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\setupheadertexts[\directsetup{headertable}]

\startsetups [headertable]

\bTABLEnested[option=stretch,frame=off]

\setupTABLE[c][1][align=flushleft]

\setupTABLE[c][2][align=flushright]

\bTR

\bTD

Firstname Lastname \par

123, First street \par

Ph: 1234567890 \par

\eTD

\bTD

Company Name \par

123, First street \par

Ph: 9876543210 \par

\eTD

\eTR

\eTABLEnested

\stopsetups

\starttext

\bTABLE[split=repeat, option=stretch]

\bTABLEhead

\bTR[style=bold]\dorecurse{5}{\bTH Header Col #1\eTH}\eTR

\eTABLEhead

\bTABLEbody

\dorecurse{50}{\bTR\dorecurse{5}{\bTD Row #1 col ##1\eTD}\eTR}

\eTABLEbody

\eTABLE

\stoptext

</texcode>

Compiling the above by using {{cmd|bTABLE}} and {{cmd|eTABLE}} instead of {{cmd|bTABLEnested}} and {{cmd|eTABLEnested}} in the setup for <tt>headertable</tt> one notices the need for the nested type.

= Tables in multiple columns =

\stop

~~</texcode>~~

~~= Tables in page headers =~~

Sometimes you want to use a table layout in a header, for example to show a company's name and contact information at the top of each page of an invoice. The standard `\bTABLE` command causes issues so use `\bTABLEnested` instead. The parameters are the same.

~~<texcode>~~

~~% A setup to define the table's appearance~~

~~\startsetups headertable~~

~~\setupTABLE[frame=off]~~

~~\setupTABLE[column][1][align=flushleft]~~

~~\setupTABLE[column][2][align=flushright]~~

~~\stopsetups~~

~~...~~

~~% A setup to define the table's contents~~

~~\startsetups headertext~~

~~\bTABLEnested[setups=headertable, ...]~~

~~...~~

~~\eTABLEnested~~

~~\stopsetups~~

~~...~~

~~% Use the table in the header~~

~~\setupheadertexts[\setups{headertext}]~~

</texcode>

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