Section 7.2.2 et seq. of Bruno's book gives a similar simple alternative. ---mr. bean
Paulo Soares wrote: > > It probably doesn't work. The recommended way is to put the text inside a > PdfPTable with a single column and no padding and with split rows false. > > Paulo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael McCall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:36 PM > Subject: [iText-questions] Keeping Text Together > > > To Whom It May Concern: > > > > I am currently developing a web application that uses Spring Framework > and iText to take in values (through a series of forms) and generate a > PDF letter from them. > > > > The length of the body of my letter is dynamic, but I want the closing > of my letter to always stay together on one page. I have a Java class > with the following code in it: > > > > String x = firstName + " " + lastName + "\n" + title; > > > > Paragraph closing = new Paragraph("Sincerely,\n\n\n\n" + x + "\nEndeca > Technologies, Inc."); > > closing.setKeepTogether(true); > > document.add(closing); > > > > Simply put: it's not working. As the document changes based on user > input, the paragraph often splits to two pages, putting "Sincerely," at > the end of one page and stranding the rest of the text on the following > page. I even printed the value of "closing.getKeepTogether()" in the > PDF to double-check, and it does in fact say "true." > > > > I am not having any other problems with my app currently, so I don't > think there are any configuration problems that might be behind this. I > looked through the documentation and the mailing list archives, and I > could not find any examples or related problems. I've seen your "How > deep is blue?" FAQ, so I hate to ask such a vague question, but...why > doesn't it work? Really, I am looking for any suggestions you might > have or for you to tell me that it's actually just a bug you're fixing > for the next version. > > > > Thanks. > > > > ___________________________ > > Michael McCall > IT Intern > T 617.674.6330 > M 860.967.6178 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Endeca > 101 Main Street, 14th Floor > > Cambridge, MA, 02142 > www.endeca.com <http://www.endeca.com/> > > find / analyze / understand > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Keeping-Text-Together-tf4307722.html#a12266349 Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
