splitted xtable with repeating headers and placetable
Hello, Code below shows some behaviour I cannot explain (csv file attached): - If I run the code below as is, I get what I want, except that the header line of the table does not repeat at the top of each page. - Changing "split=yes" to "split=repeat" in the setupxtable gives me repeating headers, but the table starts at the second page, leaving the first page with only the text line and all the rest as blank spaces. - Placing the table in a float by activating the 3 commented lines gives me an error ("extra } or forgotten endgroup") pointing to the external figure in my page header overlay. Replacing the \placefigure..... in the page header by ordinary text makes the error go away, but is no solution, since I need the company logo picture there, and even then with no error, the headers do not repeat. - With the table in a float, I manage to get repeating headers when I change to "split=yes" and "headers=repeat" in the \setupxtable, but I still get the abovementioned error as soon as I want to put my figure back in the page header...... Any suggestions ? Geert \usemodule[handlecsv] \opencsvfile{systaprov2.csv} \setuppapersize[A4, landscape] \setuplayout[location=middle, width=27.5cm, height=18cm, backspace=1cm,header=4cm] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \setupcaptions[location=none] \setupbackgrounds[header][text][background={Logos}, state=repeat] \setupnumbering [location=] \setupframed[offset=none] \defineoverlay [Logos][{ \framed[width=\textwidth, height=3cm, align=right, strut=no, offset=none, frame=on, frameoffset=0.1cm, corner=round, radius=0.15cm, framecolor=darkgray, background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, framecorner=round, frameradius=0.15cm, rulethickness=0.05cm]{ \framed[width=0.280\textwidth, height=3cm, align=right, frame=off] {\placefigure[force][]{none}{\externalfigure[somepic.png][height=1.9cm]} } \framed[width=0.430\textwidth, height=3cm, align=middle, frame=off] {\crlf\tfa \crlf \bf Technical Report} \framed[width=0.370\textwidth, height=3cm, align=middle, frame=off] {\tfx \crlf Annex T.2.3. \crlf \tfx Date of issue: \crlf \currentdate \crlf page \pagenumber of \lastpage} } }] %\setupfloat[table][default={force,split}] \setupxtable[offset=0cm, frame=off, bottomframe=on, framecolor=gray, option=stretch, split=yes, header=repeat, align=middle] \setupxtable[head][background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, topframe=on, bottomframe=on, framecolor=black, foregroundcolor=blue] \setupxtable[left][align=right] \starttext Some lines of text. This text must come just before the table, but only on the first page of the table \startbuffer[loop] \startxrow \startxcell[left] \cA \stopxcell \startxcell[left] \cB \stopxcell \startxcell[left] \cC \stopxcell \startxcell[left] \cD \stopxcell \startxcell \cE \stopxcell \startxcell[left] \cF \stopxcell \startxcell \cG \stopxcell \startxcell \cH \stopxcell \doifdefined{cI}{\startxcell \cI \stopxcell} \doifdefined{cJ}{\startxcell \cJ \stopxcell} \doifdefined{cK}{\startxcell [left] \cK \stopxcell} \stopxrow \stopbuffer %\startplacetable[] \startxtable \startxtablehead[head] \doloopif{\lineno}{<}{2}{\getbuffer[loop]} \stopxtablehead \startxtablebody \doloopif{\lineno}{>}{1}{\getbuffer[loop]} \stopxtablebody \stopxtable %\stopplacetable \stoptext
On 4/4/20 4:46 PM, Geert Dobbels wrote:
Hello,
Code below shows some behaviour I cannot explain (csv file attached):
- If I run the code below as is, I get what I want, except that the header line of the table does not repeat at the top of each page.
Hi Geert, this is the standard and intended behavior (documented on page 10 from xtables-mkiv.pdf).
- Changing "split=yes" to "split=repeat" in the setupxtable gives me repeating headers, but the table starts at the second page, leaving the first page with only the text line and all the rest as blank spaces.
This is a known bug, already reported at the devel mailing list (https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/dev-context/2020/003694.html).
- Placing the table in a float by activating the 3 commented lines gives me an error ("extra } or forgotten endgroup") pointing to the external figure in my page header overlay. Replacing the \placefigure..... in the page header by ordinary text makes the error go away, but is no solution, since I need the company logo picture there, and even then with no error, the headers do not repeat.
Well, these are different issues.
- With the table in a float, I manage to get repeating headers when I change to "split=yes" and "headers=repeat" in the \setupxtable, but I still get the abovementioned error as soon as I want to put my figure back in the page header......
My guess: an alternative approach would be to use layers (and adapting the topspace to the layer on the top of the page). Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk
Geert Dobbels schrieb am 04.04.2020 um 16:46:
Hello,
Code below shows some behaviour I cannot explain (csv file attached):
- If I run the code below as is, I get what I want, except that the header line of the table does not repeat at the top of each page. - Changing "split=yes" to "split=repeat" in the setupxtable gives me repeating headers, but the table starts at the second page, leaving the first page with only the text line and all the rest as blank spaces. - Placing the table in a float by activating the 3 commented lines gives me an error ("extra } or forgotten endgroup") pointing to the external figure in my page header overlay. Replacing the \placefigure..... in the page header by ordinary text makes the error go away, but is no solution, since I need the company logo picture there, and even then with no error, the headers do not repeat. - With the table in a float, I manage to get repeating headers when I change to "split=yes" and "headers=repeat" in the \setupxtable, but I still get the abovementioned error as soon as I want to put my figure back in the page header......
Any suggestions ?
Can you make your example simpler and reduce it to the bare minimum (replace your csv file which dummy content) which is required to show the error. Wolfgang
Wolfgang, Below is what I think is the bare minimum to explain this question (sorry for not doing it right from the beginning...) As I said, with the code as it is below, the header is not repeated after the first page, but the table is in the right place. Replacing "split=yes" by "split=repeat" makes the header repeat correctly but puts the beginning of the table on the next page, leaving the first page nearly completely blank. In both cases, the "header=repeat" setting has no influence at all on the behaviour and can be omitted without changing the results. As I read in some other posts, sometimes putting the table in a float can help, so I tried this (by removing the 3 "%" in the code below), but there seems to be a conflict with the figure in the page header, and it stops with an error message. However, replacing the figure in the page header by a normal text suddenly solves the problem: putting "split" in the setupfloat and "header=repeat" in the setupxtable gives me a table with repeated headers that starts exactly where I want it to start. Apparently in this case, the "headers=repeat" is necessary. Unfortunately, I need a company logo up in the page header, which is what causes the error for which I have no explanation. btw: I am using context standalone version: 2020.01.30 14:13 ===================================================== \setuppapersize[A4, landscape] \setuplayout[location=middle, width=27.5cm, height=18cm, backspace=1cm,header=4cm] \setupcaptions[location=none] \setupbackgrounds[header][text][background={Logos}, state=repeat] \defineoverlay [Logos][{ \framed[width=\textwidth, height=3cm, align=right, strut=no, offset=none]{ \framed[width=0.280\textwidth,height=3cm,align=right,] {\placefigure[force][]{none}{\externalfigure[somepic.png][height=1.9cm]} } \framed[width=0.430\textwidth,height=3cm,align=middle] {sometext in the middle} \framed[width=0.270\textwidth, height=3cm, align=middle]{sometext on the right} } }] %\setupfloat[table][default={force,split}] \setupxtable[ option=stretch,split=repeat,header=repeat,align=middle] \setupxtable[head][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray,foregroundcolor=red] \starttext Some lines of text. This text must come just before the table, but only on the first page of the table \def\onerow{ \startxrow \startxcell first \stopxcell \startxcell second \stopxcell \startxcell third \stopxcell \startxcell fourth \stopxcell \startxcell fifth \stopxcell \startxcell sixth \stopxcell \stopxrow} %\startplacetable \startxtable \startxtablehead[head] \onerow \stopxtablehead \startxtablebody \dorecurse{40}{\onerow} \stopxtablebody \stopxtable %\stopplacetable \stoptext
Geert Dobbels schrieb am 05.04.2020 um 00:30:
Wolfgang,
Below is what I think is the bare minimum to explain this question (sorry for not doing it right from the beginning...)
Keep it up.
As I said, with the code as it is below, the header is not repeated after the first page, but the table is in the right place.
Replacing "split=yes" by "split=repeat" makes the header repeat correctly but puts the beginning of the table on the next page, leaving the first page nearly completely blank.
I already reported the problem on the dev-list. The reason is that ConTeXt creates one big table and splits it afterwards in smaller parts which fit on each page but when you use "split=repeat" the part for the first page is too large to fit.
In both cases, the "header=repeat" setting has no influence at all on the behaviour and can be omitted without changing the results.
As I read in some other posts, sometimes putting the table in a float can help, so I tried this (by removing the 3 "%" in the code below), but there seems to be a conflict with the figure in the page header, and it stops with an error message.
Don't use floats in the header or footer, they serve no purpose and you can include images without it. Below is a solution with nested frames but you can also use a table to create the header layout.
However, replacing the figure in the page header by a normal text suddenly solves the problem: putting "split" in the setupfloat and "header=repeat" in the setupxtable gives me a table with repeated headers that starts exactly where I want it to start. Apparently in this case, the "headers=repeat" is necessary. Unfortunately, I need a company logo up in the page header, which is what causes the error for which I have no explanation.
Here is a working version of your example but you have to a space between the header and the page body (see headerdistance setting) or reduce the height of the outer most frame (it uses at the moment the height and width of the header area). \setuppapersize[A4,landscape] \setuplayout [location=middle, width=27.5cm, height=18cm, backspace=1cm, header=4cm, headerdistance=5mm] \startsetups[header] \startframed[width=max,height=max,frame=off,offset=overlay] \startframed[height=1cm,width=max,frame=off] \userpagenumber \stopframed \par \startframed[height=3cm,width=max,offset=overlay] \startframed[width=0.25\hsize,height=max] \externalfigure[dummy][height=1.9cm] \stopframed \startframed[width=0.50\hsize,height=max,] % frame=off,topframe=on,bottomframe=on some text in the middle block \stopframed \startframed[width=0.25\hsize,height=max] some text in the right block \stopframed \stopframed \stopframed \stopsetups \setupheadertexts[\directsetup{header}] \startbuffer[tablerow] \startxrow \startxcell first \stopxcell \startxcell second \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopbuffer \startbuffer[table] \startxtable \startxtablehead[head] \getbuffer[tablerow] \stopxtablehead \startxtablebody \dorecurse{40}{\getbuffer[tablerow]} \stopxtablebody \stopxtable \stopbuffer \setupxtable [option=stretch, split=repeat, header=repeat, align=middle] \setupxtable [head] [background=color, backgroundcolor=gray] \starttext \title{Table without float environment} \samplefile{ward} \getbuffer[table] \title{Table with float environment} \samplefile{ward} \startplacetable[location={none,split}] \getbuffer[table] \stopplacetable \stoptext Wolfgang
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