Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Automatic Generation of a Table

[Uchman]

Hi!

I am trying to typeset a small document to help me with the creation of archives. I want to create a number of title cards to put on the fronts of the folders, and then, using the same data, make a list of all the folders.

So far, I used the mailmerge package and two separate files --- one for the cards, the other for the list, but since there are sometimes a lot of corrections to be made to the titles, it becomes quite cumbersome. Moreover, some people from other departments, who are not LaTeX-literary, asked me to show them how to use it, so I want to keep it as simple as possible.

I have been trying with the formlett package, because it has an organised structure of the input, but I cannot seem to make it print the table. All I get is the first page of

Minimal.pdf

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, when it should look like

Spis teczek 2002 .pdf

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.

Here is the actual code (sorry for the bulkiness):

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,draft]{article}
\usepackage[polish]{babel}
\usepackage[OT1,OT4]{fontenc}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage{paralist}
\usepackage{tabularx}
%\usepackage{supertabular}
\usepackage{formlett}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage[left=1.5cm,right=1.5cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{%
%Times New Roman}
%Gill Sans MT}
Arial}
\sloppy
\pagestyle{plain}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\@evenfoot}{\hfill\thepage/\pageref{LastPage}\hfill}
\renewcommand{\@oddfoot}{\@evenfoot}
\makeatother
\newcounter{Numer}
\newcounter{Teczki}
\def\urzad{Urząd Gminy i~Miasta Dobczyce}
\def\referat{Referat Inwestycji, Rolnictwa i~Gospodarki Komunalnej}
\def\tworca{Joanna Mus}
\begin{document}
\beginletter%---------------------------------- This part is responsible for title cards, and it works
\NOPAGENUMBERS\parindent=0pt
{\centering\bf\urzad\\\vspace{3mm}
\centering\referat\\\normalfont}
\vspace{2cm}
{\bf Znak:} \paras[1]\hfill {\bf Kat. akt:} \paras[2]
\vspace{2cm}
%\setlength{\floatsep}{0pt}
{\centering\large\bf \paras[3]\\}
 
 
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I will be grateful for any suggestions...

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Witold,

I guess the letter environment is a problem here, and putting ampersand symbols for separating the table columns into an environment. Removing \beginletter and \endletter would make the table row visible, if you also add an \item for the compactitem environment.

Stefan

[Uchman]

Hi, Stefan,

Yes, there is something in formlett.sty that says

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\def\readarray#1#2{\read@array[&]{#1}{#2}}
 
 
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--- maybe that is the problem?

But, you know, funnily enough, if you try

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\beginletter%---------------------------------- The problem lies somewhere from here...
\newcolumntype{C}{>{\centering}p{1cm}}%
\begin{longtable}{|r|c|m{5cm}|C|C|C|m{1.5cm}|m{1.5cm}|}\hline
\centering\textbf{LP}   &\textbf{Znak teczki}   &\centering\textbf{Tytuł teczki/tomu}  &\textbf{Daty skrajne}  &\textbf{Kate\-goria akt}       &\textbf{Liczba teczek} &\centering\textbf{Miejsce przechowywania akt w~składnicy}     &\centering\textbf{Data zniszczenia lub przekazania do~arch. państwowego}\\\tabularnewline\hline%\endhead
\stepcounter{Numer}\arabic{Numer}       &\paras[1]      &\textbf{\paras[3]}\par\begin{compactitem}\paras[4]\end{compactitem}    &\paras[1][3] \checkparas[2][3]{LET}\iftrue \ifemptyparas \paras[1][3] \else \paras[2][3] \fi   &\paras[2]      &\checkparas[2][2]{LET}\iftrue \ifemptyparas 1\stepcounter{Teczki} \else \cachedata\addtocounter{Teczki}{\cachedata} \fi        &&\tabularnewline\hline
\end{longtable}\endletter%---------------------------------- ... to here.
 
 
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Run LaTeX here

, that is wrap the table inside the letter environment, it works (well, sort of):

1.pdf

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. Maybe if I tried to put the table row by row...

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Yes, if you use the table within the letter environment, it can directly see the ampersands. However, within the letter environment there's no need for a longtable I guess, a normal tabular environment would work.

Stefan

[Uchman]

Yes, if you use the table within the letter environment, it can directly see the ampersands.

The problem is, however, that it produces a new table for each instance in the database, and that is not acceptable by the archiving standards. It has to be a single table, just like I included previously (Spis teczek.pdf).

I guess, a normal tabular environment would work.

Well, for a single year, we can reach anything up to 20--25 folders, I had better be on the safe side...

Anyway, I am still trying, and if something works, I will post the solution.