I see Jon,
Thank you very much, it seems like it's just what i need. I'll give it a
try and let you know.
Best regards.
Carlos Bernal.
2013/3/14 Jon Wu <j...@wuservices.com>
> Hi Carlos,
>
> I just did this and found the info in the list archives. You just have to
> apply a transform which is pretty trivial. It sounds like your problem is
> that you're using ColumnText.showTextAligned() which "Shows a line of text.
> Only the first line is written."
>
> Try something like this instead. In this example, textBox is my own object
> where the x and y coordinates specify the upper left corner of my box:
>
> final ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
> ct.setSimpleColumn(textBox.getX(), textBox.getY() - textBox.getHeight(),
> textBox.getX() + textBox.getWidth(), textBox.getY());
> ct.addElement(someElement); // add some text that you've defined already
> with addElement or addText
>
> // Before applying a transform, save the current state
> cb.saveState();
>
> // Rotate around the center of the TextBox by setting the center of the
> textBox as the rotation anchor point
> AffineTransform af = new AffineTransform();
> af.rotate(textBox.getRotationDegrees() * Math.PI / 180.0, textBox.getX() +
> textBox.getWidth() / 2, textBox.getY() - textBox.getHeight() / 2);
> cb.transform(af);
>
> ct.go();
>
> cb.restoreState();
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jon
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Carlos Arturo Bernal Carvajal <
> bernalcarva...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need to add text to a PDF file at absolute positions, rotations, and
>> alignments. The text can have multiple lines.
>>
>> In theory what i would need to do, is to define a paragraph of some
>> defined width and height, set the users text, font, font style,
>> alignment(center, left, right, justify), and finally set the rotation.
>>
>> For what i've read about Itext, i could create a paragraph set the user
>> properties, and use a ColumnText Object to set the absolute position, width
>> and height. However it's not possibly to set the rotation of anything
>> bigger than single line.
>>
>> I cant use table cells either, because the rotation method only allow
>> degrees that are multiples of 90.
>>
>> Is there a add a paragraph with some rotation (say 20 degrees) without
>> having to add the text line by line using the ColumnText.showTextAligned()
>> method and all math that involves?
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>> --
>> Carlos Bernal
>>
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