Re: How to do Conditional Formatting?

And my table is enclosed within a @OneRow object, so either the whole thing
fits or it doesn't.

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Michael Koehmstedt, RenPet <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I do not have an example in Lout because, well, frankly, I have no real
> idea how to accomplish what I want :)
>
> As an English explanation, what I'd like to do is as follows:
>
> 1) Determine whether there is room remaining on the current page to
> display a Table
> 2) If there is room, display table
> 3) If there is no room, display the text "See attached page"
> 3a) Print the table on the following page with some slight modifications
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Pierre <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Le Thursday 31 May 2012 à 13:08 -0700, Michael Koehmstedt, RenPet a
>> écrit :
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I'd like to know how conditional formatting could be handled in Lout.
>> > Here's some Psuedo C code that demonstrates what I'm after:
>> >
>> > if ( canFitOnTheCurrentPage( text ) )
>> >      print( text );
>> > else {
>> >      print( "See attached page" );
>> >      newLine( );
>> >      print( slightlyDifferentText );
>> > }
>> >
>> > I have an inkling of how I might be able to accomplish this with a
>> > cross-reference symbol and a two-pass run but if someone with
>> > experience could give me some advice I'd much appreciate it.
>>
>> Knowing what you are really trying to achieve (instead of "Psuedo C
>> code") would help. -btw my C is probably a bit out of date but *erm
>> cough cough cough*.
>> Maybe an example in Lout and why it doesn't work for you?
>> Off the top of my head a lot of "place"-type options have a "try"
>> variant, that and a "container" should do the trick. I'm unclear on the
>> "slightlyDifferentText" part though.
>> Again, what are you really trying to do?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Pierre
>>
>>
>>
>>
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