Tabs are not supported in iText and there's no workaround. Best Regards, Paulo Soares
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kyrill Alyoshin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 15:34 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] Tabulation Effect, Centering Data > > Hey guys, > > Here is an issue that I am having with iText/PDF. It is rather serious, > and I am > actually wondering if it can be resolved at all. > > 1. Tabulation > > The main point here is that Tabs are actually not (as users are used to > experience it) a certain number of white spaces. See, if you use almost > any text > editor, including filling out a form in a browser, and use tabs, here is > how the > text will be aligned. > > aaaaaa aaaaaaa > aaa aaaaaa > aaaaa aaaaaaaaaa > aaaa aaaaa > > > The white spaces above are tabs. They are definitely not the same width, > the > application formats those tabs in a such a way that it allows for this > column-like appearance. > > So my users are used to this. They do it in the web worms (in TextArea > HTML > tags), and they want to see the same formatting when their text is > displayed in > PDF. > > So, what is the easiest way to achieve such formatting? > > > > 2. ALIGNMENT > > Let's say I have an HTML table that looks like this: > > |First Name: | Kyrill | > |Last Names: | Alyoshin | > |About Him: | XXXXXXXX | > > > As you can see the data in the second column is centered. I can sure > reproduce > such look-n-feel in PDF using iText. > But the problem is the third row. We don't know what the user is going to > write > there. It could be: > > |First Name: | Kyrill | > |Last Names: | Alyoshin | > |About Him: | Programmer | > > > OR > > |First Name: | Kyrill | > |Last Names: | Alyoshin | > |About Him: | A silly guy | > | | who is | > | | asking silly questions| > > > > The first one looks great when it is centered. The second option looks > really > ugly. I could left-align it, but then the first option will be left > aligned too. > Not pretty either. > > So my idea was to put that third row/second column cell in a table of its > own, > left align the text in it, and then center that helper-table in a cell. I > couldn't figure out how to do it in iText. I tried a lot of things, and > was > getting exceptions all the time. > > So, what do I need to do to achieve what I want? > > I'd greatly appreciate anybody's help. THANKS! > > Kyrill Alyoshin > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future > of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community > Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?sunm0002en > > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?sunm0002en _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
