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The final solution:


\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{report}
\begin{document}

\newcommand{\mytoprule}[1]{#1\vspace*{-12pt}\par\noindent{\rule[-5pt]{0.4pt}{5pt}\leaders\hrule\hfill\rule[-5pt]{0.4pt}{5pt}}\newline}

\newcommand{\mybottomrule}{\vspace*{-1pt}\par\noindent{\rule{0.4pt}{5pt}\leaders ...

In cae it is valuable for others. After try-and-error sessions, I got uncomplete solution:


\par\noindent{\rule[-5pt]{0.4pt}{5pt}\leaders\hrule\hfill\rule[-5pt]{0.4pt}{5pt}}\newline

The contents

\vspace*{-5pt}\par\noindent\textcolor{inputcol}{\rule{0.4pt}{5pt}\leaders\hrule\hfill\rule{0.4pt}{5pt ...

localghost wrote: Maybe the arydshln package could be helpful.

thanx for the tip localghost. I was not aware of arydshln (good to know:-)). However, it does not help unless I do some workarounds like introducing table inside another..

Sami

Hi all,
I need to have a table of the following shape:

corner2.jpg

Description
toprule
contents
bottomrule

where Description is left-aligned
toprule is a horzontal line with ends having angled-corners opposite to the ones in bottomrule
bottomrule is a horizontal line looks like ...