Tables

Tables with WPTools 5

Table Features

• Merge cells horizontally
• Split cells horizontally
• Rows can span multiple pages
• Option: Disable page breaks in table rows (if they fit on one page)
• Option: Disable page breaks in tables (if they fit on one page)
• Different Borders for each cell
• Different Background color for each cell
• Multiple paragraphs in one cell
• Support for nested tables
• Merge cells verically
• Support for nested cells
• Set fixed size for rows
• Powerful object oriented API
• Multiple paragraphs in one table cell
• Hierarchic memory concept (<table><tr><td></tr>...)
• Automatically create new row by pressing enter at row end

With WPTools You can place multiple paragraphs and even other tables inside a table cell. The formatting procedure is capable enough to create page breaks within a table row, even if this row contain another table. Of course this is a format option which can be also switched off.

The developer sees a table as nested paragraph objects. It is possible to access each cell using the Rows[] and Cols[] arrays.

It is also possible to repeat certain rows after a page break to create header areas.

New: Automatic header and footer rows

The header and footer rows are repeated at page breaks. Optionally with WPReporter: Special fields can display updated information, for example the sum of all elements with a give name on the currtent page.