I assumed that (normally) height of row = height of tallest cell in the row. If only one cell has content, it's the tallest.
-----Original Message----- From: Paulo Soares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 2:34 AM To: 'Simpson, Mike W'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [iText-questions] fitsPage on partial tables I don't understand the question. In what way do you want to calculate the row height if some columns of that row are empty? Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: Simpson, Mike W [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 0:09 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [iText-questions] fitsPage on partial tables > > > I have a document with deeply nested tables; that is, a table within a > table > within a table (up to 6 levels!). Every time I start a new page, I need > to > repeat the table headers for each level of nested tables, and add > something > like "(continued)" on each one that wasn't there the first time the header > was displayed. > > Because PdfPTable rows can't span multiple pages, I'm controlling page > breaks manually, closing out each table at the end of the each page, and > regenerating it at the start of the new page. But the way I read the > code, > fitsPage considers the totalHeight to determine if a table fits or not, > and > totalHeight doesn't get recalculated until a row is completed. Fine for > normal cases, but if I'm 5 tables deep, trying to temporarily pad cells to > complete the last row in the current table, and its parent table, and its > parent's parent table, etc. is a real pain, and each then has to be > removed > (since I can't add cells to the nested table after it's been added to its > parent). > > Is there anyway to force a PdfPTable to calculate it's height when the > last > row isn't yet complete? Or better yet, to determine if a table will fit > on > a page without adding all of it's nested tables and then having to remove > them after each cell addition? (Since end users of my app will > essentially > generate their own reports though simplified templates, trying to do > absolute positioning would be absurdly difficult in this context). > > Any pointers greatly appreciated! > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Stuff, things, and much much more. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Stuff, things, and much much more. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
