{"id":4210,"date":"2016-08-04T18:01:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T18:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/?p=4210"},"modified":"2016-12-02T22:34:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T22:34:39","slug":"creating-a-table-using-xml-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/creating-a-table-using-xml-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Table Using XML Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Variables from XML data are in arrays. As a result, creating a table from them is simpler in some ways. However, customizing the table requires modest configuration. This example includes a table of items in a packing slip. The columns are SKU, Item Name, Quantity, Price, and Total. The following image shows values for the first two columns in the Variables window:\"XMLTable1\"<\/p>\n

It is simple to create a basic table from XML data:<\/p>\n

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  1. Create a table and add a row.<\/li>\n
  2. Add a cell, and add a paragraph to the cell.<\/li>\n
  3. Right click the paragraph > Add text > Variable value.<\/li>\n
  4. Select the variable from the list, and click OK.<\/li>\n
  5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 to add additional columns.<\/li>\n
  6. Adjust font, column widths, and other settings to meet your design requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The following image shows this basic table. By default, the columns have equal widths. The second column has quite a bit of text, so it is wrapped within its column:\"XMLTable2\"<\/p>\n

    The following steps put the second column on its own line, which saves space and increases readability:<\/p>\n

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    1. Right click the row > Edit > General.<\/li>\n
    2. Click Repeat of \u00a0variable, select the variable that goes on a separate line, and click OK.\"XMLTable3\"<\/li>\n
    3. Right click the first cell in the table > Add Document Component > Table. Click OK.<\/li>\n
    4. Add a row to the table.<\/li>\n
    5. Drag the second cell below the new row and drop it there.<\/li>\n
    6. In the Viewer, click the item description and drag the frame to the full width of the label:\"XMLTable4\"<\/li>\n
    7. For better readability, you can change the font of the description to bold.<\/li>\n
    8. Save your changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Variables from XML data are in arrays. As a result, creating a table from them is simpler in some ways. However, customizing the table requires modest configuration. This example includes a table of items in a packing slip. The columns are SKU, Item Name, Quantity, Price, and Total. The following image shows values for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,1,58],"tags":[132],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4219,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4210\/revisions\/4219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}