bpi.make.table()
This subroutine is a front-end router routine that evaluates the format param and then redirects to a make table routine specific to that format. For example, if the format param is set to ‘odt’, the this routine will redirect to bpi.make.table.odt(). The routine examines the content of the template (content.xml) and uses the targeted tag block (speciified in block) to repeat the table row for as many times as there are repeating tags (multiValues) for that tag. This routine is generally not called directly by user programs but is used by the makedoc() routines to process repeating tag directives within a template file.
Subroutine Syntax
CALL bpi.make.table( tags, vals, format, content, block, newContent, verbose, status, message )
Parameters
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Param |
Direction |
Description |
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tags |
passed |
Inbound @AM array of tagnames that will be used for replacement |
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vals |
passed |
A @AM/@VM array of values whereby each attribute parallels the tags array and repeating data is modeled as a multivalue. The @VM count of the first @AM determine number of repeats |
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format |
passed |
Document type (odt is default) |
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content |
passed |
The file content from the expanded XML. This is usually content.xml for OpenOffice but other data can be passed |
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block |
passed |
The name of the target block in the Oo document. The syntax in the Oo doc is {repeat=tr;block=name} where repeat means that the container should be repeated for as many repeat lines as is necessary, tr is the container to repeat (in this case tr means table row. Other containers may be modeled in the future. tr is the default. |
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newContent |
passed |
The changed content block that can be written back to content.xml |
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verbose |
passed |
Level of verbosity |
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status |
returned |
@FALSE for normal operation, otherwise integer indicating error |
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message |
returned |
message associated with error |