-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Udkik.dk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dear Bill Segraves, > > Technically, your are right. But why not extent your point of view and > close this community. People can just figure everything out themself!
Allan, mea culpa! I did not make my point explicitly, but rather, implicitly. I was trying to let you know that you should do your homework before asking thousands of people the answer to your question. The iText discussion list is not a help desk. When you ask a question and get an answer from one or two people, there may be 10x as many people whose time has been wasted by your having asked the question to so many people at the same time. > Socially, you are terrible wrong. I appreciate the help from Ellen. This > help saved me lot of time. > Allan, I respect your point of view, and will let history determine whether I am right or wrong in my points of view. In much less time (of mine) than you've consumed already, I could have told you why you saw the error message you saw. In fact, your compiler told you "NoSuchMethodError", which should have led you to conclude the method you were employing at the line in your code identified by your compiler did not exist in the iText library version you were using. Had you simply used the version of the iText library to which the JavaDoc applies, you would not have seen that error. n another note, why on earth are you running defective code on a Tomcat server? Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to sebug the code before deploying it? Finally, you statement "I have an exception error regarding "Rectangle.getWidth()", I cannot solve myself.", which prompted Ellen to respond, and your statement "Socially, you are terrible wrong. I appreciate the help from Ellen. This help saved me lot of time." shows a level of arrogance often seen on discussion lists, i.e., the poster of the question is implicitly saying, "I don't have time to solve my problem, and I value my own time higher than I value yours. After all, I'm getting paid to do this, and you're not. So, would you please solve my problem for me, so I can get my assignment done on time? BTW, I'm hard up against a deadline this afternoon, so I need for you to rush this rush job before you rush the rush job you're rushing now." Allan, I mean no disrespect or ill will toward you, and offer you this advice with the very best intentions, i.e., that it will help you to become a better citizen of the discussion list, and that your expertise in iText will grow, as you learn the little secrets we share with you. > Best regards, > Allan Unnerup Peace be with you! Best regards, Bill Segraves ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php
