CSS for XML in ASP.NET

toddw607 · June 14th, 2007, 10:00 AM

     If there is a more appropriate forum for this question please let me know.
     I have a XML file that displays info including tables but the tables are not formatting correctly. This is the only thing I have in my CSS that references tables:
                      TABLE { display:table }
                      ROW { display:table-row }
                      CELL { display:table-cell }

          Here is an example of one of my tables:

                           <TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<TableTitle>
<A ID="pgfId-1026394"></A>
<A ID="75579"></A>
CAB LIGHT Switch Logic</TableTitle>
</CAPTION>
<ROW>
<TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body-Bold-Center>
<A ID="pgfId-1026400"></A>
Switch Position</Body-Bold-Center>
</TH>
<TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body-Bold-Center>
<A ID="pgfId-1026402"></A>
Incandescent</Body-Bold-Center>
</TH>
<TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body-Bold-Center>
<A ID="pgfId-1026404"></A>
Fluorescent</Body-Bold-Center>
</TH>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026406"></A>
OFF</Body>
</CELL>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026408"></A>
Off</Body>
</CELL>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026410"></A>
Off</Body>
</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026412"></A>
READING</Body>
</CELL>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026414"></A>
On</Body>
</CELL>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026416"></A>
Off</Body>
</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026418"></A>
BOTH</Body>
</CELL>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026420"></A>
On</Body>
</CELL>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026422"></A>
On</Body>
</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026424"></A>
CEILING</Body>
</CELL>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026426"></A>
Off</Body>
</CELL>
<CELL ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1">
<Body>
<A ID="pgfId-1026428"></A>
On</Body>
</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE>

    The table has 3 columns, a header row and 4 data rows. When I run the xml the table comes up with no borders at all, the header titles in the center of the screen and the data columns aligned with the left side of the screen. Any thoughts at all? Thanks and regards.

planoie · June 14th, 2007, 08:18 PM

When you say "run the xml" what do you mean? Where are you "running" it? Are you viewing it in a browser? I'm a little confused that you have what appears to be XML (though looks like HTML) along with CSS. I suspect that you are trying to view this in the browser, but the browser doesn't know anything the non-html tags.

Please explain further how you are viewing the out of the HTML.

-Peter

toddw607 · June 19th, 2007, 06:17 AM

I am trying to bring up the table in asp.net in a browser, that's what I meant by "running it". And the code I have in my ASP.NET webform is the tagged code above.

planoie · June 19th, 2007, 09:29 AM

<ROW> and <CELL> are not valid HTML tags. You need to convert those to <tr> and <td>. I'm fairly sure that <CAPTION> isn't valid HTML either.

-Peter