J., That was it ... not quite enough cutting and pasting was done.... I missed the <fo:table-body> on the internal table.
Thanks ! Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.Pietschmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 3:34 PM Subject: Re: Tables inside of tables > Ken Green wrote: > > I am trying to build a table as follows: > ... > > My first thought was to do this as one main table that was 5 columns > > wide, and then add a 3-column table embedded in the final column of > > the main table: > ... > > Unfortunately, the content of the embedded table does not appear in > > the PDF output (which FOP successfully builds). > ... > > So - the question is.... does anyone know if what I am doing (a table > > embedded in the cell of another table) is allowed ? Anything special > > I have to do ? > > Tables within tables are allowed. There is nothing special > to do. However, disappearing table data is most often caused > by a missing fo:table-body around the table rows. In this > case, FOP ignores the data without any message. Check > whether your inner table has a proper table body. > > J.Pietschmann > >
