o.k. so I figured it out, guess I have to just memorize the api :-) basically I had to create ColumnText in the PdfTemplate
Here is a code snipet: Document pdf = new Document(); try { // define the size of our text box float tbWidth = 216f; // 3 inches float tbHeight = 144f; // 2 inches // some text to fill the box String line = "This is a long line of text to see if it wraps. " + "This is a long line of text to see if it wraps. " + "This is a long line of text to see if it wraps. " + "This is a long line of text to see if it wraps. " + "This is a long line of text to see if it wraps. " + "This is a long line of text to see if it wraps. " + "This is a long line of text to see if it wraps. " + "This is a long line of text to see if it wraps. " + "This is a long line of text to see if it wraps. " + "This is a long line of text to see if it wraps."; PdfWriter w = PdfWriter.getInstance(pdf, new FileOutputStream("test.pdf")); pdf.open(); PdfContentByte cb = w.getDirectContent(); PdfTemplate template = cb.createTemplate(tbWidth, tbHeight); // put our text into a phrase Font font = new Font(Font.COURIER, 12f, Font.NORMAL); Phrase p = new Phrase(line, font); // define our column text using the template as the Content Byte ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(template); ct.setSimpleColumn(p, 0, 0, tbWidth, tbHeight, font.leading(1), p.ALIGN_LEFT); ct.go(); // place our text box in the very center of the page float x = (pdf.getPageSize().width()-tbWidth)/2; float y = (pdf.getPageSize().height()-tbHeight)/2; cb.addTemplate(template, x, y); // and in the lower left corner of the page just for fun cb.addTemplate(template, 0, 0); } catch(DocumentException de) { System.err.println(de.getMessage()); } catch(IOException ioe) { System.err.println(ioe.getMessage()); } pdf.close(); So, Is this the best way to do this? Has any one discovered another way to place wrapped text on the page? -jason On Friday, May 31, 2002, at 04:40 PM, Jason Essington wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to figure out how to create a "text area" (say a box that > is 3"x2" in which text wraps) that I can place in an absolute position > on a page. > > I have discovered templates, but text added to a template just gets > clipped when it hits the edge of the template rather than wrapping. > > anyone have any Idea to do this? > > thanks > _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions