----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitter Florian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 19:06 Subject: [iText-questions] PdfPTable Bottom y-coordinate
> Hi, > > Is there a chance to figure out the y-coordinate of the bottom of a > PdfPTable after adding it to a document? > A PdfPTableEvent will give you that info. > I know that PdfPTable's writeSelectedRows()-function returns the yPos of > the > bottom of the table, but using this function means worrying about the > page-breaks by myself (how do I handle that?). > Simple math. > Another possibility is to use Table instead of PdfPTable (I prefer the > latter) and use the writer's getTableBottom()-function. I tried this and > the > function returned '-61' (the table finished at about 2/3 of the page) > and I > couldn't figure out what that number meant. > > Why do I have to know that? I've got the following situation: > I have two tables. The first contains one to a few hundred rows with > data. > The second table should be at the bottom of the last page containing > additional information. If the first table ends at the bottom of a page > and > there's no more space for the second table, the latter should start at > the > top of the next page (instead of sitting at the bottom). > Maybe anyone has a better idea than calculating whether there's enough > space > to put the second table on the last page or there's a need for another > page > containing the second table. > Other solution: put the second table inside a single column table and add the outer table to the document. The inner table won't be splitted. Best Regards, Paulo Soares ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
