You definitively need ColumnText. ColumnText can simulate the writing to check if text fits and can also give the number of lines output.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Kofford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 22:34 Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Ideas to accomplish modified "keep together" and add background image? > Attached is a sample of what I'm talking about (the names and other > information on the document are fictitious). I created the sample from > an > html document using the pdf print driver. This sample is unacceptable > because the signature line is on the 3rd page with no lines from the > previous paragraph (sample order text) on the same page. Also, notice > where > the image is on the signature line. I need to do the same thing. > > If the sample had 5 lines from the previous paragraph (it can't be the > whole > paragraph because there would be too much white space on the second > page), > it would be acceptable. > > I look forward to any further suggestions -- I will start looking at > ColumnText for now. > > Thanks, > Tom > > >From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Tom Kofford" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Ideas to accomplish modified "keep > together" > >and add background image? > >Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:40:31 +0100 > > > >Usually when the layout requirements increase it's time to use > ColumnText. > >It would be nice to see an image of the intended result. > > > >Best Regards, > >Paulo Soares > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Tom Kofford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 17:38 > >Subject: [iText-questions] Ideas to accomplish modified "keep together" > and > >add background image? > > > > > > > I'm writing an app that produces legal documents. A legal > requirement > > > for > > > the document is that the signature line must have at least 5 lines > from > > > the > > > previous paragraph on the same page. I also need to put an image > behind > > > the > > > signature line. > > > > > > The signature line text starts at about the center of the document. > The > > > > > > image needs to be right-justified with the vertical center of the > image > > > having the same y coordinate as the vertical center of the signature > > > line. > > > The image also needs to be "underlying" so the signature line prints > > > over > > > it. > > > > > > I know I can put the signature line in the same paragraph object > with > > > the > > > previous "actual" paragraph and set keepTogether=true. Any > suggestions > > > to > > > make this occur with only the last 5 lines of the previous > paragraph? > > > The > > > text of the last paragraph is variable and is known only at > run-time. > > > > > > Any suggestions on how to get the image in the right place? > > > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Tom > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > > > With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single > machine. > > > WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at > the > > > same time. Free trial click here: > http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > iText-questions mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > >With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. > >WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the > >same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 > >_______________________________________________ > >iText-questions mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Attached is a sample of what I'm talking about. I created the sample > from > an html document using the pdf print driver. This sample is > unacceptable > because the signature line is on the 3rd page with no lines from the > previous paragraph (sample order text) on the same page. Also, notice > where > the image is on the signature line. I need to do the same thing. > > If the sample had 5 lines from the previous paragraph (it can't be the > whole > paragraph because there would be too much white space on the second > page), > it would be acceptable. > > >From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Tom Kofford" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Ideas to accomplish modified "keep > together" > >and add background image? > >Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:40:31 +0100 > > > >Usually when the layout requirements increase it's time to use > ColumnText. > >It would be nice to see an image of the intended result. > > > >Best Regards, > >Paulo Soares > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Tom Kofford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 17:38 > >Subject: [iText-questions] Ideas to accomplish modified "keep together" > and > >add background image? > > > > > > > I'm writing an app that produces legal documents. A legal > requirement > > > for > > > the document is that the signature line must have at least 5 lines > from > > > the > > > previous paragraph on the same page. I also need to put an image > behind > > > the > > > signature line. > > > > > > The signature line text starts at about the center of the document. > The > > > > > > image needs to be right-justified with the vertical center of the > image > > > having the same y coordinate as the vertical center of the signature > > > line. > > > The image also needs to be "underlying" so the signature line prints > > > over > > > it. > > > > > > I know I can put the signature line in the same paragraph object > with > > > the > > > previous "actual" paragraph and set keepTogether=true. Any > suggestions > > > to > > > make this occur with only the last 5 lines of the previous > paragraph? > > > The > > > text of the last paragraph is variable and is known only at > run-time. > > > > > > Any suggestions on how to get the image in the right place? > > > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Tom > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > > > With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single > machine. > > > WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at > the > > > same time. 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