Yes, that is his point as I see it--he wants to abbreviate/simplify his code. Subclassing should achieve that.
-Matt --- "Cooremans, Rony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mm doesent that comes to the same in essence ? > > you add a cell and before you add it to the table > you give it a certain > colspan ? > or do i see that wrong ? > > if you can do pcell.setPhrase(new Phrase(my phrase, > font), colspan) like > he suggested > isent that the same as making a cell of the phrase , > setting colspan and > then adding it to the table > > the only think that i see is that it would be > shorter with his > suggestion > > > Matt Benson wrote: > > > I understood the original complaint to be that he > was > > calling setColspan over and over. I believe that > the > > advice Paulo would give would be to subclass > PdfPCell > > and call setColspan in the constructor. > > > > -Matt > > > > --- "Cooremans, Rony" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why dont you do the folowing ? > > > > > > PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(my > phrase, > > > font)); > > > cell.setColspan(colspan); > > > ptable.addCell(cell); > > > > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > From: "Miller, Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 13:46:25 -0600 > > > Subject: [iText-questions] PdfPCell colspan > > > > > > Without knowing anything about what it would > take > > > someone to implement > > > something like this, would anyone else find it > > > useful to have an overidden > > > method for either PdfPTable.addCell() or > > > PdfPCell.setPhrase() that included > > > the colspan? As in: > > > > > > pcell.setPhrase(new Phrase(my phrase, font), > > > colspan) > > > or > > > ptable.addCell(cell, colspan) > > > > > > I'm finding my PdfPTable code does a lot of > changing > > > colspans. > > > just curious > > > e miller > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Sponsored by: > > > ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > iText-questions mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > -- > Rony Cooremans > > TRASYS N.V. > MVG, LIN, AOSO, afdeling Geotechniek > Arianelaan 7, 1200 Brussel > Tramstraat 52, 9052 Zwijnaarde > Tel: 02/773.94.87 > Tel: 09/240.75.24 > > > e-mail Trasys: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > e-mail LIN: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions