Hi Everybody,
I have a table in which I do not want the side and top rule for the first column as shown below
Can anyone help to achieve this.
Thanks!
Shahnawaz

Hi Everybody,
I have a table in which I do not want the side and top rule for the first column as shown below
Can anyone help to achieve this.
Thanks!
Shahnawaz
Please update on this item if anybody can help me to achieve this output.
Hi Shahnawaz,
I'm do not believe that XPP has the ability to partially change the characteristics of a table box rule, including the suppressing (cancelling) of it.
You might have to resort to suppressing the whole left and top box rules, and then manually drawing in the box rules for the cells where you want them.
Other customers may have other ideas on how to accomplish what you need to do.
Hi Shahnawaz
You could set the Column Heads (4 columns) and the Table Body (5 columns) as 2 separate tables. Ending the tabular after the Column Heads and starting a new tabular for the Table Body. Then aligning the Column Heads with the Correct Table Body columns.
Pam Schoenrock
Shahnawaz,
Another possibility is at the end of the table to use the <whichcol>
and <whichrow>
macro's in combination with the %tbcwidth and %tbrdepth variable to figure out the width and depth of the 1st col and row and then blank out the normal rule by drawing a white rule on top of it.
Not a task for the faint of heart, but feasible.
The only restriction is that the table must be contained on the page as the start and end of the table must be on the same page.
Thank you Pam for your input. I splitted the table and able to achieve the the desired output.
Thank you Bart for your input but I splitted the table into two parts and able to achieve the the desired output.