Table validation problem

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susannecm
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Joined: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:04 pm

Table validation problem

Post by susannecm »

I have a table in which the first cell of some rows spans the first three columns.
This causes validation errors in Oxygen 19, and I don't know how to fix them.

Here is an excerpt of the code:

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     <table colsep="1" frame="all" id="bk1004692" pgwide="1" rowsep="1">
<tgroup cols="4">
<colspec colname="col2" colnum="1" colwidth="1.43*"/>
<colspec colname="col3" colnum="2" colwidth="3.78*"/>
<colspec colname="col4" colnum="3" colwidth="1*"/>
<colspec colname="col5" colnum="4" colwidth="8.79*"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry colname="col2">
<p>Schlüssel</p>
</entry>
<entry colname="col3">
<p>Name des Eintrags</p>
</entry>
<entry colname="col4">
<p>Typ</p>
</entry>
<entry colname="col5">
<p>Beschreibung</p>
</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody product="SmartOffice captureRelease cubeDesigner winCube webCube">
<row>
<entry colname="col2" nameend="col4" namest="col2">
<p><parmname>HKLM\Software\SER\Swa\</parmname></p>
</entry>
<entry colname="col5"/>
</row>
<row>
<entry colname="col2"/>
<entry colname="col3">
<p><parmname>FormularConfigFile</parmname></p>
</entry>
<entry colname="col4">
<p><keyword>STRING</keyword></p>
</entry>
<entry colname="col5">
<p>Setzt einen Standardpfad für die Datei <filepath>form.ini</filepath>, der
ausgelesen wird, falls der Pfad nicht von außen gesetzt wird (wie z.B. bei <ph
conref="../../_COMMON/conref_productnames.dita#SERProducts/PD_webCube"
/>). Setzt ein Client den Pfad über die jeweilige API, wird der Registry-Eintrag
ignoriert.</p>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry colname="col2" nameend="col4" namest="col2">
<p><parmname>HKCU\Software\Ser\Swa</parmname></p>
<p><parmname>HKLM\Software\Ser\Swa</parmname></p>
</entry>
<entry colname="col5"/>
</row>
<row>
<entry colname="col2"/>
<entry colname="col3">
<p><parmname>EditFilesPath</parmname></p>
</entry>
<entry colname="col4">
<p><keyword>STRING</keyword></p>
</entry>
<entry colname="col5">
<p>Legt das Verzeichnis fest, in dem Dokumente zur Bearbeitung in der
verknüpften Anwendung von <ph
conref="../../_COMMON/conref_productnames.dita#SERProducts/PD_winCube"/>
zwischengespeichert werden. Die Existenz dieses Verzeichnisses wird
vorausgesetzt.</p>
<p>Als Wert kann entweder ein absoluter Pfad oder eine Umgebungsvariable im Format
<codeph>%<userinput>Variablenname</userinput>%</codeph> angegeben werden.</p>
</entry>
</row>
All entries that contain the following are marked as invalid:

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entry colname="col2" nameend="col4" namest="col2"
The error message is: "This cell overlaps one or more previous cells."

I don't understand where the cells are overlapping.
Can anybody help?

Kind regards

Susanne Muris
mihaela
Posts: 489
Joined: Wed May 20, 2009 2:40 pm

Re: Table validation problem

Post by mihaela »

Hi,

The problem is that you set both colname and namest/nameend properties on these cells.
The colname property specifies the table column name in which the entry is found and by setting the namest/nameend pair you specify a range of cells on which the cell must span. So there is a conflict between the meaning of the properties that are set on the entry.

However, I agree that the error that appears in this case is not clear enough. I have added an improvement request in our internal isuue tracker for this.


Best regards,
Mihaela
Mihaela Calotescu
http://www.oxygenxml.com
susannecm
Posts: 107
Joined: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:04 pm

Re: Table validation problem

Post by susannecm »

Thanks a lot.
I removed the colname attributes from the invalid cells, and now my table is valid again.
Kind regards
Susanne Muris
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