Word Gurus,

A customer of mine requires that database reports are provided in Word
format. My database extract program successfully creates a HTML file
that is imported into Word. Tables look just fine; header lines are
repeated as expected. Here's the problem:

My extract program removes repeated cell values to enhance
readability. For example ...

ColumnA ColumnB ColumnC
-----------------------
A1 B1 C1
A2 B2 C2
B3 C3
C4
A3 B5 C5
B6 C6

As I approach the bottom of a page, a group may be split across two
pages. This acceptable, however, the repeating cell values from the
previous page are not displayed. For example ...

ColumnA ColumnB ColumnC
-----------------------
A1 B1 C1
A2 B2 C2
B3 C3
== page break ==
C4
A3 B5 C5
B6 C6

I need to have the repeating cell values displayed on the next page.

Stuff I've tried/tought of ...

* Thought of: Line counting in the extract program -- can't be used
because some of the values (key or non-key) may be multi-line because
of wrapping in Word.

* Thought of: Conditionally printing a key value. I tried using an IF
field to compare PAGE with a bookmark value. I'm probably doing
something wrong here.

Suggestions would be nice.

For each table in the document, check each cell in column 1: for each cell,
store the page number (use the Information() function) and the cell
contents. For each successive column 1 cell, if you're on a new page and the
cell is empty, insert the contents of the previous.


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> Word Gurus,
>
> A customer of mine requires that database reports are provided in Word
> format. My database extract program successfully creates a HTML file
> that is imported into Word. Tables look just fine; header lines are
> repeated as expected. Here's the problem:
>
> My extract program removes repeated cell values to enhance
> readability. For example ...
>
> ColumnA ColumnB ColumnC
> -----------------------
> A1 B1 C1
> A2 B2 C2
> B3 C3
> C4
> A3 B5 C5
> B6 C6
>
> As I approach the bottom of a page, a group may be split across two
> pages. This acceptable, however, the repeating cell values from the
> previous page are not displayed. For example ...
>
> ColumnA ColumnB ColumnC
> -----------------------
> A1 B1 C1
> A2 B2 C2
> B3 C3
> == page break ==
> C4
> A3 B5 C5
> B6 C6
>
> I need to have the repeating cell values displayed on the next page.
>
> Stuff I've tried/tought of ...
>
> * Thought of: Line counting in the extract program -- can't be used
> because some of the values (key or non-key) may be multi-line because
> of wrapping in Word.
>
> * Thought of: Conditionally printing a key value. I tried using an IF
> field to compare PAGE with a bookmark value. I'm probably doing
> something wrong here.
>
> Suggestions would be nice.