure gt lt Table element gt lelement table Cttitle colspec Crow tfoot gt C para List graphic gt style CDATA IMPLIED Xtabcont gt l
3. _ Numeric Bullet Optional Specifies the type of number UpperAlpha LowerAlpha or bullet for the list UpperRoman LowerRoman TMF Tag Descriptions 74 Table Markup Format Reference LIST Attributes continued NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION ITWIDTH Number Optional Defines the width of the area the itemizer occupies in TWIPs SEPARATOR Character string Optional Specifies the separator to be placed between the list item number or bullet and the item content BULLETCHAR Character string Optional Specifies the style of the bullet to be used with the Bullet itemizer The ITEMIZER attribute produces a numbered or bulleted list as follows Numeric 1 23 Bullet dps UpperAlpha A B C LowerAlpha a b c UpperRoman Il LowerRoman i ii ili Example List itemizer UpperAlpha itwidth 50 gt lt item gt lt para gt List Item 1 lt para gt lt item gt lt item gt lt para gt List Item 2 lt para gt lt item gt lt item gt lt item gt lt 1151 gt TMF Tag Descriptions Table Markup Format Reference 75 PARA Syntax PARA CSTYLE Named Style lt PARA gt Tag Definition a9uasajay JIL The PARA tag marks the actual text being placed in a cell Subordinate Tags The PARA tag cannot contain any subordinate tags Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION STYLE Character string Optional The named style overrides the default par
4. TMF 17 titlecomponent 16 26 TMF 9 for basic table structure 17 parser 27 tagsused 17 using to generate tables 9 TMF file how to create 13 TMF tags in the DTD 13 types of styles 36 V View menu 38 W width attribute 21 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 57 Index Table Viewer DLL 99ualajay JIL Table Markup Format Reference for GUIDE Author Table Markup Format Reference Contents ABOUT THIS REFERENCE About the Tag Descriptions 63 The TME Parser 2 ee ete ce 65 About Sample 66 TABLE MARKUP FORMAT TAG DESCRIPTIONS D 67 5 COLSBEC better 68 GRAPHIC tata 70 71 LIST 73 RN 75 76 LO 78 TABLE bless Hee Pea 80 TOOT ple 82 ig 83 APPENDIX TABLE MARKUP FORMAT DTD 85 Contents Table Markup Format Reference 63 ABOUT THIS REFERENCE With Table Viewer DLL you can display tabular data from a Table Markup Formatm TMF file in a GUIDE document table you render derives its organization from a hierarchical structure specified in the TMF document
5. Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 17 a 3 S Title E Body Footer Figure 2 1 Basic table structure To create the basic table structure shown in Figure 2 1 you would begin with the following TMF tags in the TMF file you are creating in your text editor lt table gt lt ttitle gt lt ttitle gt lt tfoot gt lt tfoot gt lt table gt The specific tags used to denote the beginning and end of a table are lt table gt and lt table gt respectively Every TMF file must begin and end with these tags Optional title and footer components can be added with the lt ttitle gt and lt ttitle gt tags and the lt tfoot gt and lt tfoot gt tags The title body and footer for this table are empty because no content has been specified between the tags For the body of a table content can be in the form of paragraphs lists or graphics You can place one any two or all three types of content in a given cell in the body of a table and also in the title and footer components Paragraphs of texts are specified by use of the lt para gt tag lists are specified with the lt list gt tag and graphics are placed by use of the lt graphic gt tag In some cases subordinate tags are either required or are optional Building Tables 18 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Building Tables So a slightly more sophisticated table might look like table columns 1 rows 1 stlefile c guide samples tables
6. Incorporate Hotspots linked to other documents tables and sound files or video clips you can also create Hotspots that reconfigure the application Create spans that combine several cells Place a table image in existing GUIDE documents Create nonuniform cell sizes TMF and SMF Files To display a table in GUIDE Author or GUIDE Reader you first create a table file in Table Markup Format TMF and then place the TMF file in your GUIDE document A table placed in GUIDE becomes an image that can be panned and zoomed like any other image in GUIDE TMF is a document type definition DTD instance that applies Standard Generalized Markup Language SGML rules So a TMF file is simply an ASCII file that you create in a text editor such as Windows Notepad using the series of TMF tags that constitute the TMF DTD These tags determine table structure Table content is whatever you choose to place between the appropriate tags in the TMF file It can Building Tables 14 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual be paragraphs of text lists or graphics Once you create TMF files you import them into GUIDE documents by using the Place Graphic command in GUIDE Author see Chapter 3 The tags that comprise the TMF DTD are described in the Table Markup Format Reference later in this manual The reference includes the TMF DTD You recognize TMF files by their tmf extension A second DTD instance is used to create files in Style Markup Format
7. Style Markup Format Reference 97 CHARSTL Tag Definition The CHARSTL tag marks a character style Subordinate Tags The CHARSTL tag can contain the COLOR subordinate tag Attributes NAME TYPE ID Character string FONTNAME Character string SIZE Character string BOLD yl n1 ITALIC y2 n2 UNDERL y3 n3 STRIKE y4 n4 USE Required Required Required Optional Optional Optional Optional DESCRIPTION Specifies a unique identifier for the character style Specifies the name of the font for the style Specifies the point size for the font Specifies bold yeszy1 nozn1 the default Specifies italic yes y2 no n2 the default Specifies underline yes y3 no n3 the default Specifies strikethrough yes y4 no n4 the default SMF Tag Descriptions 98 Style Markup Format Reference CHARSTL Attributes continued NAME TYPE USE SUPER y5 n5 Optional SUB y6 n6 Optional Example DESCRIPTION Specifies surperscript yes y5 no n5 the default Specifies subscript yes y6 no y6 the default lt charstl id CharA fontname Arial size 10 bold y1 italic n2 underl y3 strike n4 super n5 gt lt charstl gt COLOR Tag Definition The COLOR tag marks a color for the tag it is contained in Subordinate Tags The COLOR tag cannot contain any subordinate tags SMF Tag Descriptions Style Markup Format Reference
8. natural width of a column is the width of the widest cell For example with no width or height overrides set the height of a particular row and width of a particular column might be set by a large graphic in a cell By default the paragraph style used is the one set in MasterStyle for the SMF file that is referenced by the TMF file But you can override the default style if you want by using the style attribute of the lt para gt tag The lt para gt tag is limited to this one attribute and contains no subordinate tags Lists Building Tables A cell can contain a list which you create with the lt list gt tag You must also use the subordinate lt item gt tag to set off each entry in the list in the TMF file The lt item gt tag in turn requires the use of either the lt para gt lt list gt or lt graphic gt tag in order to display content on screen Since Table Viewer DLL lets you nest lists the lt list gt tag can also serve as a subordinate tag to the lt item gt tag The following TMF illustrates how to display a list of items lt list gt lt item gt lt para gt fixed wheel lt para gt lt item gt lt item gt lt para gt tilt wheel lt para gt lt item gt list Lists are defined in greater detail by several attributes itemizer itwidth separator and bulletchar Itemizer is the most important attribute because it specifies the type of numbered or bulleted list you want to
9. Table Viewer DLL Users Manual Table Markup Format Reference Style Markup Format Reference for GUIDE Author Table Viewer DLL Users Manual Table Markup Format Reference Style Markup Format Reference All GUIDE documentation and training materials are copyrighted and all rights are reserved Except as authorized in the terms of a valid license agreement neither the documentation nor any software that accompanies it may be reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic or printed form without the prior consent of InfoAccess Inc Copyright 1998 InfoAccess Inc All Rights Reserved Printed March 1998 in the United States InfoAccess the InfoAccess logo GUIDE Table Viewer DLL and GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor are trademarks of InfoAccess Inc GUIDE is a registered trademark and GUIDE Author GUIDE Indexer GUIDE Professional Publisher GUIDE Reader GUIDE Viewer GUIDE Writer GUIDE Writer Style Editor and LOGiiX are trademarks of Office Workstations Limited licensed to InfoAccess Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Information is subject to change without notice InfoAccess Inc 15821 NE 8th St Bellevue WA 98008 3905 USA Technical Support Phone 425 201 1916 Email techsupp infoaccess com Corporate Headquarters Phone 425 201 1915 Sales 800 344 9737 Fax 425 201 1922 Web www infoaccess com Email info infoaccess co MAN50
10. een hehe 100 E 102 TABLES s vet eot i eee 103 e APPENDIX STYLE MARKUP FORMAT DTD 105 S Q e Contents Style Markup Format Reference 91 ABOUT THIS REFERENCE With GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor you can determine how a table is rendered on screen by creating style files that make use of Style Markup SMFim Style or SMF files which are referenced from the TMF files you use to place tables in GUIDE documents are created from the tags found in the SMF document type definition DTD A printed version of the DTD is included as an appendix to this reference an electronic version can be found in your GUIDE Author installation directory This reference elabo rates on the SMF tags listed in the DTD Like TMF files SMF files are ASCII files But whereas TMF files determine table structure and organization SMF files control the on screen appearance of tables This is done with the tags outlined in this section and explained further in the SMF Tag Descriptions section that follows The alphabetical list of tags defines each tag explains its related subordinate tags and appli cable attributes and provides an example of the tag s use This reference assumes you are familiar with DTD structure and Standard Generalized Markup Language However since GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor reads and writes SMF files it is not essential to understand their exact syntax
11. 99 COLOR continued Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION RED Number Optional Specifies an RGB value for red GREEN Number Optional Specifies an RGB value for green BLUE Number Optional Specifies an RGB value for blue Example color red 0 green 0 blue 240 gt lt color gt GRASTL Tag Definition The GRASTL tag marks a graphic style Subordinate Tags The GRASTL tag cannot contain any subordinate tags SMF Tag Descriptions 100 Style Markup Format Reference GRASTL continued Attributes NAME ALIGN INDENT Example TYPE Character string Character string Number USE Required Optional Optional DESCRIPTION Specifies a unique identifier for the graphic style Specifies the alignment of the graphic in a cell Left indented from the left Center or Right indented from the right the default is Left Specifies the indentation of the graphic within the cell depending on the alignment selection lt grastl id DefaultGraphic align left indent 0 gt lt grastl gt PARASTL Tag Definition The PARASTL tag marks a paragraph style SMF Tag Descriptions PARASTL continued Subordinate Tags Attributes NAME ID CHARID ALIGN FIRSTIND INDENT Example Style Markup Format Reference 101 The PARASTL tag cannot contain any subordinate tags TYPE Character string Character string Character string Numbe
12. Example para This door so fontname Arial Size 16 socolorz 0xOO00FF must so be closed and Locked when you Leave the Laboratory lt para gt Note how must is surrounded by the opening and closing SO tags As a result This door would be in the default paragraph style must would be set in Arial 16 point and colored red and be closed and locked when you leave the laboratory would revert to the default paragraph style TMF Tag Descriptions 80 Table Markup Format Reference TABLE Syntax TABLE CCOLUMNS Number CROWS Number CSTLFILE Named style J CBDRLEFT Character string CBDRTOP Character string CBDRRIGHT Character string CBDRTM Character string 1 gt CSubordinate tags lt TABLE gt Tag Definition The TABLE tag marks a table element and cannot be repeated Subordinate Tags Any combination of the following subordinate tags may be used the TTITLE and TFOOT tags only once COLSPEC TTITLE ROW TFOOT TMF Tag Descriptions Table Markup Format Reference 81 TABLE continued Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION COLUMNS Number Optional Specifies the number of columns in the table ROWS Number Optional Specifies the number of rows in the table STLFILE Character string Optional Specifies the style SMF file to be applied to the table BDRLEFT Character string Optional Specifies the style of the left border of 5 the table BDRTOP Charac
13. For more information on GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor see Chapter 4 of the Table Viewer DLL User s Manual For more information about TMF files see the Table Markup Format Reference that precedes this reference About the Style Tag Descriptions Different styles determine the appearance of tables when they are rendered a GUIDE window The styles that can be set in an SMF file are for table cell paragraph graphic character and border The table style isn t actually a style at all but a collection of the five other styles That is when you create a table style you actually create a MasterStyle for a style file consisting of a single style drawn from each of the other five style types About This Reference 92 Style Markup Format Reference The description of each style tag in this reference is organized under three main headings Tag Definition Subordinate Tags and Attributes Under a fourth heading Example can be found sample syntax for the tag described For ease of review tags are set in upper case bold under Tag Definition Subordinate Tags and Attributes In the sample syntax under Example how ever they are set in lower case which is how GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor treats tags when it generates the style files you create Since tags are not case sensitive it doesn t matter It also doesn t matter whether tag attri butes are placed between single or double quotation marks In the sam
14. SMF files It is best to use unique names for styles and style files at all times Creating a Style File To create a style file open a new file in GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor and add styles to the style file one at a time The Styles box in the application window lists the existing styles in the active style file for the style type currently selected When you open a new style file MasterStyle is the only style listed MasterStyle is in effect the de fault table style for a new style file It includes other default styles such as DefaultCell Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 41 To create a new style file 1 Choose the New command from File menu A new file opens with MasterStyle listed in the Styles list The application title bar still reads Style Editor If an existing style file is already open when you choose New the Style Editor prompts you to save any changes to that file closes it and then opens a new style file y i 5 2 Choose Save As from the File menu When the Save As dialog opens type a unique name for the new style file in the File Name text box and use the Save In drop down list to identify the subdirectory where you want to store the style file You can accept the smf extension for the file name or use a different extension 3 Choose Save to save the style file and return to the Style Editor application window
15. The title bar now displays the name that you just assigned to the new style file It is best to name and save a new style file as soon as you open it You also need to ensure that any TMF file that references the style file contains the full path and the correct style file name Once you name a style file its name displays in the Style Editor title bar when the style file is open A typical reference in a TMF file might be table stlfile c guide styles my smf gt You can of course edit any style file at any time in the Style Editor You can add change or delete any of the individual styles for cell paragraph etc and you can change the individual styles associated with MasterStyle in the style file Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 42 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Creating a Style You can create a style at any time by opening the appropriate style file and adding the individual style in the Cell Paragraph or another tab dialog You can organize the styles you create within table styles The number of table and other styles you reference in a style file will depend on the different kinds of tables in your GUIDE publication To add a new style to a style file 1 2 Open the style smf file you want to add a new style to Choose Add from the Style menu to open the Add Style dialog Enter the name of the new style in the Add Style dialog see Figure 4 3 Select one of the radio buttons to
16. can contain optional and repeatable elements where an element can be an occurrence of a paragraph list or graphic That is you can have any number of paragraphs lists and or graphics in a title component just as you can in a cell of the table body The background color is specified by the color attribute of a cell style applied through the style attribute of the lt ttitle gt tag The borders of a title can be set by the bdrflag attribute of the lt ttitle gt tag The default value is y1 Yes The top left and right borders of the title component are the same as the top left and right borders of the table body The title can be selected in GUIDE by pressing Shift and then left clicking on the title area You can add a Hotspot to a title just as you do to any cell in the body of a table You can use the Copy command to copy text from the title to the Clipboard once you select the title To place content in the title component you must use the appropri ate tag depending what kind of content you want to place The fol lowing simple example would display the title TITLE in a title component with no border table columns 2 rows 1 Allstyle smf lt ttitle height 720 bdrflag n1 gt lt para gt TITLE lt para gt lt ttitle gt lt row gt Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 27 a m Table Footer E ES The footer is also an optional component that functions in much the same way as
17. create see the Tag Descriptions section of the Table Markup Format Reference If you don t use the itemizer attribute Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 23 the list items simply display as separate paragraphs The itwidth attribute works in conjunction with the itemizer attribute It lets you set the width of the area the numbers or bullets occupy The separa tor attribute specifies what comes between the number or bullet and the item itself while the bulletchar attribute lets you specify the type of bullet assuming you have selected the Bullet itemizer Any type of content including a nested list can be a part of a list So the item tag uses the para list and graphic tags as a subordinate tags one two or all three can be used Likewise Table Viewer resizes the column that contains that cell to accom modate the list s content Another extract from Allstyle tmf demonstrates the syntax for a list with indentation added to clarify syntax cell List itemizer Numeric separatorz item lt para gt List item 1 lt para gt lt item gt lt item gt lt para gt List item 2 lt para gt lt item gt lt item gt lt para gt List item 3 lt para gt lt item gt lt list gt lt cell gt If you open Allstyle tmf in GUIDE you ll see that this simple list displays in the following way in the cell defined 1 List item 1 2 List item 2 3 List item 3 Building Tables D
18. fontname CDATA IMPLIED size NUMBER IMPLIED bold C y1 nl n1 italic y2 n2 y3 n3 13 strike 4 n4 super 5 n5 D n5 sub n6 n socolor CDATA IMPLIED gt lt Graphic element gt lt element graphic EMPTY gt lattlist graphic style CDATA IMPLIED file CDATA REQUIRED gt lt List element gt lt element List Citem gt lt 151 List Itemizer Numeric Bullet IMPLIED UpperAlpha LowerAlpha UpperRoman LowerRoman Itwidth Number IMPLIED Separator CDATA IMPLIED BulletChar CDATA IMPLIED gt lt List item element gt lt element item Xcontent gt lt End of Elements gt Appendix Table Viewer DLL Style Markup Format Reference for GUIDE Author 82u2818J84 JWS Style Markup Format Reference Contents ABOUT THIS REFERENCE About the Style Tag Descriptions 91 Tag Definition 92 Subordinate 92 AMIDUEGS ico rtt et 92 Examples P ttt ees 92 About Sample Scripts esses 93 STYLE MARKUP FORMAT TAG DESCRIPTIONS BORDER t ntt a rU PER Ert 95 CELLS Ts AA o e re e e e eee 96 CHIARST Eh aeo teet mte reete eee Cs 97 COLOR tees ote etes 98 CGIRASTI eer etre ott rese Dent et com oer E 99 PARAS Tile cecus foster re eese
19. para gt clutch lt para gt lt cell gt lt cell gt lt gt 57 lt gt lt cell gt lt row gt lt row gt lt cell gt lt para gt brake lt para gt lt cell gt lt cell gt lt para gt P101 lt para gt lt cell gt lt row gt lt table gt The above syntax would produce the following simple table in GUIDE gearshift p42 clutch p57 brake p101 Figure 2 2 Building Tables A simple table with two columns and three rows One other tag worth mentioning is the lt colspec gt tag This optional tag which has no closing tag is used to define columns within tables For example if you open the sample Allstyles tmf file in a text editor the file is in the Samples folder of your GUIDE Author installation directory you will find this opening syntax lt table columns 3 rows 16 stlfile allstyle smf bdrleft Border2 bdrright Border2 bdrtop Border2 bdrbtm Border2 gt lt colspec column 1 border Border2 gt lt colspec column 2 border Border2 gt lt colspec column 3 border Border2 gt Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 21 Here the border attribute has been used to assign a specific style Border2 to each of the three columns in the table Though it isn t used here the width attribute of the lt colspec gt tag is what you would use to set an override for column width See the Table Markup Format Reference for more information Definin
20. scripts shown in this manual for better read ability Here is an example of what we mean cell rownum 100 height 1500 border Border2 gt New lines in 100 with a height of 1500 TWIPs and a border set with the Border2 style lt cell gt Continuation line On the screen these lines would be part of the previous line note that they return to the left margin not the indent level where the script started About This Reference Style Markup Format Reference 95 STYLE MARKUP FORMAT TAG DESCRIPTIONS BORDER The BORDER tag marks the border style for a cell Subordinate Tags The BORDER tag can contain the COLOR subordinate tag Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION ID Character string Required Specifies a unique identifier for the border style WIDTH Number Optional Specifies the width of the border in pixels default 1 Example lt borderstl id DefaultBorder width 1 lt borderstl gt SMF Tag Descriptions 96 Style Markup Format Reference CELLSTL lag Definition The CELLSTL tag marks a cell style Subordinate Tags The CELLSTL tag can contain the COLOR subordinate tag Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION ID Character string Required Specifies a unique identifier for the cell style Example lt cellstl id CellStyle gt color red 64 green 0 blue 0 gt lt color gt lt cellstl gt SMF Tag Descriptions
21. specify which table element you are creating the new style for Cell Paragraph Graphic Character or Border Click OK to accept the style name and return to the Style Editor application window The tab dialog for the style type selected in the Add Style dialog immediately opens and the name of the new style is highlighted in the the Styles list box The Style Editor automati cally assigns default attributes to the new style For example if you create a new cell style its initial attributes are those of DefaultCell With the name of the new style highlighted in the Styles list and the appropriate tab dialog open you can change the style attributes from the default settings if you want Choose Save from the Style Editor File menu to save the new style to the style file Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 43 Add style Ed New style name ParaStyle1 z 5 m Style type Cancel C Graphic C Character Border Figure 4 3 The Add Style dialog Style Attributes The attributes of each style are defined on the tab dialogs for the dif ferent table elements Just click on a tab to open that tab dialog You can review and change individual attribute settings on each tab dialog To change a style s attributes select from the options available on each tab dialog check boxes radio buttons etc Always be sure
22. string Required Specifies a default cell style PARA Character string Required Specifies a default paragraph style y which includes a default character 5 style GRAPHIC Character string Required Specifies a default graphic style BORDER Character string Required Specifies a default border style Example lt tablestl id MasterStyle cellz DefaultCell para ParaA graphic Graph6 border DefaultBorder gt lt tablestl gt SMF Tag Descriptions Style Format Markup Reference APPENDIX STYLE MARKUP FORMAT DTD Tables SMF Style Markup Format DTD Collection of styles gt lt element stlcol tablestl cellstl parastl amp grastl Ccharstl amp bordrstl lt Table style element gt lt element tablestl o EMPTY gt lattlist id CDATA cell CDATA para CDATA graphic CDATA border CDATA lt Cell style element gt lt element cellstl color gt lattlist id CDATA lt Paragraph style element gt lt element parastl o gt lattlist id CDATA charid CDATA align Left center right firstind NUMBER indent NUMBER lt Graphic style element gt lt element grastl o EMPTY gt lattlist id CDATA align Left center right indent NUMBER go HREQUIRED REQUIRED REQUIRED REQUIRED REQUIRED gt REQUIRED gt REQUIRED HREQUIRED Left H IMPLIED IMPLIED gt REQUI
23. table width is the widest of those three components Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 29 CHAPTER 3 PLACING TABLES IN GUIDE y e 5 eb 5 m You use the Place Graphic command in GUIDE Author Placing a Table in GUIDE Author 1 Open the GUIDE document in GUIDE Author 2 Position your cursor in the document at the location where you want to place the table image 3 Choose Place Graphic from the Edit menu to open the Place dialog 4 Type tmf in the File Name field or select TMF tmf from the drop down Files of Type box This limits the display to files with the tmf extension If you know the TMF file s full path and name enter it in the File Name field and go to step 7 5 Use the Look In list to locate and open the directory that con tains the TMF file you want to embed in the document 6 Select the TMF file 7 Click Open Table Viewer renders the table as a graphic in GUIDE Author or GUIDE Reader The table image is now embedded in the GUIDE document and can be handled just like any other graphic it can be resized and moved but not edited Placing Tables in GUIDE 30 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Occasionally you may encounter an error message when placing a table TMF file in a GUIDE document You can obtain information on the error very simply As you select the file in the Place dialog and click Open hold down the Shift key A dialog appears with an option that lets you vi
24. to be placed in the cell TMF Tag Descriptions Table Markup Format Reference 71 GRAPHIC continued Example lt row gt lt cell gt lt graphic style graph file c pics switch bmp gt lt graphic gt lt cell gt lt row gt m 5 ITEM Q Syntax lt ITEM gt CSubordinate tags lt ITEM gt Tag Definition The ITEM tag marks a specific entry for a list The entry can be a para graph or graphic as defined by the appropriate tag Since you can nest lists the ITEM tag may also signify the start of another list TMF Tag Descriptions 72 Table Markup Format Reference ITEM continued Subordinate Tags The ITEM tag can contain any of the following subordinate tags PARA LIST GRAPHIC Attributes None Example List item para List Item 1 para item item para List Item 2 para lt item gt lt 151 gt TMF Tag Descriptions Table Markup Format Reference 73 LIST Syntax LIST CSTYLE Named Style J LITEMIZER Numeric UpperAlpha LowerAlpha UpperRoman LowerRoman Bullet LITWIDTH Number CSEPARATOR Character string CBULLETCHAR Character string 1 gt CSubordinate tags lt LIST gt 90ua1ajay JIL Tag Definition The LIST tag marks a list element Subordinate Tags The LIST tag must contain the subordinate tag ITEM in order to define list content Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION
25. with GUIDE publications A file named guideio dll controls the input and output of data If you load a GUIDE application with an outdated guideio dll file a dynalink error occurs if you try to open a table Getting Started 12 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual How to Proceed Getting Started Basic Table Viewer concepts are discussed in Chapter 2 Building Tables Chapter 3 Placing Tables in GUIDE explains how to place tables in GUIDE Author Chapter 4 is devoted to GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor which you use to create the style files and styles needed to determine how tables will display in your GUIDE docu ments Also note that the Table Markup Format Reference and Style Markup Format Reference both follow this user s manual under the same cover Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 13 CHAPTER 2 BUILDING TABLES With Table Viewer DLL you can create interactive electronic docu ments that combine all the major elements found in hard copy word processed tables and spreadsheets D S 5 m Like tables in a word processed file tables created with Table Viewer DLL can include titles columns rows borders graphics and text that wraps They can also display footnotes But instead of just orga nizing information for hard copy presentation or storing one piece of data per cell for accounting purposes tables in GUIDE offer interactive possibilities through table Hotspots You can
26. 0 CFONTNAME Character string LSIZE Number 1 CBOLD y1 n1 J CITALIC y2 2 1 CUNDERL y3 n3 J CSTRIKE y4 n4 JESUPER y5 n5 JESUB y6 n6 1 CSOCOLOR HEX value 1 gt lt 50 gt Tag Definition The SO tag overrides style attributes of the current paragraph style When the SO closing tag is encountered the paragraph reverts to the named or default paragraph style Subordinate Tags The SO tag cannot contain any subordinate tags Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION FONTNAME Character string Optional Specifies the name of the font to be used in the style override SIZE Number Optional Specifies the font size TMF Tag Descriptions Table Markup Format Reference 79 SO Attributes continued NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION BOLD yl ni Optional Specifies the use of bold yes y1 no n1 the default ITALIC y2 n2 Optional Specifies the use of italic yes y2 nozn2 the default UNDERL y3 n3 Optional Specifies the use of underline yeszy3 no n3 the default STRIKE y4 n4 Optional Specifies the use of strikethrough 4 4 the default SUPER 5 5 Optional Specifies the use of superscript yes y5 no n5 the default 99ua1ajay JIL SUB Optional Specifies the use of subscript yes y6 no n6 the default SOCOLOR Number Optional Specifies the foreground text color using a HEX value examples OxFF0000 is blue OxOOFFOO is green and 000 is
27. 00 04A Table Viewer DLL GETTING STARTED BUILDING TABLES PLACING TABLES IN GUIDE FORMATTING WIHT GUIDE TABLE VIEWER STYLE EDITOR INDEX Table Markup Format Reference ABOUT THIS REFERENCE TABLE MARKUP FORMAT TAG DESCRIPTIONS TABLE MARKUP FORMAT DTD Style Markup Format Reference ABOUT THIS REFERENCE STYLE MARKUP FORMAT TAG DESCRIPTIONS STYLE MARKUP FORMAT DTD m 5 S Table Viewer DLL Users Manual for GUIDE Author Table Viewer DLL User s Manual D m 5 Contents 1 GETTING STARTED About This 10 A Note About Scripts and 10 What You Need xen piu 11 How to Proceed Jit tO ade tg 12 2 BUILDING TABLES TMF and SMF Files nnn 13 nee ment estet eee rr tenia 14 Table Basics ze rere tete 14 Gell Basics x rre MS 15 Cell Selection 15 HOPOI EO 16 Tab lE Stru Cture tere ese TRE 16 Nable BOdy uite te eR ee 19 Defining Table 21 Paragraphs i32 sk e Maral diesen tree e breue 21 EE 22 e e a eee 24 tetro tte et eie ree redet 25 Title a ior d oon moe tot eee ees 26 Table Footer ie erre tbi e 27 Character References eene 27 The Fable deet
28. Add Style dialog 42 adding a new style to a style file 42 attributes bdrflag 26 border 21 bulletchar 22 columns 18 file 24 for Border style 50 for Cell style 44 for Character style 48 for Graphic style 46 for Paragraph style 46 for Table style 44 rows 18 attributes continued separator 22 splength 25 sptype 25 stlfile 33 style 22 43 width 21 B basic concepts about tables 14 bdrflag attribute 26 body of table 16 border attribute 21 Border style 31 attributes of 50 bulletchar attribute 22 C Cellstyle 31 36 attributes of 44 cells adding lists to 22 adding paragraphs 21 basicconcepts 15 listsin 22 merging tocreatespans 25 character references support for 27 Index 54 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Character style 31 36 attributes of 48 columns attribute 18 command Place Graphic 29 conventions for documentation 10 creatingastyle 42 D default styles 35 defining styles 39 defining table content 21 Document Type Definition See DTD documentationconventions 10 DID 9 SMF 32 TMF 9 E editing style attributes 52 error message when placing tables 30 F file attribute 24 Filemenu 37 font selecting non system 49 sizerange 49 footer component intables 16 27 formatting with the Style Editor 31 Index G Graphic style 31 36 attributes of 46 graphics formats intables 24 graphics placing in a table 24 29 GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor See Sty
29. RED Left IMPLIED gt Appendix 105 106 Style Format Markup Reference lt Character style element gt lelement charstl Ccolor gt lt 151 id fontname size bold italic underl strike super sub Border style element gt lt element bordrstl color gt lt 151 width lt Color style element gt lelement color o EMPTY gt lattlist color red green blue I END gt Appendix CDATA CDATA NUMBER y2 y3 y y5 y6 n1 n2 n3 n4 5 6 REQUIRED REQUIRED HREQUIRED n1 n2 n5 n5 n HREQUIRED inq n gt IMPLIED IMPLIED IMPLIED gt
30. SMF SMF files which are referenced by TMF files determine how your tables are rendered on screen You create SMF files in GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor see Chapter 4 The tags that comprise the SMF DTD are described in the Style Markup Format Reference later in this manual This reference includes the SMF DTD SMF files are recognized by their smf extension Basic Concepts Table Basics Building Tables Here are some key points about tables cells and Hotspots to keep in mind as you create tables for your GUIDE documents Adiagram in a GUIDE document can contain only one table No other tables or graphics such as a bitmap are allowed You can add Hotspots but only on top of table cells A table consists of a two dimensional array of cells in rows and columns Table size is determined by the content of cells or by width and height overrides applied to columns and rows You can add title and footer components to a table You can zoom tables or reduce their size just like any other image in GUIDE Cell Basics Cell Selection Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 15 You can use the Copy command from the Edit menu to copy the text from a selected table cell to the Clipboard The text will be in the default GUIDE style First select the table by left click ing anywhere in the table Then place the cursor over the table cell you want to copy and press Shift and left click again You can then copy the cel
31. agraph style and defines the appear ance of the paragraph in terms of the font name size bold italic etc TMF Tag Descriptions 76 Table Markup Format Reference PARA continued Example cell para style Font2 gt Add a sales charge of 0 33 to purchases under 25 000 para lt cell gt Syntax ROW CSTYLE Named Style LROWNUM Number CHEIGHT Number CBORDER 2 gt CSubordinate tag lt ROW gt Tag Definition The ROW tag marks a new row in a table TMF Tag Descriptions Table Markup Format Reference 77 ROW continued Subordinate Tags The ROW tag can contain the CELL subordinate tag Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION E STYLE Character string Optional Specifies a style that defines the row and overrides the default row style 5 ROWNUM Number Optional Identifies a unique cell by its number the row if row numbers are not stated the numbering implicitly starts with 1 and increases as new rows are added HEIGHT Number Optional Specifies the row height in TWIPs overrides the row height that is usually set by the tallest cell in the row as determined by cell content BORDER Character string Optional Specifies the style of the row border Example lt row gt lt cell rownum 10 height 1500 border Border2 gt Throttle position sensor TPS lt cell gt lt row gt TMF Tag Descriptions 78 Table Markup Format Reference 50 Syntax lt 5
32. allstyle smf gt lt ttitle gt lt para gt TITLE lt para gt lt ttitle gt lt row gt lt cell gt lt para gt BODY lt para gt lt cell gt lt row gt lt tfoot gt lt para gt FOOTER lt para gt lt tfoot gt lt table gt In this example the TMF file specifies a simple table with one cell containing the text BODY it also has a title component with the text TITLE and a footnote component with the text FOOTER TITLE BODY FOOTER Note how the two paragraph tags are essential to displaying this content in each component The TMF file also references a style file Allstyle smf the full path is not required if the style file is in the working directory which provides minimal styling for the table Finally note the use of the columns and rows attributes immediately after the opening table tag to define the size of the table in this case a table of just one cell Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 19 Table Body The body is the heart of a table It is composed of cells organized in columns and rows which are specified by the columns and rows attributes in the opening lt table gt tag The columns attribute defines the table horizontally that is sets the number of cells per row while the rows attribute defines the table vertically sets the number of cells per column The largest possible table you can have in GUIDE is 40 columns by 1 000 ro
33. arge cell Table Viewer DLL lets you merge cells both vertically and horizontally but only in a single column or row A span s content displays across all the cells of the span Figure 2 4 displays horizontal and vertical spans Figure 2 3 A table with two spans Two attributes of the lt cell gt tag are used together to create spans in a table sptype and splength The sptype attribute is set to horiz or vert while the splength attribute is used to designate the length of the span For example cell column 1 sptype horiz splength 6 gt defines a horizontal span of six cells beginning in the first column of the row being defined A horizontal span always runs from left to right beginning with the cell containing the sptype and splength attributes A vertical span runs from top to bottom starting with the cell containing these attributes Spans can t overlap so a given cell can be incorporated in only one span Building Tables 26 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Table Title Building Tables The title is an optional component that occupies the area above a table s body Here are the essential things you need to remember about the title component of tables The width of the title component is the width of the table itself The height of the title component can be set in the TMF file using the height attribute The default value is the height of the content without clipping The title
34. bordinate tag becomes a subordinate tag of the TABLE tag when you create a title component for a table Element tag syntax concludes with the end tag markup lt gt where you repeat the element name after the slash for example lt ttitle gt table columns 3 rows 16 stlfile allstyle smf bdrleft Border2 bdrright Border2 Bdrtop Border2 bdrbtm Border2 gt lt colspec column 1 border Border2 gt lt colspec column 2 border Border2 gt lt colspec column 3 border Border2 gt CSubordinate tags lt table gt About This Reference Table Markup Format Reference 65 Definition The definition explains the purpose of the element for example the TTITLE tag corresponds to the title component of a table Subordinate Tags A list of subordinate tags identifies other tags that can be placed inside the tag currently being defined For example the ROW tag can include a CELL tag but not a COLSPEC tag while the CELL tag can include the PARA LIST and GRAPHIC tags that represent the three types of content you can place in a table Attributes 99ua1ajay JIL Attribute values define each element in more detail Some attributes are required while others are optional if necessary Table Viewer DLL will provide a default value if you do not assign one Measurement values are in TWIPs twentieths of a point 1440 TWIPs equal one inch The TMF Parser The TMF parser can interpret character ref
35. cell paragraph graphic charac ter and border A table style is actually a combination of the five other styles and is used to define the MasterStyle for each style file You assign style tags to cells borders paragraphs and graphics in the TMF file GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor uses device independent units 1 1440 inch or TWIPS for all dimensions except borders which are in pixels Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 32 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Style Markup Format Styles are defined in SMF files When you save styles to a style file GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor automatically applies Style Markup Format SMF which is the only format that Table Viewer DLL recog nizes SMF is an SGML DTD document type definition that Table Viewer applies to the table The SMF DTD is included as an appen dix to the Style Markup Format SMF Reference that follows this manual An electronic version can be found in the DTD folder in your GUIDE Author installation directory You can recognize SMF files by their smf extensions Figure 4 1 shows an extract from an SMF file Note use of the lt stlcol gt tag Just as every TMF file opens and closes with the table tag every SMF file opens and closes with the stlcol tag lt stlcol gt lt charstl idz DefaultChar fontname Arial 512 10 bold n1 italic n2 underl n3 strike n4 super n5 sub n6 gt lt color red 0 g
36. cific table markup syntax please refer to the Table Markup Format Reference For specific style markup syntax please refer to the Style Markup Format Reference For more information about styling tables see Chapter 4 Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Getting Started y e S 3 5 m 10 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual About This Manual This manual assumes you are familiar with GUIDE Author and that you have used LOGiiXm GUIDE Author s built in scripting language to author GUIDE electronic documents Table Viewer DLL User s Manual includes An explanation of Table Viewer concepts Instructions on how to use GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor to apply styles to table components Two special reference guides Table Markup Format Reference and Style Markup Format Reference This manual uses the following documentation conventions Application names appear in italics for example GUIDE Author Command names menu names file names and parameter names as well as dialog names options and fields appear in boldface Readers refers to your end users GUIDE document refers to a file created in GUIDE Author or converted by GUIDE Writer Command lines and syntax examples are indented with a special font this is a sample of a syntax entry A Note About Scripts and Syntax The formatting constraints of the printed page won t allow us to show particularly lon
37. d between single or double quotation marks In the sample syntax we use double quotes About This Reference 64 Table Markup Format Reference Syntax As you review the individual tags in this reference keep in mind how they can be grouped for ease of understanding The TABLE COLSPEC ROW and CELL tags define a table s basic structure The TTITLE and TFOOT tags are optional but if used would create title and footer components for the table Once the basic structure of the table is set up with these tags you then populate the individual cells in the table with paragraphs of text the PARA tag lists the LIST and ITEM tags and or graphics the GRAPHIC tag The syntax section is a quick reference to the table markup language In the following example the first word inside the character must be the table element being defined All words that follow up to the gt character are the allowable attributes of the element The attribute terms and their values are placed within brackets 1 Since most attributes are optional you can generally use as few including none or as many of these attributes as you wish The Tag Descriptions section notes those attributes that are required For ease of reference attributes appear in all capital letters for example STYLE If Subordinate Tags is placed before an element s closing tag refer to the element s Subordinate Tags section to see which ones are allow able For example the TTITLE su
38. eed to display tables in your GUIDE documents The key is deciding How many total styles you will need for your GUIDE publications cell styles paragraph styles etc How many style files and therefore MasterStyles you will need for the different kinds of tables you plan to display in those publications Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 40 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Creating a series of style files each with its own unique MasterStyle can simplify the references you make from your TMF files and there fore the management of tabular data in your publications At the same time you always retain a measure of flexibility as to the treatment of tables on screen because you always have the option of applying attributes to one or more cells in a table that are different from any attributes specified by MasterStyle in the style file Resolving Style Conflicts Sometimes Table Viewer DLL encounters style inconsistencies between the SMF and TMF files or within the TMF file itself This can happen if the SMF file lacks a style definition referenced in the TMF file In that event Table Viewer applies the MasterStyle which includes default styles such as DefaultCell This may also occur if a table style displays incorrectly because Table Viewer DLL reads a TMF file that references the wrong style or the wrong SMF file Such conflicts can arise when you fail to assign unique names for table styles TMF files and or
39. en para graph style in the Paragraph tab dialog Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 52 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Editing Attributes You can edit a style s attributes by opening the appropriate tab dialog in the Style Editor and highlight the name of the style you want to edit in the Styles list You can change the appropriate attributes on the tab dialog You might want to print an SMF file so you can review all its defined styles That way if you want to know the border defined for a par ticular style you don t need to open GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Deleting a Style To delete a style from a style file in GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 1 2 Open the tab dialog for the type of style you want to delete Select the specific style you want to delete from the Styles list Choose Delete from the Styles menu The Style Editor prompts you to confirm the deletion When you click on OK the Style Editor deletes the style and removes its name from the Styles list Choose Save from the File menu This updates the SMF file Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 53 INDEX Symbols smf extension 14 tmf extension 14 lt cell gt tag 19 25 lt colspec gt tag 20 21 lt graphic gt tag 17 24 lt item gt tag 22 lt list gt tag 17 lt para gt tag 17 lt row gt tag 19 lt table gt tag 17 18 lt tfoot gt tag 17 lt ttitle gt tag 17 A
40. erences which use numbers based on ASCII or ANSI codes to represent keyboard characters The code numbers must be preceded by the ampersand amp and pound symbols For example typing amp 60 instructs the parser to insert a lt character into the content About This Reference 66 Table Markup Format Reference About Sample Scripts A word about sample scripts shown in this reference Where printed lines end on these pages isn t necessarily where script lines break on the com puter screen You ll recognize continuation lines that belong with the pre ceding lines because the continuation lines return to the left margin not to the indentation level where the script line began The first level of indenta tion shown in these pages represents the left margin of a computer screen For clarity even though scripts aren t case sensitive we ve used upper and lower case characters in the scripts shown in this manual for better read ability Here is an example of what we mean cell rownum 100 height 1500 border Border2 gt Newnes cell in row 100 with a height of 1500 TWIPs and a set with the Border2 style lt cell gt Continuation line On the screen these lines would be part of the previous line note that they return to the left margin not the indent level where the script started About This Reference Table Markup Format Reference 67 TABLE MARKUP FORMAT TAG DESCRIPTIONS Following in alphab
41. ermines the alignment of a graphic within the table cells By default a graphic will fill the cell completely unless extra width is added to the cell in the Extra Width text box In that event the align ment option you select becomes important Provides extra space between the graphic and the cell border which can be added to one or other side of the cell if you select Left or Right under Alignment or to both sides if you select Center The dimensions are in TWIPs 1 1440 of an inch Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 47 F E chien Guchic Been Chuarda dpe Dsum p ie un ane o z EH T Lat T oCener Lek indent b E S 5 m T Pig ee dons Lat F Cina Unde are 17H Dich T Re Figure 4 7 Graphic tab dialog Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 48 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Character Attributes You define the text attributes listed below in the Character tab dialog Figure 4 8 The character styles that you create here only take effect for a particular table once you associate a specific character style with a specific paragraph style in the Paragraph tab dialog If you want you can reference a specific character style in an SMF file Figure 4 8 Character tab dialog Note The text displays about two pixels smaller when you display
42. etical order is a description of each TMF tag Note in particular the STYLE attribute which can be used to override default styles set by the style file 5 CELL 5 Syntax CELL CSTYLE Named Style 1 LCOLUMN Number CSPTYPE horiz vert CSPLENGTH Number 1 CSubordinate tags lt CELL gt Tag Definition The CELL tag identifies a cell at a specific row and column it may also be the first cell in a horizontal or vertical span of cells Subordinate Tags The CELL tag can contain any of the following subordinate tags PARA LIST GRAPHIC TMF Tag Descriptions 68 Table Markup Format Reference CELL continued Attributes NAME STYLE COLUMN SPTYPE SPLENGTH Example TYPE Character string Number horiz vert Number USE Optional Optional Optional Optional DESCRIPTION Specifies a style for the cell that would override the default cell style specified for the table Specifies the number of the column to which the cell belongs if the number is not stated it is implicit in the number of cells defined before this one inside a ROW tag Specifies whether a span if any is horizontal or vertical Specifies the number of cells that comprise the span cell sptype horiz splength 3 gt lt cell gt COLSPEC Syntax COLSPEC CCOLUMN Number LWIDTH Number CBORDER Character string 1 gt TMF Tag Descriptions Table Mark
43. etters in menu and command names For example Alt followed by F opens the File menu When the File menu opens you can choose 5 to activate the Save command In this docu mentation keyboard shortcuts appear with commas between the Alt and access keys Thus Alt F S represents the complete keyboard shortcut for saving a style file Alternatively you can use the short cuts stated opposite many commands in the pull down menus For example Ctrl S will also activate the Save command if you first press and hold down the Ctrl key and then press S D i 5 File Menu The File menu lists commands to help you create and manage style files COMMAND SHORTCUT DESCRIPTION New Opens new style file with MasterStyle and its default settings Open Alt F O Allows you to open an existing style file Save Alt F S Updates the active style file under its existing name Save As Alt F A Allows you to save an active style file under a new name Exit Alt F X Closes GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 38 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual View Menu The View menu lists commands that duplicate the tab dialogs in the application window For example to open the Cell tab dialog you can either choose Cell styles from the View menu or click the Cell tab in the application window COMMAND SHORTCUT DESCRIPTION Table styles AIL VT Opens the Table tab dialog where y
44. ew a message explaining the error This message will describe the first problem encountered by Table Viewer DLL in trying to open the TMF file If there is more than one error in the TMF file you will have to view successive messages to resolve the error Placing Tables in GUIDE Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 31 CHAPTER 4 FORMATTING WITH GUIDE TABLE VIEWER STYLE EDITOR This chapter explains how to use GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor to define styles for tables in your GUIDE publications With the Style Editor you create the style files that is SMF files that are referenced by TMF files when you import the latter into GUIDE documents Just as TMF files dictate the structure and content of the tables you display in your GUIDE documents so SMF files determine how those table will appear on sceen E S With the Style Editor you can create edit rename and delete styles for your tables and place those styles in style files You can create any number of style files and store any number of styles in each file The styles you specify in the Style Editor for a table are applied to the table when the table is rendered in a GUIDE window by means of Table Viewer DLL In using the Style Editor note Full keyboard control is possible by using the tab and arrow keys Pressing Ctrl M returns the focus to the title bar unless a tab for a tab dialog has focus There are six style types table
45. g Table Content Paragraphs As noted earlier table content can consist of either regular text de fined by the para tag lists defined by the list tag or graphics defined by the graphic tag You can place one any two or all three types of content in a cell If a cell has no content you must still use the cell tags to define the empty cell A cell can contain any number of paragraphs with text aligned to the left or right of the cell or centered You can format the font size color and effects such as bold or italic used for text in a table cell Text wraps to fit a cell s dimensions and can include line breaks Paragraphs contain text that displays according to the font name size color and type bold etc defined for the style assigned to the paragraph Paragraphs are left center or right justified according to the style assigned The natural size of a cell containing a paragraph is width to height ratio of approximately 2 1 a ratio found to be aestheti cally pleasing This ratio applies only to paragraphs However the text of a list item is also treated as a paragraph This doesn t include the area occu pied by the itemizer which is minimized unless you use the itwidth attribute to specify the width Building Tables E 5 22 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Generally the natural height of a row is the height of its tallest cell while the
46. g lines of syntax exactly as they appear on screen Where a line of syntax has been broken the continued line returns Getting Started Table Viewer DLL Users Manual 11 z to the left margin not to the indentation level where the script began gt The first level of indentation shown in these pages represents the left edge of a computer screen Also for greater readability we ve used 5 upper and lower case characters and indents to clarify syntax structure lt table columns 5 rows 6 New Lines stlfile c gtables tutorial smf gt lt ttitle gt lt para gt SERVICE ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE lt para gt lt ttitle gt Continuation Lines On screen these lines would be part of the previous line note that they return to the left margin not the indent level where the script started What You Need Table Viewer DLL guidetv dll is installed automatically with GUIDE Author For more information about installion please see the Welcome to manual which also discusses hardware and software requirements The installation utility copies various dynamic link libraries DLLs including guidetv dll to the GUIDE Author directory Some of these DLLs enable you to run Table Viewer DLL with GUIDE applications you ll need others when you distribute GUIDE documents that contain tables See the appendix to the Welcome to manual for a list of all the files included with GUIDE Author including those you must dis tribute
47. l Hotspots so that they are still placed over the original cells and will still work if the table is scaled clipped or scrolled You also move or resize table by changing the settings in the Element Info dialog Format menu You use the Insert Hotspot command Format menu to insert a Hotspot exactly on top of the selected table cell You add only one Hotspot to a table cell You can select a special cursor style for Hotspots so that the cur sor changes when it is placed over a Hotspot in a table Even so you should still use the semi opaque setting for the Hotspot to draw the reader s attention to the Hotspot In that way readers won t have to move their cursor over tables to locate Hotspots Table Structure Building Tables To create a table TMF file you first collect the data you want to include in the table and then conceptualize how the data should be presented Most if not all of the data will be placed in the body of the table which is the key component of the table If you want your table can also have title and footer components The body of a table consists of a series of cells in columns and rows Each cell may include one any two or all three types of content paragraphs of text lists or graphics All cells in a column must be the same width and all cells in a row must be the same height Cells will be sized naturally unless you apply width and height overrides see page 13
48. l s contents to the Clipboard and paste them into a word processor document say Table cell size is determined either by cell content or the width and height overrides that specify sizes for the columns and rows Cell content can be of three types paragraphs lists or graphics You can use one any two or all three types of cell content or none at all Cell content may be clipped if you use width or height overrides that make cells too small to fully display the paragraph list or graphic content You can create spans by combining several cells in a single row or column A given cell can belong to only one span You select a table in GUIDE by left clicking on the table to select the table You then press Shift while left clicking to select invert a table cell You cannot select more than one picture in a table diagram Shift left click is used for cell selection not extended selection Clicking on any other GUIDE object will deselect a table cell Building Tables E 5 16 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Hotspots Insert Hotspot command Format menu is grayed if you select a table but not a specific cell The Expansion Expansion Button and Group commands from the Make menu are grayed when you select a Hotspot in a table You cannot drag or resize a Hotspot a table but you can drag or resize the table itself the whole image This will move or resize al
49. lays all cell styles in the style file If you switch to the Borders tab dialog the Styles list then displays all border styles in the style file The preview window shows your changes as you assign attributes to each style F Table cedar Dal audi coll rhe Dafad puagaphaki IPs Deu ghoda Derana Dated testers Dasa Figure 4 2 GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor which opens by default to the Table tab dialog Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 35 Styles and Attributes y E S 5 Each new style file you create includes MasterStyle which is the only style that ever appears in the Styles list when the Table tab dialog is open MasterStyle is defined by the styles you choose for the various table attributes that you set in the Cell Paragraph Graphic Character and Border tab dialogs You can add any number of cell paragraph and other styles to a style file But you can only associate one style of each type with MasterStyle for a given style file You do this in the Table tab dialog When you create a new style file MasterStyle consists intially of a series of default styles DefaultCell etc which you can view in the Table tab dialog The character style is treated as an attribute of a paragraph style and becomes part of MasterStyle through its asso ciation
50. le Editor guideio dl 11 guidetv dll 9 11 H Help menu 39 Hotspotsintables 16 itemizer attribute 22 K keyboard shortcuts in Style Editor 37 L lists adding tocells 22 M MasterStyle default styles in 35 explained 35 menus 37 Help 39 Style 39 View 38 N non system font selecting 49 P Paragraph style 31 36 attributes of 46 set by default 22 paragraphs adding to cells 21 parser support for character references 28 Place Graphic command for placing tables 14 29 placing table in GUIDE Author 29 point size for fonts range available 49 R rows attribute 18 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 55 saving anew stylefile 41 scripts display format in manual 11 SGML 9 32 shortcuts keyboard 37 size of fonts range available 49 SMF 9 14 SMFDID 32 SMF file conflict with TMF file 40 creating 14 31 explained 14 extract from 32 spans 25 splength attribute 25 sptype attribute 25 Standard Generalized Markup Language See SGML stlfile attribute 33 style adding to a style file 42 creating 42 style attribute 22 style attributes 43 changing 43 defining 43 editing 43 52 for Border style 50 for Cell style 44 for Character style 48 for Graphic style 46 for Paragraph style 46 style conflicts resolving 40 Index 56 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Style Editor 9 defining styles in 31 explained 9 formatting with 31 interface 34 36 keyb
51. lor display and values identify the color you selected in Step 2 Change the numbers in the Red Green and Blue text boxes to adjust the percentages of each primary color for the basic color you selected to the RGB values you want to use for your custom color Border Attributes On the Border property page Figure 4 9 you can define attributes for the borders of table cells ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION Color Width Sets the color of the border for the cells in a table Enter the RGB values of the color you want to use in the Red Green and Blue fields or click Custom Color to select a color from the Color dialog Sets the width of the table cells Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 51 Edim Table Punch Chasca al 5 wiih Dani eck Figure 4 9 Border tab dialog Modifying a Style You can modify any style in a style file by opening the style file selecting the appropriate tab dialog and editing the cell style or whichever style you want to edit You can then choose Save from the File menu to save your changes You can change the particular combination of styles you have assigned to MasterStyle by opening the Table tab dialog and changing the current styles selected for Cell Paragraph Graphic and Border You can also change the character style associated with any giv
52. ncludes left angle brackets you must Building Tables 28 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual code them to ensure the brackets are handled properly during con version Since HML supports SGML character references you can code such characters easily In this case replace the bracket lt with an ampersand amp a pound sign and the ASCII or ANSI code for that character 60 for ASCII The parser interprets amp 60 as the left angle bracket character you want to display not as the start of a new tag This allows you to use any character in a document without worrying about what the parser will do You may need to use a semicolon as a delimiter to avoid confusion For example if you apply the usual markup to the math ematical relationship 2 lt 3 the ambiguous 2 amp 603 results If you use the 2 amp 60 3 however the semicolon delimits the value 60 from the value 3 The Table Window Building Tables Table Viewer bases the height of each row on the highest cell in the row and the width of each column on the widest cell in the column Row and column dimensions override cell dimensions If a row has a height attribute it determines the height of the row likewise if a column has a width attribute that attribute determines the column s width In short a table window s size is based on the table s total height and width Table height is the sum of the heights of the title body and footer
53. oard shortcuts in 37 menus 36 starting 33 Styles List 34 styling elements in 9 style file 32 addinganewstyleto 42 creating 31 40 referencing in a TMF file 41 savingnew 41 Style Markup Format See SMF Style menu 39 styles 31 36 assigning attributes to 42 Border 31 calling from the database 33 Cell 31 36 Character 31 36 defining 31 39 deleting 52 Graphic 31 36 Paragraph 31 36 selecting anon system font 49 Table 31 36 Styles list 34 subordinate tags 17 syntax convention for displaying 10 Index T table creating the body of 19 creating with a TMFfile 13 displaying in GUIDE 13 largest possible in GUIDE 19 table content defining 21 explained 13 Table Markup Format See TMF table structure 16 Table style 31 36 attributes of 44 table styles creating 31 Table Viewer DLL explained 9 installation of 11 tables adding Hotspots to 13 basic concepts 14 body of 16 defining content 21 footercomponent 16 27 graphics formats 24 Hotspotsin 16 interactive possibilities of 13 linksto 13 listcontent 23 placing 29 placing in GUIDE Author 29 styling elements in 9 title component 16 26 TMF for basic structure 17 treatment of listed items 23 types of content 16 tags lt cell gt 19 25 lt colspec gt 20 21 lt graphic gt 17 24 lt item gt 22 lt list gt 17 22 lt para gt 17 lt row gt 19 lt table gt 17 18 lt tfoot gt 17 lt ttitle gt 17 subordinate 17 used
54. ollowing attributes for table cells ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION Background color Specifies the background color of each table cell You can either enter the RGB values directly in the Red Green and Blue fields or click Custom Color to open the Color dialog box and select a color there Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 45 ES S 5 Figure 4 4 Table tab dialog Figure 4 5 Cell tab dialog Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 46 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Paragraph Attributes On the Paragraph tab dialog Figure 4 6 you can set the following attributes to define how the paragraphs will be treated ATTRIBUTE Character style Alignment Indents DESCRIPTION Lets you choose an existing character style to associate with the Paragraph style you set in this tab dialog All the character styles you create in the Character tab dialog are available from this drop down list Aligns text in the paragraph to the left right or center First Line sets the indent for the first line of text in a paragraph in TWIPs 1 1440 of an inch Left Indent indents the whole paragraph that is creates a left hand margin for text within the cell Graphic Attributes On the Graphic tab dialog Figure 4 7 you can define attributes for graphics that appear in table cells ATTRIBUTE Alignment Extra Width DESCRIPTION Det
55. or Paragraph Select a character style and set text alignment and indentation Graphic Set the alignment of graphics within table cells Character Select a font name point size font style bold italic underline strikethrough superscript subscript and also the foreground color for text within cells Border Select the width and color of table borders The GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor interface reflects the above grouping of table elements and attributes With this brief introduction to Style Markup Format and styles let s start GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor and review the application interface in more detail before we discuss the creation of styles and style files Note You can move between tab dialogs as you set attributes for each table element Choose Save from the File menu when you are ready to save your changes to the style file you re working in The Style Editor Menus The Style Editor menus contain commands that enable you to create and manage style files and their styles A menu command followed by ellipsis points indicates that a dialog with further options opens when you choose that command Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 37 To open a menu or activate a command click on its name Alterna tively you can use keyboard shortcuts to activate menus and com mands by pressing the Alt key and access keys in sequence Access keys are the underlined l
56. ou can select styles for the cell paragraph graphic and border elements of the table Cell styles AIL E Opens the Cell tab dialog where you can specify the background color of cells Paragraph styles AIL P Opens the Paragraph tab dialog where you can choose a character style and set paragraph alignment and indentation Graphic styles Opens the Graphic tab dialog where you can determine the positioning of graphics within cells Character styles AIL VC Opens the Character tab dialog where you can choose a font name point size a font color and font attributes Border styles AIL VB Opens the Border tab dialog where you can set color and width for cell borders List of styles Alt VL Returns the focus to the Styles list Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 39 S S S Style Menu E 5 The Style menu lists commands that let you create and edit styles COMMAND SHORTCUT DESCRIPTION Add Alt S A Opens the Add Style dialog box which allows you to add a new style to the active style file Delete AIt S D Deletes the style selected in the Styles list Help Menu The Help menu lists the single command About COMMAND SHORTCUT DESCRIPTION About Alt H A Displays a dialog that contains copyright information and the version number for GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Defining Styles With GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor you can define all the styles you n
57. ple lt table stlfile k tables styles tables smf gt Here are examples of how styles in the SMF file might be referenced from the TMF file para style left align Bold 12 gt graph style graph Lleft gt cell style Yellow gt row border border1 style gt lt colspec border border1 style gt Starting GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor installs automatically with GUIDE Author To start the Style Editor start Windows and do one of the following Click the Start menu and choose GUIDE Table Style Editor from the GUIDE program group Click the Start menu or the File menu in either the Windows Program Manager or File Manager and then choose Run In the Open text box enter the path to gtvstyle exe the Style Editor executable and click OK Double click gtvstyle exe in the File Manager or Windows Explorer Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 34 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual The Application Interface The GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor interface consists of an appli cation window that contains a Styles list box a series of tab dialogs and a preview window see Figure 4 2 There is also a menu bar containing four menus each with a series of commands When you open a style file the Styles list shows all the styles in the style file according to which style type is currently selected For ex ample with the Cell tab dialog open the Styles list disp
58. ple syntax we use double quotes the Style Editor generates single quotes Tag Definition The tag definition explains the purpose of the element being described for example the CHARSTL tag marks the beginning of the parameter and attribute values that define a character style Subordinate Tags Attributes Examples Subordinate tags are parameters that can be placed inside the beginning and ending tags of the table element being defined For example the CELLSTL tag used to define a cell style could include the COLOR tag Attributes define a table element in more detail Attribute information in cludes allowable values such as whether the value is required or optional If required this reference states the attribute s default value These provide sample syntax of the tag in use See the next section About This Reference Style Markup Format Reference 93 About Sample Scripts A word about sample scripts shown in this reference Where printed lines end on these pages isn t necessarily where script lines break on the computer screen You ll recognize continuation lines that belong with the preceding lines because the continuation lines return to the left margin not to the indentation level where the script line began The first level of indentation shown in these pages represents the left margin of a computer screen For clarity even though scripts aren t case sensitive we ve used upper and lower case characters in the
59. r Number USE Required Required Optional Optional Optional DESCRIPTION Specifies a unique identifier for the paragraph style Specifies a unique identifier for the character style within the paragraph style Specifies the alignment of text in cells Left the default Center or Right Specifies the indentation of the first line of a paragraph Specifies the indentation of all lines in a paragraph from the left lt parastl id DefaultPara charid DefaultChar align left firstind 0 indent 0 gt lt parastl gt SMF Tag Descriptions 102 Style Markup Format Reference STLCOL Tag Definition The STLCOL tag marks a collection of styles Every SMF file opens and closes with this tag Subordinate Tags The STLCOL tag can contain the following subordinate tags TABLESTL CELLSTL PARASTL GRASTL CHARSTL BORDERSTL Attributes The STLCOL tag has no attributes Example lt stlcol gt lt tablestl id MasterStyle cell CellStyle para ParaStyle graphic GraphicStyle border BorderStyle gt lt tablestl gt lt stlcol gt SMF Tag Descriptions Style Markup Format Reference 103 TABLE Tag Definition The TABLE tag marks a table style Subordinate Tags The TABLE tag cannot contain any subordinate tags Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION ID Character string Required Specifies a unique identifier for a table style CELL Character
60. reen 0 blue 0 gt lt charstl gt lt charstl idz CharA fontname Courier size 10 bold n1 italicz n2 underl y3 strike n4 superz n5 sub n6 gt lt color lt 0 green 0 blue 255 gt lt charstl gt lt charstl idz CharB fontname Arial Black 512 12 bold n1 italic y2 underl n3 strike n4 super n5 sub n6 gt lt color red 255 green 0 blue 0 gt lt charstl gt lt charstl id CharC fontname Arial 512 10 bold y1 italic n2 underl n3 strike n4 super n5 sub n6 gt lt color red 0 64 blue 128 gt lt charstl gt lt stlcol gt Figure 4 1 Part of an SMF file showing the attributes for the four character styles in the style file DefaultChar CharA CharB and CharC Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 33 When you place a table in a GUIDE document Table Viewer DLL loads the TMF file which in turn references the SMF file to deter mine the appropriate styles to be used to render the table i 5 Each style you create with the Style Editor must be referenced prop erly in a TMF file so the TMF can successfully call that style from the SMF file To call styles the TMF file first must contain a path to the style file The correct syntax is table stlfile file name path gt The stlfile attribute defines the full path to the style file for exam
61. s and display them GUIDE window The functionality provided by Table Viewer DLL includes the ability to zoom and pan tables just as you would images to add Hotspots so that they completely cover the cells of the tables they are added to and to run serial string find functions against the table data in order to highlight an entire cell As you import tables TMF files into GUIDE Author to create your GUIDE documents Table Viewer DLL interprets Table Markup Formatm based on a Standard Generalized Markup Language SGML DTD Document Type Definition As it interprets each TMF file Table Viewer DLL consults an associated Style Markup Formatm SMF file created in GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor It then renders the table on screen according to the styles specified in the SMF file That is TMF files are used to determine table input structure content and behavior while SMF files dictate table styles Copies of the TMF and SMF DTDs can be found in the appendixes to the two references that follow this user s manual electronic versions of the DTDs are in the DTD subdirectory of your GUIDE Author installation directory While Table Viewer DLL works in the background you work formally in GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor application to style table elements With the Style Editor you can create new styles as well as edit save delete and rename existing ones The Style Editor interprets Style Markup Format SMF For spe
62. t 151 table columns NUMBER rows NUMBER stlfile CDATA bdrleft CDATA bdrtop CDATA bdrright CDATA bdrbtm CDATA lt Title element gt lt element ttitle Xcontent gt lattlist ttitle style CDATA height NUMBER bdrflag y1 n1 lt Column defined within the scope of a table gt lt element colspec EMPTY gt lt attlist colspec column NUMBER width NUMBER border CDATA lt lelement row lattlist row specifier for new row ina table gt Ccell gt style CDATA rownum NUMBER height NUMBER border CDATA gt 99uasajay JIL IMPLIED IMPLIED IMPLIED IMPLIED IMPLIED IMPLIED IMPLIED gt IMPLIED IMPLIED y1 gt IMPLIED IMPLIED IMPLIED gt IMPLIED IMPLIED IMPLIED IMPLIED gt Appendix 86 Table Markup Format Reference lt Footer element gt lelement tfoot Xcontent gt lattlist tfoot style CDATA IMPLIED height NUMBER IMPLIED bdrflag y1 n1 1 gt lt Cell defined within the scope of a row or a column gt lt element cell Xcontent gt lattlist cell style CDATA IMPLIED column NUMBER IMPLIED sptype Choriz vert IMPLIED splength NUMBER IMPLIED gt lt Paragraph element gt lelement para so gt lt 151 para style CDATA IMPLIED lt Style override element gt lelement so Xcontent gt lattlist so
63. t tet eet 28 3 PLACING TABLES IN GUIDE Placing a Table in GUIDE 29 Contents Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Contents 4 FORMATTING WITH GUIDE TABLE VIEWER STYLE EDITOR Style Markup Format 32 Starting GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 33 The Application Interface sse 34 Styles and Attributes 35 The Style Editor 36 File Mert ii e 37 MIA URP 38 Style I M 39 Help MEN ger 39 Defining crt 39 Resolving Style Conflicts 40 Creating StyleFile 2 cia prenne reete ti 40 Creating a Styl e 5 ah pertes 42 Style Attributes 5 e 43 Table Attributes Ihe tne eene 44 Attributes onnenn 44 Paragraph 46 Graphic Attributes coti eene gotten 46 Character Attributes rt dee 48 Border Attributes iie pedet 50 Modifying a 51 Editing attributes anunn nerean iania 52 Deleting a Styles ie teen 52 INDEX rte re ee 53 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 9 CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED In GUIDEo Authorm version 5 0 tables are handled by means of Table Viewer DLL guidetv dll a dynamic link library that allows you to embed tables in GUIDE document
64. ter string Optional Specifies the style of the top border of the table BDRRIGHT Character string Optional Specifies the style of the right border of the table BDRBTM Character string Optional Specifies the style of the bottom border of the table Example table columns 10 rows 16 stlfile allstyle smf bdrleft Border2 bdrright Border2 bdrtop Border2 bdrbtm Border2 gt ttitle style TitleStyle gt lt para gt Policies amp Procedures lt para gt lt ttitle gt lt table gt TMF Tag Descriptions 82 Table Markup Format Reference TFOOT Syntax lt CSTYLE Named Style CHEIGHT Number CBDRFLAG Y1 1 gt CSubordinate tag lt TFOOT gt Tag Definition The TFOOT tag marks a table footer element Subordinate Tags The TFOOT tag can contain the following subordinate tags PARA LIST GRAPHIC Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION STYLE Character string Optional Specifies a style that overrides the default style for the table HEIGHT Number Optional Specifies the height of the footnote component in TWIPs TMF Tag Descriptions Table Markup Format Reference 83 TFOOT Attributes continued NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION BDRFLAG yi nl Optional Specifies whether the footer has a border yeszy1 the default no n1 if there is a border it takes on the style of the left bottom and right borders defined in the TABLE tag m Example n 39 lt tfoot
65. the table ina GUIDE document than the point size you select in the Style Editor The difference will be more noticeable with smaller point sizes and you may need to compensate for this when you choose the font size for a particular style ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION Font name Sets the typeface such as Arial Courier Helvetica or Times Roman Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor Table Viewer DLL User s Manual 49 Si ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION Point Size Sets the point size for text associated with E the selected style Font style Sets special effects such as bold and italic Color Sets the foreground color that is the color of the text in your table You can enter the RGB values in the Red Green and Blue fields or click Custom Color to open the Color dialog and choose a color there When you select a font for a new style or change a font for an exist ing style you can also choose a point size for the font The point sizes available will be determined by the font itself and your setup in Windows You can choose a non system font assuming the font is available on the computer that will display the GUIDE table in question To select a font 1 Open the appropriate style file 2 Open Character tab dialog and from the Styles list select the name of the style you want to edit 3 Select the font you want to use from the Font Name drop down list You can also type the name of the font in the text bo
66. the title The width of the footer is the width of the table itself The height of the footer can be set in the TMF file The default value is the height of the content without clipping The footer can contain optional and repeatable elements where an element can be an occurrence of a paragraph list or graphic That is you can have any number of paragraphs lists and or graphics in a footer component just as you can in a cell of the table body The background color is specified by the color attribute of a cell style applied through the style attribute of the tfoot tag The borders of a footer can be set by the bdrflag attribute of the lt tfoot gt tag The default value is y1 Yes The bottom left and right borders of the footer component are the same as the bottom left and right borders of the table body The footer can be selected in GUIDE by pressing Shift and then left clicking on the footer area You can add a Hotspot to a footer just as you do to any cell in the body of a table You can use the Copy command to copy text from the footer to the Clipboard once you select the footer Character References The TMF parser supports character references This feature allows you to use any character in your document content regardless of its implications to the parser For example the SGML parser s default syntax interprets a left angle bracket as the signal to open a tag So if your document s text i
67. to select the correct style from the Styles list before you use any of the options on the tab dialogs to change style attributes To change the tab dialog you are working on click on another tab in the Style Editor window Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 44 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Table Attributes Cell Attributes On the the Table tab dialog Figure 4 4 you define the MasterStyle for the style file Table attributes are not strictly attributes at all but rather the specific set of styles you want to assign to the MasterStyle from all the styles available in the style file In this way you can organ ize the various styles you want to apply to the tables you display in your GUIDE documents so that those tables are rendered consistently Remember when you select a paragraph style you also select the character style associated with that paragraph style In that way the settings on the Table tab dialog capture all the styles necessary to create the MasterStyle for the style file ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION Default cell style Select the specific cell style you want to add to MasterStyle Default paragraph style Select the specific paragraph style you want to add to MasterStyle Default graphic style Select the specific graphic style you want to add to MasterStyle Default border style Select the specific border style you want to add to MasterStyle On the Cell tab dialog Figure 4 5 you can define the f
68. type definition DTD A printed version of the DTD is included as an appendix to this reference an electronic version can be found in the DTD folder in your GUIDE Author installation directory This reference elaborates on the TMF tags listed in the DTD A TMF file is simply an ASCII file that defines table structure and organiza tion by use of the tags and syntax outlined in this section and explained further in the TMF Tag Descriptions section that follows The alphabetical list of tags defines each tag explains its allowable subordinate tags and any applicable attributes and provides an example of the tag s use JL This reference assumes you are familiar with DTD structure and Standard Generalized Markup Language TMF files typically contain references to SMF files which determine how a table will actually display on line For more information on SMF files see the Style Markup Format Reference which follows this reference About the Tag Descriptions The description of each style tag in this reference is organized under four main headings Syntax Tag Definition Subordinate Tags and Attributes Under a fifth heading Example can be found sample syntax for the tag described For ease of review tags are set in upper case bold except for the sample syntax under Example There they are are set in lower case Since tags are not case sensitive it doesn t matter It also doesn t matter whether tag attributes are place
69. up Format Reference 69 COLSPEC continued Tag Definition The COLSPEC tag marks a column defined within the table It is used to provide attributes to a specified column It can force a column to have a particular width or define the style of the right border of that column The COLSPEC tag has no closing tag Subordinate Tags 90ua1ajay JIL The COLSPEC tag cannot contain any subordinate tags Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION COLUMN Number Optional Identifies the specific column being defined WIDTH Number Optional Specifies the width of the column in TWIPs overrides the row width that is usually set by the widest cell in the column as determined by cell content BORDER Character string Optional Specifies the style of the right border Example lt colspec column 1 width 50 border Border2 gt TMF Tag Descriptions 70 Table Markup Format Reference GRAPHIC Syntax lt GRAPHIC CSTYLE Named Style 1 CFILE Character string 1 lt GRAPHIC gt Tag Definition The GRAPHIC tag marks a graphic element The closing tag lt graphic gt is optional Subordinate Tags The GRAPHIC tag cannot contain any subordinate tags Attributes NAME TYPE USE DESCRIPTION STYLE Character string Optional Specifies a style that defines the alignment and indent of the graphic and would override the default graphic style FILE Character string Required Specifies the external reference for the graphic file
70. with a specific paragraph style By creating a series of style files each with its own unique MasterStyle you can simplify refer ences to styles from TMF files and ensure consistency in how tables are displayed in your GUIDE documents At the same time you can still apply unique attributes to any cell in a table by the use of specific references in the TMF file In other words you may initially want to create a style file contain ing every style you are ever likely to need for your GUIDE publica tions You could then decide how many distinct table styles that is how many MasterStyles you will need to render your tables If say you need only three distinct table styles you could make copies of the original style file and customize those style files by editing MasterStyle in each case That is you could choose different cell paragraph and other styles from the complete stable of styles in the style file to create a unique MasterStyle for each style file Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 36 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual Following are the types of styles you can create for each style file and the attributes or options you can select in the appropriate tab dialog in each case STYLE ATTRIBUTES Table Not a style per se Used to select existing styles for the treatment of cells paragraphs graphics and borders in the table What you select defines MasterStyle for the style file Cell Select the background col
71. ws Once you set the number of columns and rows in the table you use the lt row gt tag to start each row you have planned for the table and the paired lt cell gt and lt cell gt tags to define each cell in the row When you have specified content for each of the cells in the first row the number of cells as specified by the columns attribute you use the lt row gt tag to complete the row and are then ready to define the cells in the next row Note that there is no need for the cells to be numbered because Table Viewer DLL interprets the TMF file from the top down row by row left to right column by column So as long as you use the lt cell gt tag to specify the correct number of cells as specified by the columns and rows attributes you ll be all right The following table with line spaces added to clarify syntax demon strates this Here we re using the para tag as a subordinate tag to display content within each cell Most of the action in a table takes place between the cell tags with use of the para tag as here or the list or graphic tag to define content table columns 2 rows 3 stylefile allstyle smf gt lt row gt lt cell gt lt para gt gearshift lt para gt lt cell gt lt cell gt lt para gt P42 lt para gt lt cell gt lt row gt Building Tables E i 5 m 20 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual lt row gt lt cell gt lt
72. x If you want to use a font that is not on your system you will have to type the name of the non system font in the text box The Style Editor will accept the non system font entered in the text box but the preview box will display sample text in a default font Non system fonts only display properly if the proper font name has been entered in the Font Name text box and the font is installed on the computer that displays the table in your GUIDE publication 4 Selecta point size from the drop down Font Size list To select a point size that isn t in the drop down list you can highlight the point size already in the text box and type in the size you want Actual sizes available for each font will be de termined by the type of font installed on your machine and your Windows setup Formatting with GUIDE Table Viewer Style Editor 50 Table Viewer DLL User s Manual To create a custom color to use for text 1 2 Click on Custom Color to open the Color dialog Select a color you want to customize from the palette in the Color dialog Click on the Define Custom Colors button The Color dialog expands to show a panel that contains a full spectrum color field a sample box that displays the color s screen display complete with dithering on the left and its solid display the closest basic color on the right and text boxes that show the selected color s values for hue saturation lumi nescence red green and blue The current co

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