Is it possible to output generated content between table rows or, more accurately, as gentext before a row that looks like it occurs between the rows.
I have a non-entry element that can occur before the first <entry> in <row>. The element has an attribute that, if present, needs to be output to look like a row (that spans the width of the table) that proceeds the current row. When I run some simple, mark-up only tests, I discover that content that is entered into the XML source between the rows is displayed, but content that is entered into a row, but outside of an entry, does not display. Using Styler, I've tried to output the content in the gentext on the <row> element, but have had no success whatsoever. I've tried looking at the FOSI source code, but I don't see a way of forcing this to appear in this context.
I'm using Styler v6.0 M080, and the stylesheet is FOSI-based. I have no authority to change the DTD, so I have to live the mark-up I'm given.
Here's some sample mark-up to show you the source. Confidential content has been changed.
<table> <tgroup align="left" char="" charoff="50" cols="3"> <colspec colname="col1" colwidth="11*"/> <colspec colname="col2" colwidth="51*"/> <colspec colname="col3" colwidth="17*"/> <spanspec align="center" nameend="col3" namest="col1" spanname="whole"/> <thead valign="bottom"> <row> <entry colname="col1" morerows="0" rotate="0" valign="top"> <para>ITEM #</para> </entry> <entry colname="col2" morerows="0" rotate="0" valign="top"> <para>DESCRIPTION</para> </entry> <entry colname="col3" morerows="0" rotate="0" valign="top"> <para>PART NUMBER</para> </entry> </row> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <row> <entry colname="col1" morerows="0" rotate="0" valign="top"> <para>Item 1</para> </entry> <entry colname="col2" morerows="0" rotate="0" valign="top"> <para>Description 1</para> </entry> <entry colname="col3" morerows="0" rotate="0" valign="top"> <para>Part Number 1</para> </entry> </row> <row> <special specialatt="Content to display in own row"></special> <entry colname="col1" morerows="0" rotate="0" valign="top"> <para>Item 2</para> </entry> <entry colname="col2" morerows="0" rotate="0" valign="top"> <para>Description 2</para> </entry> <entry colname="col3" morerows="0" rotate="0" valign="top"> <para>Part Number 3</para> </entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup></table>
The element that I need to display as its own spanned row is on line 33 above. It has to be in the row because it is only applicable to that row. If the row is deleted or moved, the content needs to stay with it.
Here's how it needs to appear in the PDF output:
Am I asking to do the impossible without resorting to changing the XML mark-up?
Thanks for any help or insight you may have.