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- Telitab$ is a string parameter containing TeLiTab data;
- ParameterStyle, option indicating the type of discription you want to use for the parameters in the table to be created;
- TableStyle$, is a document containing a description of possible styles for the table. The syntax for the style definitions in TableStyle$ do have a direct resemblance to the VBA code of Word. Feel free to experiment with the syntax. In the examples tested combination are presented. The following can be specified in this style document:
- Formatted (True, False), do you want the formatted values (presented in the number of decimals presented in the Workbase) or the actual values;
- ParameterBold (True, False), do you want bold parameter names;
- Font, font type (such as "arial" or "courier") and size (such as 8 or 11);
- OutsideBorder, the outside border of the table, defined into:
- wdLineStyleSingle, Word syntax for single line;
- wdLineWidth100pt, Word syntax for line thickness;
- wdColorAutomatic, Word syntax for automatic color;
- InsideGrid, the inside border for the table, defined into:
- wdLineStyleSingle, Word syntax for single line;
- wdLineWidth050pt, Word syntax for line thickness;
- wdColorAutomatic, Word syntax for automatic color;
- CaseNumbers (True, False), whether you want to see case numbers;
- TableAlignment, specify the alignment of the table:
- wdAlignRowCenter, Word syntax to align in the center;
- wdAlignRowLeft, Word syntax to align on left side
- Transposed, to indicate whether the table should be presented transposed or not;
- Mode, option to determine the result you will receive:
- Mode=0, (or not given) is the default. In this mode Quaestor will create a separate .bas file and use this file on the indicated spot in the Word template as macro to create the table. In other words, the parameter used with TELITAB2WORD will contain the link to this file;
- Mode=1, is a advanced or debut mode. It will return the script itself (so the parameter using the TELITAB2WORD function will contain the text of the macro itself). When Mode=1 is selected, for instance for additional manipulation by the knowledge engineer, it should be saved using a PUT$() function.
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Assuming you have the following TeLiTab connected to the parameter MainDimensions#:
3"
BOT" 4
"CB" .65
"LOB" 6
4 "B" "LPP" "T" "VOL"
"1" 8.33 50.0 2.08 564
"2" 9.17 55.0 2.29 751
"3" 10.00 60.0 2.50 975
"4" 10.83 65.0 2.71 1240
"5" 11.67 70.0 2.92 1548
To generate the Word document containing this dataset as proper Word table, we use the following relation (see also WINWORD$() ):
MyReport$ = WINWORD$ Appendix_element.rtf("Report_" + STR$(TIME(0)) + "_Set_"+STR$(ORCA(1)) + ".doc", 0, VBA_Macro$, ItemName)
As you see, in this relation VBA_Marco$ and ItemName are requested (and they are put in the Word template, see the example knowledge base below).
The parameter ItemName is just a parameter to give a name in the generated document. VBA_Marco$ contains the actual TELITAB2WORD$ function to generate the VBA code required as Word macro in the document to generate the table. VBA_Marco$ could have the following relation (in this case we have made the relation fully parametric but you can also provide the above described values right away):
VBA_Macro$ = TELITAB2WORD$(MainDimensions#, ParameterStyle, TableStyle$, Transposed, Mode)
With
MainDimensions#, the above dataset;
ParameterStyle, user input for the ParameterStyle, for instance a select box using an <EQ> construction in the reference of the parameter and the @EQEXPLAIN attribute in the data slot of the parameter;
TableStyle$, contains either a text document with descriptions for the Table style (such as different example presented below) or determined by an expression to generated this document for TableStyle$ using separate parameters
.
FormattedBln$, ParameterBoldBln$, FontStyle$, OutsideBorder$, InsideGrid$, CaseNumbersBln$, andTableAlignment$.The relation could be (see also the example knowledge base):
TableStyle$ = TEMPLATE$(TEXTITEM$(1),0, FormattedBln$,ParameterBoldBln$,FontStyle$,OutsideBorder$,InsideGrid$,CaseNumbersBln$,TableAlignment$)
with in the dataset:
TEXTITEM1=
|Formatted:=~FormattedBln$
ParameterBold:=~ParameterBoldBln$
Font:=~FontStyle$
OutsideBorder:=~OutsideBorder$
InsideGrid:=~InsideGrid$
CaseNumbers:=~CaseNumbersBln$
TableAlignment:=~TableAlignment$|
Examples of TableStyle$ definitions:
Centred, unformatted: Formatted:=False ParameterBold:=True Font:=Arial 8.5 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth100pt wdColorAutomatic InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth050pt wdColorAutomatic CaseNumbers:=True TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowCenter
Centred, formatted, with black parameters: Formatted:=True ParameterBold:=True, ParameterBackColor:=wdColorBlack, Font:=Arial 8.5 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth100pt wdColorAutomatic InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth050pt wdColorAutomatic CaseNumbers:=True TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowCenter
Left aligned, formatted, with normal parameters: Formatted:=True ParameterBold:=False, Font:=Arial 8.5 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth100pt wdColorAutomatic InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth050pt wdColorAutomatic CaseNumbers:=True TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowLeft
Left aligned, formatted, with normal parameters, transposed table: Formatted:=True ParameterBold:=False, Font:=Arial 8.5 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth100pt wdColorAutomatic InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth050pt wdColorAutomatic CaseNumbers:=True TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowLeft
Centred, formatted, with black parameters, table without case numbers: Formatted:=True ParameterBold:=True, ParameterBackColor:=wdColorBlack Font:=Arial 8.5 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth100pt wdColorAutomatic InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth050pt wdColorAutomatic CaseNumbers:=False TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowCenter
Centred, formatted, with black parameters, table without case numbers, transposed: Formatted:=True ParameterBold:=True, ParameterBackColor:=wdColorBlack Font:=Arial 8.5 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth100pt wdColorAutomatic InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth050pt wdColorAutomatic CaseNumbers:=False TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowCenter
Left aligned, formatted, with normal parameters, larger courier font: Formatted:=True ParameterBold:=false, Font:=Courier 14 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth100pt wdColorAutomatic InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth050pt wdColorAutomatic CaseNumbers:=True TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowLeft
Left aligned, formatted, with normal parameters, no case numbers, larger courier font: Formatted:=True ParameterBold:=false, Font:=Courier 14 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth100pt wdColorAutomatic InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth050pt wdColorAutomatic CaseNumbers:=False TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowLeft
Left aligned, formatted, with normal parameters with no outside grid lines: Formatted:=True ParameterBold:=False, Font:=Arial 8.5 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleNone InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth050pt wdColorAutomatic CaseNumbers:=True TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowLeft
Left aligned, formatted, with normal parameters with no inside grid lines: Formatted:=True ParameterBold:=False, Font:=Arial 8.5 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth100pt wdColorAutomatic InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleNone CaseNumbers:=True TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowLeft
Left aligned, formatted, with normal parameters with no inside grid lines, no case numbers: Formatted:=True ParameterBold:=False, Font:=Arial 8.5 OutsideBorder:=wdLineStyleSingle wdLineWidth100pt wdColorAutomatic InsideGrid:=wdLineStyleNone CaseNumbers:=False TableAlignment:=wdAlignRowLeft |
Transposed, user input to present the table transposed
Mode, user input for the mode of the function
The result of
MyReport$
will of will be a Word document containing the table. For instance:
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- An template that is included as binary (click here to download the separate template);
- A TableStyle$ definition that is highly parametric enabling you to make several style changes and see the result. In all cases the TableStyle$ parameter will be generated on the basis of the individual choices.
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