Here it is : import java.io.*; import java.awt.Color; import com.lowagie.text.*; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.*;
public class Paragraph_Test
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Document document = new Document();
try
{
Font titlefont = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 10,
Font.BOLD);
Font subtitlefont = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 8);
Font locationfont = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 8,
Font.BOLD, new Color(255, 0, 0));
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new
FileOutputStream("Paragraph_Test.pdf"));
document.open();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
Image img = Image.getInstance("Event_logo.gif"); // 103px x 44px
p1.add(new Chunk(img, 0 , 0, true));
p1.add(new Chunk("\n"));
p1.add(new Chunk("Event_title\n", titlefont));
p1.add(new Chunk("Event_subtitle\n", subtitlefont));
p1.add(new Chunk("Event date,
time and location\n", locationfont));
p1.setKeepTogether(true);
p1.setSpacingBefore(img.scaledHeight());
ct.addElement(p1);
float[] links = {20, 160, 300, 440};
float[] rechts = {140, 280, 420, 560};
int status = 0;
int column = 0;
int Seitennummer = 0;
int idx = 0;
while(status != ColumnText.NO_MORE_TEXT)
{
Seitennummer = writer.getPageNumber();
ct.setSimpleColumn(links[column], 20, rechts[column], 820);
status = ct.go();
if (status == ColumnText.NO_MORE_COLUMN)
{
column++;
if (column > 3)
{
document.newPage();
column = 0;
}
}
}
}
catch(DocumentException de)
{
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}
document.close();
}
}
> Works for me. Post a complete small working program.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of Andreas Meyer
> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:59 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: RE: [iText-questions] text, images, background
> > images and keep together
> >
> >
> > Thank you, but if I only use
> >
> > p1.add(new Chunk(img, 0 , 0));
> >
> > the first paragraph starts outside the column. Is there a
> > reliable way to
> > correct this ?
> >
> > p1.setSpacingBefore(img.scaledHeight());
> >
> > does not work ...
> >
> >
> > > p1.add(new Chunk(img, 0 , -img.scaledHeight())) will drop the image
> > > below the baseline and autoleading is only calculated above the
> > > baseline.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > > Behalf Of Andreas Meyer
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 2:34 PM
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: Re: RE: [iText-questions] text, images, background
> > > > images and keep together
> > > >
> > > > I have experimented with leading as you can see, but with no luck:
> > > >
> > > > PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
> > > >
> > > > ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
> > > >
> > > > //ct.setLeading(0, 1);
> > > >
> > > > Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
> > > >
> > > > Image img = Image.getInstance("Event_logo.gif");
> > > >
> > > > p1.add(new Chunk(img, 0 , -img.scaledHeight())); // Scaled
> > > > height is about
> > > > 4*titlefont
> > > >
> > > > //p1.add(new Chunk(img, 0 , -img.scaledHeight(), true));
> > > >
> > > > p1.add(new Chunk("Event_title\n", titlefont));
> > > >
> > > > p1.add(new Chunk("Event_subtitle\n", subtitlefont));
> > > >
> > > > p1.add(new Chunk("Event date, time and location\n",
> > locationfont));
> > > >
> > > > p1.setKeepTogether(true); // do not separate logo and text !
> > > >
> > > > //p1.setLeading(0, 1);
> > > >
> > > > ct.addElement(p1);
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > All that is possible with ColumnText (and autoleading
> > > > works). Post some
> > > > > snippets of your code and we'll start from there.
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: itext-questions-admin <at> lists.sourceforge.net
> > > > > > [mailto:itext-questions-admin <at> lists.sourceforge.net] On
> > > > > > Behalf Of Andreas Meyer
> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:23 AM
> > > > > > To: itext-questions <at> lists.sourceforge.net
> > > > > > Subject: [iText-questions] text, images, background images
> > > > > > and keep together
> > > > > >
> > > > > > hi all,
> > > > > > I am new to iText and need to combine text with images or
> > > > > > background images in
> > > > > > columns, preferably with automatic keep together of certain
> > > > > > parts (text/text,
> > > > > > text/image). Can someone please recommend me, which
> > > > > > combination of objects is
> > > > > > best suitable for this ? I have already tried to solve the
> > > > > > problem with
> > > > > > ColumnText/Paragraph, but I could not get autoleading to work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > > > Andreas Meyer
Paragraph_Test.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
