You must first call setTotalWidth() to get the column widths or calculate it
from the relative widths.
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Simpson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 1:07
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [iText-questions] PdfPCell/Table Width {Scanned}
>
> I have a PdfPTable which contains nested PdfPTables. I'd like to be able
> to
> determine the optimal width of the columns for the outer table by running
> an
> algorithm against the widths of the tables that the rows will contain. I
> have already confirmed that I can build my sub-tables before I render the
> outer table. Is there a way to determine the width of the sub tables
> before
> I actually put them into the document?
>
> Here is what I tried:
> // Calculate relative widths of each table. We'll use this then to
> // determine the widths of the rows of the outer table.
> float width1 = statsTable1.getTotalWidth() ;
> float width2 = statsTable2.getTotalWidth();
> float width3 = statsInfoTable.getTotalWidth() ;
> float width4 = specInfoTable.getTotalWidth() ;
> float totalWidth = width1 + width2 + width3 + width4 ;
>
> float colWidths[] = new float[4] ;
> colWidths[0] = width1 / totalWidth ;
> colWidths[1] = width2 / totalWidth ;
> colWidths[2] = width3 / totalWidth ;
> colWidths[3] = width4 / totalWidth ;
>
> // Outer Table
> PdfPTable outerTable = new PdfPTable ( colWidths ) ;
> outerTable.setWidthPercentage(100f);
>
> Note - the four tables used to make up the cells allow the document to
> determine their optimal widths; I do not set them in advance.
>
> When I run the above code, I get a size of 0 for each of the tables (which
> will ultimately lead to a divide by 0 error). Is this the proper way to
> determine the sizing? If not, what is it?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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