> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Gfesser [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 17:28
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      [iText-questions] iText questions re: gray fill and document
> margins
> 
> I am a relatively newer user of iText, and need
> assistance in resolving two issues:
> 
> (1) I want to gray fill a PdfPCell, and the
> setGrayFill() method of PdfPCell does not seem to be
> working. It takes a float which indicates the grayfill
> value desired for the cell. I have tried various
> values, and none seem to work. What is the range in
> values that this method accepts? Anyone else having a
> problem with this? I searched the 2002 archives and
> didn't find any one asking about this issue.
> 
        0 is black and 1 is white.

> (2) The Document in question, which I create using the
> following line of code,
> 
> Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(),
> 9, 9, 9, 9); //0.125" margins
> 
> looks perfect when viewing it in Acrobat Reader.
> 
        So, it works.

> However, both the print preview and actual printed
> versions are less than perfect. Unless the "Shrink
> oversized pages to paper size" option is not used in
> Acrobat Reader, document content is lost on both the
> left and right margins. Although using this Acrobat
> Reader option fixes the lost content problem, the top
> and bottom margins are then increased, which I do not
> want. I've played around with this quite a bit, and
> can't seem to figure out the cause of this. Is there a
> 
        What about the auto-rotate pages? (It shouldn't be needed.)

> problem with the PdfPTable method
> setWidthPercentage()? I'm currently using a value of
> 100 for the method (making sure the relative widths of
> applicable columns also add up to 100), to cause the
> tables to span the entire page, but the result causes
> the page content to run off both sides of the page.
> Reducing the value of 100 to 90 or 95 still causes the
> left portions of the tables to run off the page. In
> addition, changing the margins of the Document to, for
> example, (18, 18, 18, 18), also does not fix this
> problem. Do you know of any solution to this?
> 
        I would like to see the pdf. From what you say the problem is the
viewer, not the pdf.

        Best Regards,
        Paulo Soares

> Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.
> 
> 


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