Ivar Kunst
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:41:36 -0700
Thanks for your quick reply the other day! I moved on and the document starts to look smoother everyday. Still i have a few questions. What im using at the moment, is the irregular column, which i can wrap around the images on my page. Sometimes the text i add to the page, can exceed the bottom of the page, and the text is lost.... or not. I know it get stored then and you can show it in the next column, but i don't have a extra column on that current page. So the question is... How can I: -Save the text that didn't fit the page -Create a new Page -Create the header and footer(got a function for that) -show the text that didn't fit the previous page. 1 other thing i came across which i got some question about. Do i have to set the irregular column sizes before i start to add text and pitures? Because i want to put text in a database and the images do not always need to show. So the size of the column can change. Maybe its a bit unclear but the thing i like to know, how can i let's say, add text(which wont be the same all the time, so can differ in length) then add a picture at the end of the text(this part is easy, use the Yline) but now i have to define where the irregular column goes, and because the place of the picture aint always the same, i found that that was the harder part. Long story, sorry, but i hope my question is clear:) Thanks for your time, Ivar 1T3XT info wrote: > > Ivar Kunst wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> Im new to iTextSharp. Im really enjoying it, but i came across some >> problems. I've googled my problems but couldnt really find the answers, >> i've also gone through the tutorial. I might have missed the answers, im >> sorry then :) > > I think you missed the part about ColumnText. > Let me explain further on: > >> I want to create a nice document, i managed to create the first page. >> Now the second page will have a combination of a header and footer, which >> i created as well, not through the header and footer usage, but just with >> a DirectContent. But that looks quite good. > > Indeed: you're on the right track! > That's exactly how you should do it. > >> Now i want to add a >> combinatie of text and pictures. But the problem is, i couldnt find a >> way to set the absolute position of, let's say a paragraph. so i can't >> get the pictures and text lined out properly. > > From your description, I understand that you need a high level > of control over the layout. In that case, working with just > document.add(element); isn't sufficient as you have found out > yourself ;-) > >> I also tried the cb.showtext() functions, but if there is more text that >> fits the page, it doesnt go to a new line, it just go off the page. > > Yes, showText (and showTextAligned) in PdfContentByte are used > for other purposes. (Low level control over the PDF syntax.) > >> I >> don't know if you need to set a certain property, so it automaticly go >> to a new line? > > ColumnText is THE object that combines the high level building > blocks (like Phrase, Paragraph, PdfPTable,...) with the power > of PdfContentByte. > > http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/objects/columns/index.php > > Basically you create a ColumnText object using the direct content > of a writer. Then you fill the column with high level objects and > define a Rectangle on the page. And when you go() the content is > added to the page. (There's more to it, but that's explained in > chapter 7 of the book.) > -- > This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Do you like iText? > Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php > Or leave a tip: https://tipit.to/itexttipjar > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Some-startup-problems-tp18524767p18589732.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Do you like iText? 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