Is it possible to hide tables in documents if they are empty ?

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Natalie Williams

02 August 2012 16:04

I am creating a document for a scheme where the question set is essentially made up of a number of tables.

On the quote/schedule I do not want to show the tables/table headers if there is no data entered in the table.  I just cannot find a way of doing it.  If you need details on the scheme and doc just give me a shout.

Thank you

Natalie

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  John Levett 06 August 2012 17:27

  I think you may be able use an "IF" to achieve this?

  try looking here. http://wiki.schemeserve.com/index.php?title=More_advanced_documents

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  Natalie Williams 10 August 2012 15:06

  Thanks for that John.  Good page to have for info but alas the same rules do not seem to apply to a table.

  I thought I would need something along the lines of:

  style="display:##IF([TableName_ColumnID]= 'NULL','none','')##"

  I have no idea if the use of Null is correct, or if I am doing something else that is wrong.  Any help gratefully received !!!

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  Natalie Williams 10 August 2012 15:43

  Also tried:

  style="display:##IF([TableName_ColumnID].Length > 0,'','none')##

  Totally stumped.

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  Rob Symonds 12 February 2013 11:05

  Hi Nat,

  You should be able to use ## IF([TableName_RowCount] = 0, 'none', '') ##

  Thanks,

  Rob.

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  Adam Bishop 12 February 2013 11:22

  It's also possible to hide empty cells using the very latest browsers, so it is likely to work with the new renderer in SchemeServe BETA...

  Please see:

  • http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_tab_empty-cells.asp
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12731789/hide-table-rows-if-empty/12731909#12731909 (I think this only works with cells).

  I've produce a code snippet of both syntaxes:

  • https://gist.github.com/adambishop/4761644

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