You have to play with the left and right padding, a nested table will always
occupy the full cell extent but you can make that extent smaller.
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khaled Alakhras [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 16:00
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [iText-questions] Is it possible to center a nested
> PdfPTable in a PdfPCell?
>
> Is it possible to center a nested PdfPTable in a PdfPCell? setting the
> cell horizontal alignment doesn't seem to work. It does work for a Phrase
> and Image but not for PdfPTable.
>
> PdfPTable nested = new PdfPTable(2);
> cell = new PdfPCell(nested);
> cell.setHorizontalAlignment(PdfPCell.ALIGN_CENTER);
> table.addCell(cell);
>
> Thanks,
>
> Khaled
>
> Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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 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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