A complete example, please.
See attachment for it. If you run it, notice the 5 lines on the left box are repeated on the right side !
Btw .. if you could use some more ColumnText examples for documentation purposes, let me know :)
regards,
Michaelimport java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/*
* Created on 17.12.2004
*
*/
/**
* @author mglauche
*
*/
public class ColumnTextTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate());
PdfWriter writer;
try {
writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
new FileOutputStream("test.pdf"));
document.open();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
ct.setSimpleColumn(20, 100, 200, 550, 8,
Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph("Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam tempor lacus ac enim. Maecenas sed
nulla id ligula dictum consectetuer. Nam erat ipsum, posuere at, varius
hendrerit, tincidunt vel, sapien. Vivamus accumsan lobortis dolor. Integer id
lorem a lacus tincidunt vestibulum. Suspendisse vel tellus at purus imperdiet
tincidunt. Fusce eget sem. Donec varius rutrum felis. In id augue nec sem
rhoncus posuere. In sit amet wisi at quam mollis condimentum. Lorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aliquam hendrerit interdum odio. Nam
placerat wisi a quam.");
Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph("Aenean vehicula, arcu
vitae ornare pretium, pede enim vestibulum mi, et suscipit nisl tellus sit amet
orci. Sed diam nunc, auctor sit amet, tempus sed, aliquet id, arcu. In leo
lacus, ullamcorper a, ultrices eget, pretium non, eros. Aenean sapien wisi,
hendrerit sit amet, rhoncus et, mollis sit amet, risus. Integer eu sapien sit
amet eros placerat volutpat. Phasellus auctor hendrerit magna. Nam a ipsum vel
mauris aliquet volutpat. Maecenas mollis feugiat leo. Aliquam erat volutpat.
Vivamus nisl.");
Paragraph p3 = new Paragraph("Etiam adipiscing, risus
sed iaculis luctus, magna mauris semper purus, quis imperdiet lorem lacus in
ante. Cras non odio eu justo ullamcorper tempus. Aenean quam. Aenean tellus
turpis, lacinia et, bibendum consectetuer, pulvinar a, eros. Donec a nunc
pellentesque libero auctor tincidunt. Phasellus eu nunc. Vivamus sagittis,
purus sit amet semper mattis, ante felis pretium purus, non tristique erat urna
fermentum enim. Nulla sit amet risus. In risus lacus, faucibus in, aliquam at,
tristique blandit, enim. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per
conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Aenean pretium, nulla nonummy malesuada
tempus, metus justo dictum lorem, quis vulputate lorem erat et nulla. Duis vel
purus ut elit tristique vestibulum. Pellentesque lacinia odio. Sed at mauris.
Proin wisi velit, fermentum et, scelerisque at, pellentesque sit amet, ante.
Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per
inceptos hymenaeos. Mauris lectus.");
p1.setKeepTogether(true);
p2.setKeepTogether(true);
p3.setKeepTogether(true);
// for better visible space between the paragraphs
p1.setSpacingAfter(12);
p2.setSpacingAfter(12);
p3.setSpacingAfter(12);
ct.addElement(p1);
ct.addElement(p2);
ct.addElement(p3);
int status = ct.go();
if (status == ColumnText.NO_MORE_COLUMN) {
ct.setSimpleColumn(220, 100, 400, 550, 8,
Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
ct.go();
}
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (DocumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
document.close();
}
}
