The best practice depends on what you want to do. The first case places the image with the dimensions you choosed, it may overflow or not, you must know what you are doing. The second case scales the image automatically to the cell size, it's convenient but you have no flexibility.
Paulo > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of GAMBELLI Raffaele > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:03 AM > To: Post all your questions about iText here > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Image size inside PdfPCell > > I'm sorry but your short answer doesn't help us to explain > that strangeness documented in the first post. > If in your plans it is normal that one time the image is > scaled to fit a rectangle and one time the image isn't > scaled, at least give us a best practice to add images to pdfPcells. > > Thanks, best regards. > Raffaele > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Paulo > Soares > Sent: mercoledì 17 ottobre 2007 17.54 > To: Post all your questions about iText here > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Image size inside PdfPCell > > > The first case is a shorthand to new Chunk(image, 0, 0) and > behaves as expected. > > Paulo > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of GAMBELLI Raffaele > > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:34 PM > > To: Post all your questions about iText here > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Image size inside PdfPCell > > > > This is very strange: > > > > Consider an image of 800x600, use for test that in attachment > > > > If I do > > ... > > PdfPCell itextCell = new PdfPCell(image); > > table.addCell(itextCell); > > > > The image goes out of the cell BUT IF I DO: > > ... > > PdfPCell itextCell = new PdfPCell(); > > itextCell.setImage(image) > > table.addCell(itextCell); > > > > Then it works and the image fits correctly the cell. > > > > Perhaps setImage is intended for cell's background? > > > > But why with the first snippet of code doesn't it work? > > Thanks, best regards. > > Raffaele > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Paulo > > Soares > > Sent: mercoledì 17 ottobre 2007 17.00 > > To: Post all your questions about iText here > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Image size inside PdfPCell > > > > > > addCell(Image) will always scale the image to fit the cell. > > You can have > > scaling with the PdfPCell constructors or with > PdfPCell.addElement(). > > > > Paulo > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of GAMBELLI Raffaele > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:16 PM > > > To: iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: [iText-questions] Image size inside PdfPCell > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > In the following code I simply put an image in the document, > > > and then in the next page I put the same image inside a > > > PdfPCell, although I'm using jpg1.setWidthPercentage(0); why > > > does the image inside PdfPCell result bigger than the other one? > > > > > > Thanks, regards. > > > Raffaele > > > > > > > > > public static void main(String[] args) { > > > > > > System.out.println("Scaling an Image"); > > > > > > // step 1: creation of a document-object > > > Document document = new Document(); > > > > > > try { > > > > > > // step 2: > > > // we create a writer that listens to the document > > > // and directs a PDF-stream to a file > > > > > > Format formatter = new > > > SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddmmss"); > > > String outputFileName = "scaling_" + > > > formatter.format(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis())) + ".pdf"; > > > PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new > > > FileOutputStream("pdf/scaling/" + outputFileName)); > > > > > > // step 3: we open the document > > > document.open(); > > > > > > // step 4: we add content > > > String image = "images/otsoe.jpg"; > > > > > > Image jpg1 = Image.getInstance(image); > > > > > > document.add(new Paragraph("Original > > > size --> (" + jpg1.getWidth() + ", " + jpg1.getHeight() + ")" )); > > > document.add(jpg1); > > > > > > document.newPage(); > > > > > > PdfPTable pdfPTable = new PdfPTable(1); > > > pdfPTable.addCell("Original size --> (" > > > + jpg1.getWidth() + ", " + jpg1.getHeight() + ")"); > > > jpg1.setWidthPercentage(0); > > > pdfPTable.addCell(jpg1); > > > document.add(pdfPTable); > > > > > > } > > > catch(DocumentException de) { > > > System.err.println(de.getMessage()); > > > } > > > catch(IOException ioe) { > > > System.err.println(ioe.getMessage()); > > > } > > > > > > // step 5: we close the document > > > document.close(); > > > } Aviso Legal: Esta mensagem é destinada exclusivamente ao destinatário. 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