My first tests are not very encouraging…
Trying to compose the table results in this function returning null:
static tlf_internal function beginFactoryCompose():SimpleCompose
{
var rslt:SimpleCompose = _factoryComposer;
_factoryComposer = peekFactoryCompose();
_savedFactoryComposer = null;
return rslt;
}
Looks like I need to the composition process...
FWIW, it made no difference whether I added the rows to a TableBodyElement or
to the table directly.
On Sep 10, 2013, at 7:17 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
> Hi Harbs,
>
> I see code for Tables, but I'm not sure it is "officially" there. Or even
> complete, or even working at a prototype-level.
>
> So good luck with it. I might be able to ask folks who used to work on it
> a few questions, but I'm pretty sure their memories of it are pretty dim
> by now.
>
> -Alex
>
> On 9/10/13 6:16 AM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I knew I was going to spend some real time on this one day, and that time
>> is coming really soonŠ
>>
>> Before I dig in too deeply, what's the status on TLF Table support? I
>> know it's officially there, but I don't see any documentation on it --
>> not even the basics on how it's supposed to be used.
>>
>> I fully expect to find bugs once I start really digging into it, but some
>> documentation (any) would be nice to get me started.
>>
>> Looking at the source code, I see the following classes:
>>
>> TableElement
>> TableBodyElement
>> TableColElement
>> TableRowElement
>> TableColGroupElement
>> TableDataCellElement
>> TableFormattedElement
>>
>> I understand the structure like this:
>>
>> * A TableElement is the top level element for any table
>> * All elements in a table inherit from TableFormattedElement
>> * The bottom level of a table which needs to contain one or more
>> ParagraphElements in a TableDataCellElement
>> * TableDataCellElements must reside within a TableRowElement
>>
>> After this things get a bit fuzzier.
>>
>> What is TableBodyElement used for?
>> How is TableColGroupElement and TableColElement used? (I assume they are
>> used for formatting table columns, but the details are not very clear to
>> me.)
>> What about header and footer rows? Is that supported yet?
>> Header and footer columns?
>> Is breaking tables across containers supported yet?
>>
>> I have not started studying how to specify table formatting either. I'm
>> hoping that's obviousŠ
>>
>> I'll try to add some documentation to the source code as things become
>> clearer to meŠ
>>
>> Harbs
>
