Hi,

 

I try currently to write a table with a repeated header on all pages and rules above and below the header

and another rule below the table on all pages. I tried this now with all tables in ConTeXt but I can't the

desired result from any of them.

 

Tabulate has problems with rule below the header and did not support repeated footers.

 

TaBlE has problems with the spacing of his rows below the header and at the bottom of the tables,

it has also a problem with the spacing from the rule at the bottom.

 

Natural Tables allow me to put a rule above and below the header but I'm unable to get rule at last row

on every page, the "last" key for rows use always the last row of the hole table.

 

I played also a little bit with textbackground but I have a few problems with the results, the background

has always the width of the current textwidth and it takes always the topskip into account.

 

What it tried so far is the following code:

 

\setuppapersize[A7,landscape][A7,landscape]
\setuplayout[lines=5]

\starttext

\tracetablestrue
\setuptables[split=repeat]

\starttablehead
\HL
\NC Row 1 \NC Row 2 \NC Row 3 \NC\AR
\HL
\stoptablehead

\starttabletail
\HL
\stoptabletail

\starttable[|l|l|l|]
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\AR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\AR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\AR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\AR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\AR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\AR
\stoptable

\page

\startbuffer[tabulate]
\starttabulatehead
\HL
\NC Row 1 \NC Row 2 \NC Row 3 \NC\NR
\HL
\stoptabulatehead

\starttabulatetail
\HL
\stoptabulatetail

\starttabulate[|l|l|l|]
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\stoptabulate
\stopbuffer

\getbuffer[tabulate]

\page

\setuptabulate[header=repeat]

\getbuffer[tabulate]

\page

\newconditional\tabulaterepeatfoot

\settrue\tabulaterepeatfoot

\def\dosplittabulatebox#1%
  {\resettsplit
   \def\tsplitminimumfreelines{2}%
   \def\tsplitminimumfreespace{0pt}%
   \setbox\tsplitcontent\box#1%
   \ifcase\tabulaterepeathead\or
     \setbox\tsplithead\vsplit\tsplitcontent to 3\lineheight
     \setbox\tsplithead\vbox{\unvbox\tsplithead}%
   \or
     \setbox\tsplithead\vbox{\hbox{\strut\tabulateparameter\c!title}}%
   \fi
   \ifcase\tabulaterepeatfoot
     %\setbox\tsplittail\vsplit\tsplitcontent to \lineheight
     %\setbox\tsplittail\vbox{\unvbox\tsplittail}%
     \setbox\tsplittail\vbox{\color[orange]{\hrule}}%
   \fi
   \handletsplit}

\def\fulltabulatecontent
  {\tabulateheadcontent
   \tabulatecontent
   \ifcase\tabulaterepeatfoot\else
     \tabulatetailcontent
   \fi
   \removefunnytabulateline}

%\tracetabulatetrue

\getbuffer[tabulate]

\page

%\traceTABLEtrue
\setupTABLE[split=repeat,frame=off]
\setupTABLE[header][topframe=on,bottomframe=on]
\setupTABLE[row][last][bottomframe=on]

\bTABLE
\bTABLEhead
\bTR\bTH Row 1 \eTH\bTH Row 2 \eTH\bTH Row 3 \eTH\eTR
\eTABLEhead
\bTABLEfoot
\bTR\bTD Row 1 \eTD\bTD Row 2 \eTD\bTD Row 3 \eTD\eTR
\eTABLEfoot
\bTABLEbody
\bTR\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\eTR
\bTR\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\eTR
\bTR\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\eTR
\bTR\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\eTR
\bTR\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\eTR
\bTR\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\bTD Text \eTD\eTR
\eTABLEbody
\eTABLE

\stoptext

I will also show you what I tried to get with textbackgrounds.

\setuppapersize[A7,landscape][A7,landscape]
\setuplayout[lines=5]
\setupcolors[state=start]

\startuseMPgraphic{tableback}
pickup pencircle scaled 1pt;
path p;
p = (multipars[1]);
draw p withcolor red;
\stopuseMPgraphic

\definetextbackground
  [mytab]
  [location=paragraph,
   width=local,
   mp=tableback]

\starttext

%\topskip=0pt

\setuptabulate
  [before={\starttextbackground[mytab]},
   after=\stoptextbackground]

\starttabulatehead
\HL
\NC Row 1 \NC Row 2 \NC Row 3 \NC\NR
\HL
\stoptabulatehead

\starttabulatetail
\HL
\stoptabulatetail

\starttabulate[|l|l|l|]
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\NC Text \NC Text \NC Text \NC\NR
\stoptabulate

\stoptext

Wolfgang