I am currently generating PDF's with variable contents from a template I made. Data is fetched from a database and used to create reports. This has been working greatly until recently I needed to change the layout.
In a series of traditional description environments I set an item containing a certain score achieved. For example \item[1/2]. After this a subsubsection* will serve as title, followed by a paragraph of simple text.
The problem occurs when the database has no text to insert in the subsubsection* body. I receive the well known "perhaps a missing \item" error.
Is there any way around this?
*EDIT: Below is functioning code. Haha, guess the \noindent is vestigial code from when the titles were still set as sidetags (not sure if mattered there either to be honest).
I need a markup that will print the headings and score even if there is no text to put in the body of that specific list environment.
Suggestions for a complete new solution are very welcome.. would not want LaTeX to remain in a state of error waiting to happen.
\documentclass[11pt, a4paper]{article}
% DOCUMENT LAYOUT
\usepackage{geometry,fancyhdr,tikz,everypage}
\geometry{a4paper, right=2cm, textheight=22cm, marginparsep=0.5cm, marginparwidth=3.5cm, left=2cm, footskip=3.5cm}
\definecolor{AltisLight}{HTML}{B9BAD6}
\definecolor{AltisDark}{HTML}{05266D}
\definecolor{AltisBlue}{HTML}{1E2060}
\definecolor{IngBlue}{HTML}{162D66}
\definecolor{IngOrange}{HTML}{F25C19}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhfoffset[L]{1cm}
\lhead{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}
\rhead{}
\lfoot{\textcolor{IngOrange}{For internal use only}}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\pagestyle{fancy}
% FONTS
\usepackage{fontspec,xunicode,xltxtra}
\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
\setromanfont [Ligatures={Common}, Numbers={Lining}]{Linux Libertine O}
% ---- MARGIN LABELS
\usepackage{marginnote}
\newcommand{\sidetag}[1]{\noindent{\parindent=0pt\marginnote{\scriptsize #1}}}
\renewcommand*{\raggedleftmarginnote}{}
\setlength{\marginparsep}{-3.5cm}
\reversemarginpar
% HEADINGS
\usepackage{sectsty}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\sectionfont{\mdseries\upshape\Large}
\subsectionfont{\mdseries\scshape\normalsize}
\subsubsectionfont{\mdseries\upshape\small}
% BULLET LISTS
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setitemize{topsep=0pt,partopsep=0pt,parsep=0pt,itemsep=0pt}
\setdescription{topsep=0pt,partopsep=0pt,parsep=0pt,itemsep=0pt,labelwidth=1cm}
% DOCUMENT
\begin{document}
\clearpage\phantomsection\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Robeco}\markboth{Robeco}{Robeco}%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]\node [xshift=-3cm, yshift=-5cm, scale=5]at (current page.north east) {None};\end{tikzpicture}
\section*{Score Card}\begin{description}[leftmargin=2.4cm]\item[]\sidetag{Fund name}Robeco
\end{description}\begin{description}[leftmargin=2.4cm]\item[]\sidetag{Analyst}LB
\end{description}\begin{description}[leftmargin=2.4cm]\item[]\sidetag{Period}2013 Q1
\end{description}\begin{description}[leftmargin=2.4cm]\item[]\sidetag{Last update}20130305
\end{description}\section*{Governance - Corporate}\noindent\begin{description}\item[1/2]\subsubsection*{Vivamus interdum}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Nullam ultrices mollis posuere. Vivamus interdum, velit nec mollis dapibus,
mauris turpis posuere velit, aliquam porttitor felis dolor sed lorem.
Vivamus ac lectus ut sapien sodales lacinia. Praesent eleifend erat vel
mi placerat sit amet gravida ligula cursus. Donec volutpat consequat est
eu consequat. Etiam sit amet facilisis dui. Ut tempus laoreet sodales.
\end{description}\begin{description}\item[2/2]\subsubsection*{Donec volutpat consequat}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Nullam ultrices mollis posuere. Vivamus interdum, velit nec mollis dapibus,
mauris turpis posuere velit, aliquam porttitor felis dolor sed lorem.
Vivamus ac lectus ut sapien sodales lacinia. Praesent eleifend erat vel
mi placerat sit amet gravida ligula cursus. Donec volutpat consequat est
eu consequat. Etiam sit amet facilisis dui. Ut tempus laoreet sodales.
\end{description}\begin{description}\item[2/2]\subsubsection*{ velit nec mollis dapibus}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Nullam ultrices mollis posuere. Vivamus interdum, velit nec mollis dapibus,
mauris turpis posuere velit, aliquam porttitor felis dolor sed lorem.
Vivamus ac lectus ut sapien sodales lacinia. Praesent eleifend erat vel
mi placerat sit amet gravida ligula cursus. Donec volutpat consequat est
eu consequat. Etiam sit amet facilisis dui. Ut tempus laoreet sodales.
\end{description}\begin{description}\item[1/2]\subsubsection*{Etiam sit amet facilisis dui.}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Nullam ultrices mollis posuere. Vivamus interdum, velit nec mollis dapibus,
mauris turpis posuere velit, aliquam porttitor felis dolor sed lorem.
Vivamus ac lectus ut sapien sodales lacinia. Praesent eleifend erat vel
mi placerat sit amet gravida ligula cursus. Donec volutpat consequat est
eu consequat. Etiam sit amet facilisis dui. Ut tempus laoreet sodales.
\end{description}
\end{document}
\noindentbefore\begin{description}and why have you got a sectioning command inside a list environment. Both of those are going to put LaTeX into a state which is just an error waiting to happen. Perhaps you could describe the intended use so someone could suggest some more reasonable markup? – David Carlisle Mar 22 at 13:47\documentclass{...}and ending with\end{document}– David Carlisle Mar 22 at 13:48