Getting the caption of a table by content enumeration

[harrybo]

Hello,

I'm trying to retrieve the captions of tables by enumerating a Writer document. It seems to me, that there is no way to get the caption from a table-paragraph object. The caption is internally represented by a standard formatted separate paragraph below or above the table, such as "Table 3: Holydays 2006". The caption itself is represented by 3 TextPortions with ParaStyleName "Table" and with the TextPortionTypes Text, TextField and again Text. The TextField is an increment field, so it does not lead me to the appropriate table.

Ok, I could look for such TextPortions below or above a table, but - as a table-caption can be on both places, what, if there's a table with a caption below, followed by a table with no caption?

[probe1]

The captions are automatically registered for a table index, so have a look at this: /openoffice.org2.0_sdk/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/DocumentIndexMark.html

Does this help?
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[harrybo]

Thank you probe1. The DocumentIndexMark didn't help me. May be, I'm not so experienced in handling IndexMarks.

What I try to find is a unique relation between the table and its caption - not only a 'neighborhood'. The questions I want to answer are:

1. Does a table has a caption (made with Insert Caption dialog)?
2. If it has a caption, what is the caption?
3. Is the caption placed above or below the table?

With other words, basic questions regarding tables. But as it seems to me, not at all trivial, to get these informations via the API.

Regards
Harry

[probe1]

I don't think there is a relation (between a table and a caption).

The caption is placed to a table on creation and basta! Or not.
Only thing related is the numbering field. But this field could be anywhere (possibly more than one time) within a document.
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[pitonyak]

check to see if it uses a specific paragraph style (MAYBE).
check to see if it uses a field number the tables (ALMOST POSITIVE).

You should be able to search the text, find the fields that contain the equation Table+1, and then remove those paragraphs. That is how I would try...
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[harrybo]

Thanks for your replies. Yes, I can find the Textportions with ParaStyleName "Table", giving me the information, that the corresponding paragraph is a table-caption. One of these TextPortions has the TextPortionType "TextField" (the number within the caption), Unfortunately this Textfield only gives me the incremented number of the table-caption. Since a document can have tables without a caption the TextField do not give me an information like "this is the caption of tableX". I fear that probe1 is right, when he says:

[pitonyak]

You are correct, that the problem is NOT deterministic. The best that you can do is find fields of an appropriate type and look above or below for a table. You could go the other way, find the table, then look for the caption.
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