Thank you very much Pablo, I thing I will try it that way...
Best Regards,
Guillermo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Guillermo Gonz�lez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:27
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Keeping paragraphs together with ColumnTExt
> Why? The sequence is:
>
> - create a new instance of ColumnText
> - load it with a paragraph
> - simulate
> - create a new instance of ColumnText
> - load it with the same paragraph
> - write it in the same column or the next
> - repeat until no more paragraphs
>
> Best Regards,
> Paulo Soares
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Guillermo Gonz�lez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 16:15
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Keeping paragraphs together with ColumnTExt
>
>
> Thanks Pablo,
>
> By doing so, do you have therefore to write in another PDF file to use
> this
> new instance of Columntext?
>
> That's all...
>
> Best Regards,
> Guillermo
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Guillermo Gonz�lez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:53
> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Keeping paragraphs together with
> ColumnTExt
>
>
> > The simulation destroys the content. You have to create a new instance
> when
> > doing it for real. The next version has a duplicate method in
> ColumnText
> to
> > ease the reversion to a previous state.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Paulo Soares
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Guillermo Gonz�lez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 14:43
> > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Keeping paragraphs together with
> ColumnTExt
> >
> >
> > Thanks Pablo, BTW your library is great!
> >
> > I've tried simulation with go(true) before, doing something like this:
> >
> > ct.setSimpleColumn(right[0], 25, left[0], 800, leading,
> > Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
> > (...)
> > While (rs.next()) {
> > (...)
> > ct.addText(p);
> > if (go(true) == ct.NO_MORE_COLUMN)
> > {
> > column++;
> > if (column > n_columns - 1) {
> > document.newPage();
> > column = 0;
> > }
> > ct.setSimpleColumn(right[column], 25, left[column], 800,
> > leading,
> > Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
> > }
> > ct.addText(p);
> > ct.go()
> >
> > But, going back to the PDF generated, by some reason, a blank
> paragraph
> > or
> > something similar is generated betwen each paragraph added. Should I
> > create
> > a new instance of ct using ct.simpleColumn every time I run go(true),
> > and I
> > will need write in the same paragraph?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Guillermo
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Guillermo Gonz�lez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 06:11
> > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Keeping paragraphs together with
> > ColumnTExt
> >
> >
> > > You'll have to first simulate if the paragraph fits and then write
> it
> > in
> > the
> > > same column or the next. Note that the simulation destroys the
> > instance
> > and
> > > a new ColumnText instance must be created.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Paulo Soares
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Guillermo Gonz�lez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:44
> > > Subject: [iText-questions] Keeping paragraphs together with
> ColumnTExt
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > It is posible to let a whole paragraph to remain together if a
> > > > NO_MORE_COLUMN is reached using ColumnText and you change to
> another
> > > > column?
> > > >
> > > > I'm using the following code:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > float[] right = {50, 300};
> > > > float[] left = {290, 550};
> > > > int leading = 11;
> > > >
> > > > ct.setSimpleColumn(right[0], 25, left[0], 800, leading,
> > > > Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
> > > >
> > > > int column = 0;
> > > > int n_columns = 2;
> > > >
> > > > while(rs.next()) {
> > > > Phrase p = new Phrase();
> > > > p.add(new Chunk("\n" + rs.getString("nombre"), titulo));
> > > > p.add(new Chunk("\n" + rs.getString("direccion") + "\n",
> > > > direccion));
> > > > ct.addText(p);
> > > >
> > > > if (ct.go() == ct.NO_MORE_COLUMN)
> > > > {
> > > > column++;
> > > > if (column > n_columns - 1) {
> > > > document.newPage();
> > > > column = 0;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > ct.setSimpleColumn(right[column], 25, left[column], 800,
> > leading,
> > > > Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Guillermo
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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