Cannot add table to docx create by Libreoffice

[jvdvegt]

I created a template document using LibreOffice 3.5. If I open the document and try to add an empty table to it using the table factory:

TblFactory.createTable(3, 3, cellWidthTwips);

I get these log messages:

16:09:26,494 ERROR [main] PropertyResolver:1405 - Expected TableNormal to have <w:basedOn ??
16:21:02,390 WARN [main] MainDocumentPart:548 - TableGrid couldn't be activated!

If I use a debugger to change the 'result1' variable in PropertyResolver, the resulting docx file opens just fine In LibreOffice. It seems style.xml created by LibreOffice does not define a style called 'TableNormal'. Is the 'result1' variable really required? I don't know the docx-spec well enough to know if the check in the PropertyResolver is for the spec or the MS-Word implementation.

[jason]

I couldn't reproduce your issue with LibreOffice 3.5.4.2, which didn't seem to create table styles.

Could you please attach your LibreOffice template document?

[jvdvegt]

I've attached both the template file (a newly cretaed file will do) and the code used to add a table.

[jason]

In TblFactory:

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                String strTblPr =  "<w:tblPr " + Namespaces.W_NAMESPACE_DECLARATION + ">"
                        + "<w:tblStyle w:val=\"TableGrid\"/>"
                        +       "<w:tblW w:w=\"0\" w:type=\"auto\"/>"
                        +   "<w:tblLook w:val=\"04A0\"/>"
                        + "</w:tblPr>";
 

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However there is no definition of style 'TableGrid' in the styles part.

So, you should either add that style to your styles part before calling TblFactory, or change/adapt TblFactory not to use that style.

To add the style, you can invoke (Style)XmlUtils.unmarshalString on say:

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    <w:style w:type="table" w:styleId="TableGrid">
        <w:name w:val="Table Grid"/>
        <w:basedOn w:val="TableNormal"/>
        <w:uiPriority w:val="59"/>
        <w:pPr>
            <w:spacing w:after="0" w:line="240" w:lineRule="auto"/>
        </w:pPr>
        <w:tblPr>
            <w:tblInd w:w="0" w:type="dxa"/>
            <w:tblBorders>
                <w:top w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="000000" w:themeColor="text1"/>
                <w:left w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="000000" w:themeColor="text1"/>
                <w:bottom w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="000000" w:themeColor="text1"/>
                <w:right w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="000000" w:themeColor="text1"/>
                <w:insideH w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="000000" w:themeColor="text1"/>
                <w:insideV w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="000000" w:themeColor="text1"/>
            </w:tblBorders>
            <w:tblCellMar>
                <w:top w:w="0" w:type="dxa"/>
                <w:left w:w="108" w:type="dxa"/>
                <w:bottom w:w="0" w:type="dxa"/>
                <w:right w:w="108" w:type="dxa"/>
            </w:tblCellMar>
        </w:tblPr>
    </w:style>

 

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Don't forget to add namespace Namespaces.W_NAMESPACE_DECLARATION to the string first!