<?blockfootc>
Description
Used to indicate the beginning and end of the block column footers, which cause text to be repeated at the bottom of each individual column/cell when they overflow.
Multiple levels of column footers are permitted, by using several <?blockfootc> commands and specifying a level for each, from 1 to 5. This lets you have up to 5 footers running concurrently. When the block 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.
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Be careful to include the <?blockfootc=0> command to terminate the footer.
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Syntax
<?blockfootc 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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When using <?blockfootc=2> not only is the footer skipped, but any changes to show string counters made during the footer are also skipped. Using <?blocknoskipshow=1> will still cause the footer to be skipped, but counter changes will run through into the main body of the block.
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level
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(optional)
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flags
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(optional) 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 sets, 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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If f, l, or m is not specified, PTC ALD will default to including the footer on all columns.
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 block.
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If o, h, c, r, or t are not specified, PTC ALD will default to including the footer whatever the reason for the cell ending.
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Additional Information
These footers appear within a cell and are line based. The footer line(s) will potentially be reinserted whenever the block 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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