CSS class with embedded '.' In table layout.

Hi all,
Using chronoconnectivity table layout the cells have a class with an embedded '.'.
Eg class ='hello.sailor'
According to my IDE (netbeans) that is invalid. Short of using the custom view and defining my own table, how can I reference those classes in a CSS definition?

Nick

Thanks Bob. At least that gives me a position to deal with. I had thought to use the css children logic but that is going to be messy! I reckon I will switch to custom. It isn't that time consuming with a set of routines now n place.

Thanks for the info

Nick