Insert table from file in Visualformat

Hi,
I'm having problems when trying to insert an existing html table into a Visualformat text area. I mean inserting with the browse functionality in the VF Table menu. The code I get in the html view is as follows:

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" background="/de/tabellen/400000.htm" border="0">
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>

As you can see, it tries to appear in the background, but what I really want is to insert the html code from the other file. Does anyone know what to do? Is there something I have to change in the visualformatconfig file?

Thanks,
Eldbjoerg

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MattP

copy and paste.

Matt

Matthew Petitjean
BOC Group
Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA

ela

Hi Matthew,
thanks for your answer! Do you mean that is the only option?

Of course it wouldn't be so troblesome to copy/paste, but since there's a browse option the users, and also I, expect it to be possible to insert in that way. We've got many tables which have been created as separate html files, as we used to have Java Templating before, but it is also a nice reuse option.

Regards,
Eldbjoerg

MattP

well, no, but it certainly the fastest way. The browse is meant for inserting links to images or pages. Your other option would be:

1. Have the user browse to the file
2. use formapi to determine the field has changed
3. use Perl (or java) to read as an input the file data (no I do not have sample code)
4. print that data to a corresponding formatted text field

I am sure there are many similar processes with inlines, callouts etc.

Good luck
Matt

Matthew Petitjean
BOC Group
Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA