Where do you set the ColumnText dimensions? Paulo
----- Original Message ----- From: "kkdusi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Column text Question. > > how can I use columnText to append text a document.. I get the following > exception. > > > com.lowagie.text.DocumentException: Irregular columns are not supported in > composite mode. > at com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText.goComposite(Unknown Source) > at com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText.go(Unknown Source) > at com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText.go(Unknown Source) > > for the code below. I created a document before this adn added lot of > content using PdfPTable. > > StyleSheet style = new StyleSheet(); > > style.loadTagStyle("ul", "face", "Times"); > style.loadTagStyle("ul", "size", "25px"); > style.loadTagStyle("ul", "leading", "15f"); > style.loadTagStyle("li", "face", "Times"); > style.loadTagStyle("li", "size", "25px"); > style.loadTagStyle("li", "leading", "15f"); > style.loadTagStyle("p", "face", "Times"); > style.loadTagStyle("p", "size", "11px"); > style.loadTagStyle("p", "leading", "12f"); > style.loadTagStyle("p", "spacingAfter", "6x"); > > /* > HTMLWorker worker = new HTMLWorker(letterDocument); > worker.setStyleSheet(style); > worker.parse(new StringReader(readyJob.getContent())); > */ > > PdfContentByte cb = letterWriter.getDirectContent(); > ArrayList arr = HTMLWorker.parseToList(new > StringReader(readyJob.getContent()) > ,style); > ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb); > for (int k = 0; k < arr.size(); ++k){ > Element element = (Element)arr.get(k); > if(element instanceof Paragraph){ > Paragraph p = (Paragraph)element; > p.setSpacingAfter(6f); > } > ct.addElement(element); > } > ct.go(); > > > Paulo Soares wrote: >> >> ColumnText is the way to go for precise formating. It doesn't matter if >> it's >> only one column. >> >> Paulo >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nussbaum-Jones, Nina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:48 PM >> Subject: [iText-questions] Column text capabilities >> >> >>>I noticed a lot more references to using column text for document >>> structure. There seems to be a great deal more flexibility with it, >>> including the ability to do hanging indents. Is this the way to go for >>> more complicated formatting? I don't need multiple columns on a page, >>> but I need to generate a very specific document to match a pre-existing >>> word document template. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks!! >>> >>> -Nina- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
