Conference vaxuum::document_ft

198.0. "Problem with <line>(indent\#) in table" by DECWET::OSHEA (Kate O&#039;Shea) Fri Apr 03 1987 18:50

I don't know whether this is a bug or an undocumented restriction.
I get this error message:

	TAG-W-GTMAXARGS, at tag <TABLE_ROW> on line 4 in File 
    		blah blah blah
	More than 9 arguments supplied to tag <TABLE_ROW>

Followed by this final blow:

	PAS-F-ARRINDVAL, array index value out of range

On this piece of table code:

<TABLE>(Hardware Engineering Specifications\eng_specs)
<TABLE_SETUP>(3\20\33)
<TABLE_HEADS>(Specification\Engineer\Directory Logical Name)
<TABLE_ROW>(Processor
<LINE>(INDENT\1) Introduction
<LINE>(INDENT\1) Module A
<LINE>(INDENT\1) Module B
<LINE>(INDENT\1) Module C
<LINE>(INDENT\1) Module D
<LINE>(INDENT\1) Module E
<LINE>(INDENT\1) Module F
<LINE>(INDENT\1) Module G
<LINE>(INDENT\1) Module H
\<LINE> Engineer 1 
<LINE> Engineer 2
<LINE> Engineer 3
<LINE> Engineer 4
<LINE> Engineer 5
<LINE> Engineer 6
<LINE> Engineer 7
<LINE> Engineer 8
<LINE> Engineer 9
\top$blah)
<endtable>

I'm using the command line:  DOCUMENT file S.R LN03
(The same problem occurs with the GENERAL doctype.)

The offending tags are the nine <line>(indent\1) tags.  If I comment out
three of the <line>(indent\1) tags so that there are only six left, the
file works.  
    
The file also works if I change all the <line>(indent\1) tags to 
<line>(indent).  This, of course, is a reasonable workaround as \1 is the 
default value, but if I'd wanted \2 or \3, I'd be in trouble.
        
Any ideas?

Thanks,

Kate

    YOu are using the <line> tag correctly, but there is a bug
    in it, such that it leaves a \ in the arg list which makes
    the tag translator believe it is seeing more arguments than
    are really there.
    
    THe bug is fixed for the field test update.  Until the update
    is released, you'll have to code around it using one of the
    techniques that you are already using.