It sounds like the paragraph definitions may have been defined elsewhere in the DXL.

Not sure what's happening. I guess the basic experiment I'd make would be a simple export agent and a simple import agent, and see if the doc export/imports. If it doesn't, that could indicate a problem.

In my XML code, I did not specifically create <pardef>.

When I have exported the DXL of the document that generate in R6.5, every tablecell has <pardef> in it and the richtext work fine with the table.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<document xmlns='http://www.lotus.com/dxl' version='6.5' maintenanceversion='4.0' replicaid='4825711E0030D646' form='content'>
 <noteinfo noteid='1b36' unid='F2C39492DF71B6B34825813E003904E9' sequence='1'>
  <created>
   <datetime>20170613T182248,09+08</datetime>
  </created>
  <modified>
   <datetime>20170613T182248,14+08</datetime>
  </modified>
  <revised>
   <datetime>20170613T182248,13+08</datetime>
  </revised>
  <lastaccessed>
   <datetime>20170613T182248,14+08</datetime>
  </lastaccessed>
  <addedtofile>
   <datetime>20170613T182248,14+08</datetime>
  </addedtofile>
 </noteinfo>
 <updatedby>
  <name>CN=Ww/O=XXX</name>
 </updatedby>
 <item name='body'>
  <richtext>
   <pardef id='1'/>
   <par def='1'/>
   <pardef id='3' leftmargin='0.7500in'/>
   <section>
    <sectiontitle pardef='3' borderstyle='gradient' color='#c0e1ff'>
     <font style='bold' name='Arial' pitch='variable' truetype='true' familyid='20'/>
     <text>Information</text>
    </sectiontitle>
    <table widthtype='fitmargins' cellbordercolor='white'>
     <tablecolumn width='25%'/>
     <tablecolumn width='25%'/>
     <tablecolumn width='25%'/>
     <tablecolumn width='25%'/>
     <tablerow>
      <tablecell borderwidth='0px'>
       <pardef id='23' leftmargin='0.0500in'/>
       <par def='23'>
        <actionhotspot hotspotstyle='none' regionid='2'>
         <code event='click'>
          <formula>@Command([FileOpenDatabase];"Server":"Abc.nsf")</formula>
         </code>
        </actionhotspot>
       </par>
       <pardef id='24' leftmargin='0.0500in'/>
       <par def='24'>
        <region regionid='2' end='true'>Application Z</region>
       </par>
      </tablecell>
      <tablecell borderwidth='0px'>
       <pardef id='25' leftmargin='0.0500in'/>
       <par def='25'>
        <actionhotspot hotspotstyle='none' regionid='3'>
         <code event='click'>
          <formula>@Command([FileOpenDatabase];"Server":"dfe.nsf")</formula>
         </code>
        </actionhotspot>
       </par>
       <pardef id='26' leftmargin='0.0500in'/>
       <par def='26'>
        <region regionid='3' end='true'>Application X</region>
       </par>
      </tablecell>
      <tablecell borderwidth='0px'>
       <pardef id='22' leftmargin='0.0104in'/>
       <par def='22'/>
      </tablecell>
      <tablecell borderwidth='0px'>
       <pardef id='27' leftmargin='0.0104in'/>
       <par def='27'/>
      </tablecell>
     </tablerow>
    </table>
    <par def='1'/>
   </section>
  </richtext>
 </item>
</document>

However, these <pardef> do not exist in the exported DXL that generated in R9.0 and after tested, these missing <pardef> has caused the table in malformed error.

Should I create the pardef element in my XML code for the import action in R9.0?
 

Thanks, Edeline

I know from my experience of working with DXL that a table element cannot be the first element in a rich text field.  It should always be preceded with a paragraph so if a paragraph is missing you should manually add it in your code before the table element begins.

Alex, Thanks for the tricks! I have added a <par/> before table element begin an it solved my problem!

:)