That probably is a bug. Since I made changes to border rendering for PdfCell
since 1.02b, I'll look
into it this weekend. I would recommend, however, that you migrate your code
to use PdfPTable if
possible. There are still a lot of bugs in Table (particularly with nested
tables).
Good Luck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Laforet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: [iText-questions] Problem with empty table cells in PDF
> Hello there:
>
> I have an application that generates a form with multiple columns and rows
> as a PDF. I previously used iText 1.02b and had no problems. iText 1.1 and
> even the current 143 early-access all have the same problem with "empty"
> cells. They are completely suppressed (no borders are printed). This is
> disconcerting since the customer requires the cells to show up even if they
> are empty.
>
> Is this a bug in the newer releases? I need to move from 1.02 because that
> version has other issues that the newer versions have fixed.
>
> What do I have to do to get "empty" cells to print??
>
> --- Sample code -----
>
> table = new Table(columns + 1);
> table.setBorderColor(new Color(0,0,0));
> table.setBorderWidth(1);
> table.setBorder(Rectangle.TOP | Rectangle.BOTTOM | Rectangle.LEFT |
> Rectangle.RIGHT);
> table.setCellpadding(0);
> table.setCellspacing(1);
> table.setCellsFitPage(true);
> table.setTableFitsPage(false);
> table.setDefaultCellBorder(Rectangle.TOP | Rectangle.BOTTOM | Rectangle.LEFT
> | Rectangle.RIGHT);
> table.setDefaultCellBorderWidth(1);
> table.setDefaultCellBorderColor(new Color(0,0,0));
> table.setDefaultColspan(1);
> table.setDefaultRowspan(1);
> table.setWidth(100);
> table.setWidths(widths);
>
> --- (deleted) headers are dropped in here --
>
> -- now to output data into the form proper....
> Cell dataCell;
> Iterator offenseIt = offenseList.iterator();
> while (offenseIt.hasNext())
> {
> OffenseRecord offenseRecord = (OffenseRecord)offenseIt.next();
>
> // this cell prints fine...it contains data....
> dataCell = new Cell(new Phrase(offenseRecord.getCode() + ". " +
> offenseRecord.getDescription(),dataFont));
> dataCell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
> dataCell.setBorder(Rectangle.TOP | Rectangle.BOTTOM | Rectangle.LEFT |
> Rectangle.RIGHT);
> dataCell.setColspan(1);
> table.addCell(dataCell);
>
> Iterator raceIt = raceList.iterator();
> while (raceIt.hasNext())
> {
> RaceRecord raceRecord = (RaceRecord)raceIt.next();
>
> String countString = " "; // changed to SPACE and TAB and same behavior
> like it is being trimmed
> int total =
> schoolData.getSuspensions(raceRecord.getID(),offenseRecord.getID());
> if (total > 0)
> countString = "" + total;
> dataCell = new Cell(new Phrase(countString,dataFont));
> dataCell = new Cell(new Phrase(countString,dataFont));
> dataCell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
> dataCell.setColspan(1);
>
> -- added these two lines to see if the would do the trick
> dataCell.setBorder(Rectangle.TOP | Rectangle.BOTTOM | Rectangle.LEFT |
> Rectangle.RIGHT);
> dataCell.setBorderWidth(1);
>
> -- only time a cell appears with borders is if there is number in it...
> -- otherwise there is total blank space!!!
>
> table.addCell(dataCell);
> }
>
> --- End sample code -----
>
>
>
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