You are not getting the Phrase, just the first Chunk. You can use ColumnText to place the phrase. Note that the original text is also placed at 0 degrees so, this may not be what you want. I'll put in my to do list the support for rotated text in cells.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Philip Petrescu > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Vertical text in PdfPCell > > Hi Paulo, > > Thanks for your prompt reply. > > As you can see from my example, I already got the Phrase from the > cell. The question is, how do I tell it to display vertically? > > Thanks for your time, > > Philip > > On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 20:40:25 +0100, Paulo Soares > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can call pdfPCell.getPhrase() to get the text. > > > > Best Regards, > > Paulo Soares > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Philip Petrescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 13:04 > > Subject: [iText-questions] Vertical text in PdfPCell > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I know this question has been asked before, but I still > can't figure > > > out what the answer is. I am trying to write the text within a > > > PdfPCell vertically, instead of horizontally. > > > > > > I searched for this topic and found the following answer > from Paulo: > > > > > > "set the cell with a fixed height and use a PdfPCellEvent > to paint the > > > text or whatever you want with the PdfContentByte provided." > > > > > > So that's what I tried to do (see the code below). The > problem is that > > > in the cellLayout method from the MyCellEvent, I still > don't know how > > > to tell the "existing" text from the cell to display vertically. > > > > > > I would really appreciate any help with this matter. > > > > > > Thanks for your time, > > > > > > Philip > > > > > > class MyCellEvent implements PdfPCellEvent > > > { > > > public void cellLayout(PdfPCell pdfPCell, Rectangle rectangle, > > > PdfContentByte[] pdfContentBytes) > > > { > > > PdfContentByte cb = pdfContentBytes[PdfPTable.TEXTCANVAS]; > > > > > > // here I need to tell the cell that the text should > be displayed > > vertically > > > // not horizontally, but I do not know how to do that. > > > cb.beginText(); > > > > > > Chunk chunk = (Chunk) pdfPCell.getPhrase().get(0); > > > cb.setFontAndSize(chunk.font().getBaseFont(), > chunk.font().size()); > > > > > > // as you can see, I was able to write an additional text here > > (vertically) > > > // but this is not what I want. I need to tell the > text that is > > already in > > > // the cell to be displayed vertically! How do I do that? > > > cb.setTextMatrix(0, 1, -1, 0, rectangle.right(), > rectangle.top()); > > > cb.showText("Text"); > > > > > > cb.endText(); > > > } > > > } > > > > > > // create table > > > PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4); > > > > > > Font font = ReportUtils.GetFont(10, Font.NORMAL, Color.BLACK); > > > Chunk chunk = new Chunk(aCellString, font); > > > > > > // create cell > > > PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(20, chunk)); > > > cell.setFixedHeight(100); > > > > > > // set cell event > > > MyCellEvent event = new MyCellEvent(); > > > cell.setCellEvent(event); > > > > > > // add cell to table > > > aTable.addCell(cell); > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price > on Blank Media > > > 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 > > > Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. > > > http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > iText-questions mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media > 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 > Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. > http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
