Hi Paulo, I've found out that the extra vertical space between Paragraph and PdfPTable vanishes when I call my version of fitsPage first, with your implementation this extra space remains.
I know this is a side effect of my fitsPage implementation, but isn't
this the correct behaviour?
Best regards,
Christian
On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 12:31, Christian Lauer wrote:
> Hi Paulo,
>
> what means 'mixing other elements'?
>
> I've added a small test program which mixes PdfPTables, Paragraphs and
> Lists and the position returned by my getVerticalPosition has been
> correct for all test cases. OK it will only work on document level but
> that's absolutely OK for me.
>
> By the way, can you explain the big amount between the second paragraph
> and the first PdfPTable, shouldn't it be aligned to the rule like the
> second PdfPTable does?
>
> Best regards,
> Christian
>
> On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 13:10, Paulo Soares wrote:
> > That won't work if you are mixing other elements. Try this in PdfDocument:
> >
> > boolean fitsPage(PdfPTable table, float margin) {
> > if (!table.isLockedWidth()) {
> > float totalWidth = (indentRight() - indentLeft()) *
> > table.getWidthPercentage() / 100;
> > table.setTotalWidth(totalWidth);
> > }
> > newLine();
> > flushLines();
> > return table.getTotalHeight() + 0.001f <= indentTop() -
> > currentHeight - indentBottom() - margin;
> > }
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Paulo Soares
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Christian Lauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Paulo Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: "iText Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 10:34
> > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] ColumnText
> >
> >
> > > Hi Paulo,
> > >
> > > I've extended PdfWriter and PdfDocument to make my solution work:
> > >
> > > PdfWriter:
> > > /**
> > > * Gets the current vertical page position.
> > > *
> > > * @return The current vertical page position.
> > > */
> > > public float getVerticalPosition() {
> > > return pdf.getVerticalPosition();
> > > }
> > >
> > > PdfDocument:
> > > /**
> > > * Gets the current vertical page position.
> > > *
> > > * @return The current vertical page position.
> > > */
> > > public float getVerticalPosition() {
> > > return top() - currentHeight - indentTop;
> > > }
> > >
> > > What do you think about this patch?
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Christian
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 16:23, Paulo Soares wrote:
> > > > The code is exactly the same as in addPTable().
> > > >
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > > Paulo Soares
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > > > Behalf Of Steve Appling
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:15 PM
> > > > > To: Christian Lauer; iText Mailing List
> > > > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] ColumnText
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you think ColumnText should implement Element? Then you
> > > > > could add a form
> > > > > of setSimpleColumn that only sets height and width and the add call in
> > > > > PdfDocument could adjust for horizontal alignment and call
> > > > > the existing
> > > > > setSimpleColumn using the currentHeight and indents (like it does in
> > > > > addPTable).
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Christian Lauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > To: "iText Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:44 AM
> > > > > Subject: [iText-questions] ColumnText
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Paulo,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd like to enhance the support of ColumnText in UJAC. For
> > > > > that I'd like
> > > > > > to add a column text seamlessly to the document like other
> > > > > elements like
> > > > > > tables, paragraphs or lists do. To make that happen I need
> > > > > to know the
> > > > > > current page position. To get this, I tried the following
> > > > > workaround,
> > > > > > which works, but adds a huge spacing between the current
> > > > > text and the
> > > > > > column text.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > public float getVerticalPosition() throws
> > > > > DocumentHandlerException {
> > > > > > try {
> > > > > > Table tab = new Table(1);
> > > > > > return ((PdfWriter) documentWriter).getTableBottom(tab);
> > > > > > } catch (BadElementException ex) {
> > > > > > throw new DocumentHandlerException(locator(), ex.getMessage(),
> > > > > > ex);
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there a better solution?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > Christian
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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package ujac.test.itext;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.List;
import com.lowagie.text.ListItem;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
import com.lowagie.text.Rectangle;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class VerticalPositionTest {
private static void drawRule(Document document, PdfWriter documentWriter) {
float pageWidth = document.getPageSize().width();
float verticalPos = documentWriter.getVerticalPosition();
PdfContentByte cb = documentWriter.getDirectContent();
cb.saveState();
cb.setColorStroke(Color.BLACK);
cb.setLineWidth(1.0F);
cb.moveTo(0, verticalPos);
cb.lineTo(pageWidth, verticalPos);
cb.closePathStroke();
cb.restoreState();
}
private static void addListItem(List list, String label, Font font) {
ListItem li = new ListItem(label, font);
li.setSpacingBefore(5);
li.setSpacingAfter(5);
list.add(li);
}
private static List buildList(float symbolIndent, Font font) {
List list = new List(true, false, symbolIndent);
addListItem(list,"One", font);
addListItem(list,"Two", font);
addListItem(list,"Three", font);
addListItem(list,"Four", font);
addListItem(list,"Five", font);
addListItem(list,"Six", font);
addListItem(list,"Seven", font);
addListItem(list,"Eight", font);
addListItem(list,"Nine", font);
return list;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
FileOutputStream os = new FileOutputStream("verticalPositionTest.pdf");
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 25, 25, 25, 25);
PdfWriter documentWriter = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, os);
document.open();
Font font = new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 10);
Font font2 = new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 12);
Font font3 = new Font(Font.TIMES_ROMAN, 14);
Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph("paragraph 1", font);
p1.setSpacingAfter(174);
document.add(p1);
drawRule(document, documentWriter);
Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph("paragraph 2", font2);
p2.setSpacingAfter(90);
document.add(p2);
drawRule(document, documentWriter);
PdfPTable tab1 = new PdfPTable(new float[] {100});
tab1.setWidthPercentage(100);
for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
PdfPCell c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(Integer.toString(i), font));
tab1.addCell(c);
}
documentWriter.fitsPage(tab1);
document.add(tab1);
drawRule(document, documentWriter);
PdfPTable tab2 = new PdfPTable(new float[] {20, 20, 20, 20, 20});
tab2.setWidthPercentage(100);
for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
PdfPCell c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(Integer.toString(i), font3));
tab2.addCell(c);
}
documentWriter.fitsPage(tab2);
document.add(tab2);
drawRule(document, documentWriter);
document.add(buildList(10, font2));
drawRule(document, documentWriter);
Paragraph p3 = new Paragraph("paragraph 3", font3);
p3.setSpacingAfter(90);
document.add(p3);
drawRule(document, documentWriter);
document.close();
documentWriter.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
verticalPositionTestWithMyFitsPage.pdf
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verticalPositionTestWithPaulosFitSpace.pdf
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verticalPositionTestWithMyFitsPage.pdf
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