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
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> 
> Cambridge, MA, 02142
> www.endeca.com <http://www.endeca.com/>
> 
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> 
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