I think tabs involve some assumptions like monospace fonts and the commonly agreed upon stop positions
So to simulate: a. use a monospace font b. convert tab characters into the number of blanks needed to reach the next stop In the end, no tabs but same effect. -----Original Message----- From: Kyrill Alyoshin [mailto:Kyrill.Alyoshin@;Sun.COM] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Tabulation Effect, Centering Data Paulo, That's no problem that tabs are not supported in iText. But maybe somebody could suggest some other tool/libarary that you, guys, may be aware of that may support tabs in PDF. What about Cocoon, Struts, iNetSoft, etc. This is a requirement for my project here at Sun. And I need this functionality at any cost. Thanks, Kyrill > From: Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Kyrill Alyoshin'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Tabulation Effect, Centering Data > Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:42:50 +0100 > > 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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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
