<?tbfootc>
Description
Used to indicate the beginning and end of the table column footers, which cause text to be repeated at the bottom of each individual column/cell when they overflow. Only works when <?tbovflow=3> is set and the table is working in slim/flow mode.
Multiple levels of column footers are permitted, by using several <?tbfootc> commands and specifying a level for each, from 1 to 5. This lets you have up to 5 footers running concurrently. When the table overflows a cell, all of the relevant column footers will be inserted in order, from 1 to 5.
You can specify which columns include the footer by using flags and distinguishing between first column, last column and middle columns by including a combination of the letters f, l and m. If you don’t specify one of these PTC ALD will default to including the footer on all columns.
When using <?tbfootc=2> not only is the header skipped, but any changes to show string counters made during the header are also skipped. Using <?tbnsshow=1> will still cause the header to be skipped, but counter changes will run through into the main body of the table.
Syntax
<?tbfootc num:n level:n? flags:n?>
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num
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0
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Footer will stop at the end of the current paragraph
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Footers must be a complete number of paragraphs
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1
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Marks the start of the footer
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2
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Marks the start of the footer in the normal way, but the footer para(s) will be skipped when first encountered in the text.
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Be careful to include the <?tbfootc=0> command to terminate the footer.
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level
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flags
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Position of column footer. The flags consist of a series of letters that let you control when the column footer is included.
They come in two halves as follows:
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Column
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f
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first column
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l
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last column
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m
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middle column
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You can also specify whether to include the footer by using flags to distinguish between the different reasons for the cell ending:
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Cell end
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o
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Footer will appear if the cell overflowed.
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h
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Footer will appear if a hard column or page break is used.
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c
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Footer will appear if cell break is used.
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r
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Footer will appear if row break is used.
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t
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Footer will appear at end of table.
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Additional Information
Unlike those specified with <?tbfootr>, these footers are not a table row, or even a table cell: they appear within a cell and are line based. The footer line(s) will potentially be reinserted whenever the table overflows a cell, but this will NOT cause the commands at the very start of the footer to be re-processed, just the text.
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When using <?tbfootc=2> not only is the footer skipped, but any changes to show string counters made during the footer are also skipped. Using <?tbnsshow=1> will still cause the footer to be skipped, but counter changes will run through into the main body of the table.
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