I am looking at Convertigo manual www.convertigo.it/docs/RefManual/5.5.1/af9532078.html and don't see how to invoke New Table Wizard that would automatically detect columns of HTML table.
What am I missing?

Thanks

Hello,

To start the table wizard, follow the following steps :

- Select the TABLE element in the DOM
- Build an XPath pointing to this element. (Best is to use the id or the name attribute of the element)
- In the Xpath builder window, click on the new extraction rule button (Just at the left of the xPath result window, an Icon with a 'gear'. the tool tip is 'create new extraction rule from current Xpath')
- The Wizard will start by the first page asking you to select an extraction rule, select the TABLE rule
- Next page will be the name of the Rule,
- Next page is the Autodect HTML TABLE wizard you are looking for. You can select the row you consider to be the header.

Finish the Wizard, the Table rule will be Created. The Wizard will try to guess the best XPath expressions for recurring rows and for each column. Beware that this detection only works with standard properly based TABLE structures..

Hope it helps !!

I finally figured what I was doing wrong. In the DOM tree that opens under XPath ("Document") the TABLE node must be selected, then the wizard will have "next" enabled after name is given. When it said in manual "select TABLE in DOM" I had it selected in HTML (left side of the design pane).

The Wizard will display only if the xPath evaluator leads to a valid node selection.

Hi,

I could add that the process to create a Table extraction rule is explained step by step in the CWI Quick Start Guide tutorial:
Creating an Extraction Rule

Hope this also helps.