Hi, thanks for the answer, but when I try to draw a border around my text, the border is exactly what I like it to be, and the text exceed the border downwards. But, to be sure I will try this in the evening or tomorrow.
Peter > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: 1T3XT info [mailto:i...@1t3xt.info] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Juli 2010 08:45 > An: Post all your questions about iText here > Betreff: Re: [iText-questions] ColumnText > > 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.FormatStri > ng, > > > > 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/
