What I get is your desired layout. Are you sure you didn't modify iText to
not copy the inserted tables? The behavior would be this. I suppose that if
you create two independent nested tables then it would work.

Best Regards,
Paulo Soares

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khaled Alakhras [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 17:46
> To:   Paulo Soares; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      RE: [iText-questions] Setting the colSpan on a PdfPCell that
> cont  ains a PdfPTable
> 
> Maybe you are getting a different result, I am attaching the pdf file
> generated on my system: 
> 
> The desired layout: 
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> |                     |                       |
> ---------------------------------------
> |                     |       2X2 Table |
> ---------------------------------------
> |               2X2 Table               |
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> Thanks,
> Khaled
> 
>  Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> 
>       I don't get it. The first nested table fits where would be
> Table.Cell3 and
>       has 2 columns, there's no spanning. Can you draw the expected
> layout?
>       
>       Best Regards,
>       Paulo Soares
>       
>       > -----Original Message-----
>       > From: Khaled Alakhras [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>       > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 14:41
>       > To: Paulo Soares; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>       > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Setting the colSpan on a PdfPCell
> that
>       > cont ains a PdfPTable
>       > 
>       > What you describing is the desired effect, however if you look at
> the
>       > example, the first nested table is added to a cell with colSpan of
> 1 and
>       > the seconed nested table is added to a cell with a colSpan of 2.
> The
>       > second table shows up correctly spanning two columns, but the
> first nested
>       > table shows up spanning two columns also which is incorrect. 
>       > 
>       > Thanks, 
>       > 
>       > Khaled
>       > 
>       > Paulo Soares wrote: 
>       > 
>       > Works correctly. If you have colspan 2 the nested table inside
> will
>       > occupy
>       > the two columns space instead of one. What result would you
> expect?
>       > 
>       > Best Regards,
>       > Paulo Soares
>       > 
>       > > -----Original Message-----
>       > > From: Khaled Alakhras [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>       > > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 21:37
>       > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>       > > Subject: [iText-questions] Setting the colSpan on a PdfPCell
> that
>       > > contains a PdfPTable
>       > > 
>       > > It seems that there is a problem when setting the colSpan of a
>       > PdfPCell
>       > > that contains a PdfPTable. Setting the colSpan effects all other
>       > cells
>       > > that contain a PdfPTable also. Please see attahced example.
>       > > 
>       > > Thanks,
>       > > Khaled
>       > > 
>       > > Test.java
>       > > 
>       > > import com.lowagie.text.Document;
>       > > 
>       > > import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
>       > > 
>       > > import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
>       > > 
>       > > import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
>       > > 
>       > > import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
>       > > 
>       > > import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
>       > > 
>       > > import java.awt.Color;
>       > > 
>       > > import java.io.FileOutputStream;
>       > > 
>       > > 
>       > > 
>       > > public class Test
>       > > 
>       > > {
>       > > 
>       > > public static void main(String[] args)
>       > > 
>       > > {
>       > > 
>       > > Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
>       > > 
>       > > try
>       > > 
>       > > {
>       > > 
>       > > PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new
>       > > FileOutputStream("test.pdf"));
>       > > 
>       > > document.open();
>       > > 
>       > > PdfPCell cell;
>       > > 
>       > > PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
>       > > 
>       > > table.setWidthPercentage(70);
>       > > 
>       > > table.setHeaderRows(0);
>       > > 
>       > > cell = table.getDefaultCell();
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBorderWidth(1);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBorderColor(Color.blue);
>       > > 
>       > > // Create a 2X2 sub-table
>       > > 
>       > > PdfPTable nested = new PdfPTable(2);
>       > > 
>       > > for (int k = 0; k < 4; ++k)
>       > > 
>       > > {
>       > > 
>       > > cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("nested.Cell " + k));
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBorderWidth(1);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBorderColor(Color.blue);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBackgroundColor(Color.red);
>       > > 
>       > > nested.addCell(cell);
>       > > 
>       > > }
>       > > 
>       > > cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table.Cell0"));
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBorderWidth(1);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBackgroundColor(Color.blue);
>       > > 
>       > > table.addCell(cell);
>       > > 
>       > > cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table.Cell1"));
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBorderWidth(1);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBackgroundColor(Color.blue);
>       > > 
>       > > table.addCell(cell);
>       > > 
>       > > cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table.Cell2"));
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBorderWidth(1);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBackgroundColor(Color.blue);
>       > > 
>       > > table.addCell(cell);
>       > > 
>       > > cell = new PdfPCell(nested);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBorderWidth(1);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setColspan(1);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setPadding(1);
>       > > 
>       > > table.addCell(cell);
>       > > 
>       > > cell = new PdfPCell(nested);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBorderWidth(1);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setColspan(2); //** NOTE: setting the colspan for this cell
>       > effects
>       > > all other cells that
>       > > 
>       > > //** contain a table.
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setPadding(1);
>       > > 
>       > > cell.setBackgroundColor(Color.blue);
>       > > 
>       > > table.addCell(cell);
>       > > 
>       > > document.add(table);
>       > > 
>       > > document.close();
>       > > 
>       > > }
>       > > 
>       > > catch (Exception de)
>       > > 
>       > > {
>       > > 
>       > > de.printStackTrace();
>       > > 
>       > > }
>       > > 
>       > > }
>       > > 
>       > > }
>       > > 
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