[iText-questions] truncate text if cell is fixed?

[Lars Martin]

Hi is it possible to truncate the content of a PdfPCell if I set the
height of this cell with PdfPCell.setFixedHeight( 20.0f ) ? I have to
fill a formular (table) and the cells of this formular are fixed in
height and width.

Any hints?
Lars
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[Paulo Soares]

PdfPCell.setFixedHeight should be called minimumHeight. Currently there's no
way of truncating the text but maybe it should. I'll consider it for the
next release.

Best Regards,
Paulo Soares

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Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 18:04
Subject: [iText-questions] truncate text if cell is fixed?
Hi is it possible to truncate the content of a PdfPCell if I set the
height of this cell with PdfPCell.setFixedHeight( 20.0f ) ? I have to
fill a formular (table) and the cells of this formular are fixed in
height and width.
Any hints?
Lars
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[Lars Martin]

On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:20:34 +0100

Post by Paulo Soares
PdfPCell.setFixedHeight should be called minimumHeight. Currently there's no
way of truncating the text but maybe it should. I'll consider it for the
next release.

This would be cool. I'm +1 on this. ;-)
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[Paulo Soares]

I've already fixed this. It will be in the next release.

Best Regards,
Paulo Soares

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Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:40
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] truncate text if cell is fixed?
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:20:34 +0100

Post by Paulo Soares
PdfPCell.setFixedHeight should be called minimumHeight. Currently

there's no

Post by Paulo Soares
way of truncating the text but maybe it should. I'll consider it for the
next release.

This would be cool. I'm +1 on this. ;-)
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[Lars Martin]

On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:01:37 +0100

Post by Paulo Soares
I've already fixed this. It will be in the next release.

Thanks.

Next question: Is is possible to set the cellspacing of a PdfPTable /
PdfPCell to 0, so an inner PdfPTable would have exactly the same width
and height of its parental PdfPCell?

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[Lars Martin]

On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 18:14:45 +0200

Post by Lars Martin
Next question: Is is possible to set the cellspacing of a PdfPTable /
PdfPCell to 0, so an inner PdfPTable would have exactly the same width
and height of its parental PdfPCell?

A possible solution could be to make the constructor

PdfPCell( PDfPTable table )

public instead of private/protected. With this small modification
something like:

PdfPTable innerTable = new PdfPTable( 2 );
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell( ... );
cell = new PdfPCell( new Phrase( nationality, new Font(Font.COURIER, 11, Font.NORMAL, new Color(0, 0, 0))));
innerTable.addCell( cell );
cell = new PdfPCell( ... );
innerTable.addCell( cell );
...
cell = new PdfPCell( innerTable ); // not possible if protected
cell.setPadding( 0.0f );

outerTable.addCell( cell );

would be possible.
I'm not sure why the constructor is protected. Is this modification
allowed?

Lars
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[Paulo Soares]

Use PdfPTable.getDefaultCell.setPadding(0). Some fixes were also made to
PdfPCell but this works now.

Best Regards,
Paulo Soares

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Subject: inner PdfPTable [was: Re: [iText-questions] truncate text if
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On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:01:37 +0100

Post by Paulo Soares
I've already fixed this. It will be in the next release.

Thanks.
Next question: Is is possible to set the cellspacing of a PdfPTable /
PdfPCell to 0, so an inner PdfPTable would have exactly the same width
and height of its parental PdfPCell?
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[Paulo Soares]

That was the other modification made to PdfPCell. The constructor was
package private because I forgot to put the public keyword in it.

Best Regards,
Paulo Soares

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Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 17:31
Subject: Re: inner PdfPTable [was: Re: [iText-questions] truncate
text if cell is fixed?]
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 18:14:45 +0200

Post by Lars Martin
Next question: Is is possible to set the cellspacing of a PdfPTable /
PdfPCell to 0, so an inner PdfPTable would have exactly the same width
and height of its parental PdfPCell?

A possible solution could be to make the constructor
PdfPCell( PDfPTable table )
public instead of private/protected. With this small modification
PdfPTable innerTable = new PdfPTable( 2 );
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell( ... );
cell = new PdfPCell( new Phrase( nationality, new
Font(Font.COURIER, 11, Font.NORMAL, new Color(0, 0, 0))));
innerTable.addCell( cell );
cell = new PdfPCell( ... );
innerTable.addCell( cell );
...
cell = new PdfPCell( innerTable ); // not possible if protected
cell.setPadding( 0.0f );
outerTable.addCell( cell );
would be possible.
I'm not sure why the constructor is protected. Is this modification
allowed?
Lars
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[Frank Morton]

Newbie here. Really glad to have found this. Is there a list
anywhere of what help is needed?

I'm just getting into the docs, but thought some kind soul
might point me to a place showing me how to put a box
around a Paragraph. That is, build a variable size box with
a known width whose height is determined by how much
text there is.

Thanks.

Frank Morton
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[Bruno Lowagie]

Post by Frank Morton
Newbie here. Really glad to have found this. Is there a list
anywhere of what help is needed?

What we really, really need, is someone to clean up
the messy Table functionality. I don't have the time
to do it. I wrote that class 1.5 years ago in cooperation
with Alan Soukup who tested the functionality. I am very
happy with people such as Geert Poels and Francesco De
Milato who have worked on the Table class recently and
Paulo Soares who has written the PdfPTable class.

But there is still a lot of work to be done.

Post by Frank Morton
I'm just getting into the docs, but thought some kind soul
might point me to a place showing me how to put a box
around a Paragraph. That is, build a variable size box with
a known width whose height is determined by how much
text there is.

Well, take a look at Paulo's examples (if you go to my
site, click on Paulo's name). you will find a PageEvent
example. When a Paragraph starts or ends, an event is
triggered. On such an event you could draw a rectangle
by positioning a graphic at an absolute position (ch10
of the tutorial).

Bruno