It has no effect if it's the first object in the page or if it's the first rows to be output. See the example in the tutorial.
Paulo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bennett, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:54 PM Subject: [iText-questions] PdfPTable - setSkipFirstHeader(boolean) has noeffect > > I noticed that the setSkipFirstHeader(boolean) method on PdfPTable has > no effect. The first header row(s) are still displayed. > > Am I understanding the purpose of this method correctly? If I am not, > please let me know. Below is a test program to demonstrate. > > > import java.io.FileOutputStream; > > import com.lowagie.text.Document; > import com.lowagie.text.PageSize; > import com.lowagie.text.Phrase; > import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable; > import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; > > public class SkipFirstHeaderTest { > > public static void main(String[] args) { > try { > Document document = new Document(PageSize.LETTER); > PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new > FileOutputStream("SkipFirstHeaderTest.pdf")); > document.open(); > PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2); > table.setWidths(new int[] { 50, 50 }); > table.setWidthPercentage(100F); > table.setSkipFirstHeader(true); // NO EFFECT! > table.addCell(new Phrase("Header Column 1")); > table.addCell(new Phrase("Header Column 2")); > table.setHeaderRows(1); > for (int x = 0; x < 100; x++) { > table.addCell(new Phrase("" + (x + 1))); > table.addCell(new Phrase("" + (x + 1))); > } > document.add(table); > document.close(); > } catch (Exception e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > System.exit(1); > } > } > } > > > Thank you very much for your time and effort. iText is a great tool! > > Matt Bennett > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
