Re: ColumnText bug - After adding a PdfTable

>
> Thank you very much for explaining that. Since you seem to know a bit about
> iTextSharp...:
>
> Can you explain to me how exactly how I'm supposed to create a flow layout
> such as the one below then?
>
> I would like to make:
>
> BoldHeadLineText
> Some text with several lines (can differ in amount of lines)
>
> A space inbetween
>
> BoldHeadLineText
> Some text with several lines (can differ in amount of lines)
>
> A space inbetween
>
> A 2 column table with several info
>
> A space inbetween
>
> A 4 or 3 (depending on if field is filled) column table with several
> statuses
>
> A space inbetween
>
> BoldHeadLineText
> Some text with several lines (can differ in amount of lines)
>
>
>
> William Rickards wrote:
>>
>> If I read the book, "iText in Action" correctly, I think this is by
>> design.
>> ColumnText object operates in either text mode (phrases and chunks) or
>> composite mode.
>> It can't do both at the same time.
>>
>> The relevant quote from chaper 7 page 210 is
>> "Switching to composite mode is done implicitly by using the method add-
>> Element(). All the text that was added in text mode previously and that
>> hasn’t
>> been rendered yet will be cleared as soon as you use addElement(). You may
>> already have noticed this when using PdfPCell. If you create a cell
>> with a paragraph
>> as a parameter for the constructor and subsequently use PdfPCell.add-
>> Element(), the first paragraph is lost. This isn’t a bug; it’s a
>> feature. (Honest!)"
>>
>> Will Rickards
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Elrinth<elrinth@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> After adding a PdfTable to the ColumnText via AddElement no AddText will
>>> ever
>>> work.
>>>
>>> If I AddText a bunch of stuff then AddElement the PdfTable
>>> THEN call the Go(); all stuff in the AddText isn't added.
>>> But if I do AddText -> Go -> AddElement -> Go the added text is
>>> displayed.
>>> The problem is, I want text after the AddElement and it just won't show.
>>> Adding several PdfTables in a row works nice tho. But not AddText after
>>> one
>>> AddElement on a PdfTable is done.
>>>
>>> Anyone know why this might be happening?
>>>
>>> Tough luck, huh?
>>> --
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