General ⇒ align to top in tabular environment next to dashbox

[exactt]

hi guys,
i have the following code:

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\documentclass[a4paper, 10pt]{letter}
\begin{document}

%blub aligned top
\begin{tabular}{p{1cm} l}
blub & \parbox[t]{10cm}{ some very long multiline text that goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on }
\end{tabular}

\bigskip
\bigskip
\bigskip

%blub not aligned top
\begin{tabular}[t]{p{1cm} p{10cm}}
blub & \dashbox{0.5}(300,40){
\begin{tabular}{p{9cm}}
some very long multiline text that goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on \\
\end{tabular}
}  \\
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

now i would like to have "blub" aligned top next to the dashbox just as it is above.

can you help me?

thx a lot!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi exactt,

welcome to the LaTeX Community board!
I' am wondering at the table with the dashbox. Do you really intend to use a tabular inside the tabular like that? It could be easier to align just parboxes. Afaik the \dashbox command has to be used inside a picture environment, not like this. \fbox and fancybox boxes don't meet your requirements?

Stefan

[exactt]

can i get dash lines with fbox/fancybox? i didn't find anything...

[Stefan Kottwitz]

arydshln would be an alternative approach for dashed lines inside a table. Example:

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\documentclass[a4paper, 10pt]{letter}
\usepackage{arydshln}
\begin{document}
\setlength{\dashlinedash}{0.5pt}
\setlength{\dashlinegap}{0.5pt}
\begin{tabular}[t]{p{1cm}:p{10cm}:}
\cdashline{2-2}
blub & \begin{tabular}[t]{p{9cm}}
some very long multiline text that goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on \\
\end{tabular}
\\
\cdashline{2-2}
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

Stefan

[exactt]

thx guys! with arydshln i could work it out.