Peter Forstmeier wrote: > Hi List, > i would like to add some variable length Text at a give location and a given > Height and Width: > > PdfContentByte cb = base.PdfWriter.DirectContent; > > iTextSharp.text.Rectangle r = base.ConvertToPdfRectangle(); > > ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb); > > PdfFormat pdfFormat = new PdfFormat(this.StyleDecorator,font); > > ct.SetSimpleColumn(r.Left, r.Top , r.Left + > r.Width,r.Height,pdfFormat.Leading,pdfFormat.Alignment); > > string formated = > StandardFormatter.FormatOutput(this.text,this.StyleDecorator.FormatString, > > this.StyleDecorator.DataType,String.Empty); > > hunk chk = new Chunk(formated,font); > ct.AddText(chk); > ct.Go(); > > Where pdfFormat.Leading is set to FontSize.Height andf the Rextangle is set > correctly. > > The width of the rectangle is used correct. Means text is wrapped correctly. > > Problem: It seems that ColumnText is ignoring the Height of the given > Rectangle. > If the text is longer, the output is drawn over the rectangle boundaries. > > Is there any chance to let ColumnText cut the original text to fit inside > the given Rectangle. > > > Any idea?????
Well, ColumnText behaves exactly the way you need it to behave, but I think you've made a mistake when defining the coordinates: > ct.SetSimpleColumn(r.Left, r.Top , r.Left + > r.Width,r.Top - r.Height,pdfFormat.Leading,pdfFormat.Alignment); ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
