ColumnText only knows about text and its own formatting. You'll have to make
the list by hand if you want to use ColumnText.
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Murphy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 12:06
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [iText-questions] Adding a List object to a ColumnText
> object (loss of formatting)
>
> Hi folks
>
> I need to create a page containing two columns (similar to example
> Chap1007
> in the sample code) which contains terms and conditions you would commonly
> find on the reverse of a delivery note or order. These terms need to be
> ordered i.e. list items which are numbered for ease of reference.
>
> The sample code below illustrates what I am trying to achieve and shows
> that
> when you add a Phrase to the ColumnText object all List formatting is
> lost.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks, Andrew
>
> <pre>
>
> import java.io.FileOutputStream;
> import java.io.IOException;
> import com.lowagie.text.*;
> import com.lowagie.text.pdf.*;
>
> public class ListsAndColumns {
> public static void main(String[] args) {
> String localFilepath =
> "E:\\TMP\\Examples\\iTextPDFexamples\\WEB-INF\\Classes\\";
> Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
> try {
> PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new
> FileOutputStream(localFilepath + "ListsAndColumns.pdf"));
> document.open();
>
> document.add(new Phrase("Example of adding a List to a
> Document
> object"));
> Phrase pList = new Phrase();
> pList.add(getMyList());
> document.add(pList);
>
> document.newPage();
> document.add(new Phrase("Example of adding a List to a
> ColumnText object - all formatting lost!"));
> ColumnText colText = new
> ColumnText(writer.getDirectContent());
> colText.setSimpleColumn(document.left(), 0, document.right(),
> document.top()-25, 15, Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
> colText.addText(pList);
> colText.go();
>
> } catch(DocumentException de) {
> System.err.println(de.getMessage());
> } catch(IOException ioe) {
> System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
> } finally {
> document.close();
> }
> }
> static List getMyList() {
> List outerList = new List(true, false, 15);
> outerList.add(new ListItem("Outer list item 1"));
> List innerList = new List(false, true, 15);
> innerList.add(new ListItem("Inner list item 1"));
> innerList.add(new ListItem("Inner list item 2"));
> outerList.add(innerList);
> outerList.add(new ListItem("Outer list item 2"));
> return outerList;
> }
> }
>
> </pre>
>
>
>
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