0: MyFirstTable has nothing to do with Graphics2D... there are several more relevant examples.
1: There's no createGraphicsShapes call in the example you cited, nor any PdfGraphics2D instances. createGraphics(...) will create a normal PdfGraphics2D instance wrapping the PdfContentByte/template/appearance. createGraphicsShapes converts all text into paths. The appearance is identical but: A) no fonts are needed in the final PDF B) Because the characters are drawn as paths (line here, curve there), the final file can be significantly larger. Each instance of each character must be completely redrawn. C) The 'text' cannot be selected/copied/pasted. It's just a bunch of lines. To extract the characters, you need to use Optical Character Recognition (OCR). 2: The dimensions supplied to createGraphics*() are a crop box... anything outside that area is clipped, as you've seen. If you want to change the size of the table, you need to use the appropriate Graphics2D call, "scale( double x, double y )". 3: That suprises me. I'd think anything that would be displayed through any other Graphics2D would show up through PdfGraphics2D. You might need to make your crop box larger, but that's just a guess. --Mark Storer Senior Software Engineer Cardiff Software #include <disclaimer> typedef std::Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard; > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [iText-questions] iText questions > > > Hi, > > I'm an iText beginner and I need to convert a JTable into .pdf format. > > I use the sample code given on their web site: > http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/examples/com/lowagie/examples/obj ects/tables/alternatives/MyFirstTable.java This is all the code, but I guess only the function print() is important to answer my questions: 1. Why when g2 is created they use cb.createGraphicsShapes(500, 500) but when it is changed later on they use g2 = cb.createGraphics(500, 500) 2. I can't figure out how to resize my JTable in the pdf file. When I change the arguments of createGraphicsShapes(x, y), i get the table clipped off and also its location in the page changes. 3. Is there any way to print also the JTable header, because now only the table contents are printed to the .pdf file. I'd be really grateful if you could answer at least one of my questions! Thanks in advance! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
