Bil Corry wrote:
> I'm trying to rotate a ColumnText object by wrapping it in an Image; my code 
> looks like:
> 
> 
>       fRotate = 30.0;
>       fLeft = 100.0;
>       fTop = 630.0;
>       PdfTemplate template = 
> pdfwriter.getDirectContent().createTemplate(fWidth, fHeight);
>       col = new ColumnText(template);
>       // do stuff with col
>       int status = col.go();
>       Image img = Image.getInstance(template);
>       img.setRotationDegrees(fRotate);
>       img.setAbsolutePosition(fLeft, fTop);
>       myDocument.add(img);
> 
> 
> When I view the PDF in Adobe Reader, I can't see the contents of the 
> ColumnText on the page.  When I open the contents of the PDF in a hex editor, 
> indeed the ColumnText content is in there.
> 
> Any ideas where I'm going wrong?  I'm using iText v1.4.1 (old, I know).

Your code looks OK on first sight, but to be sure,
it would be better if you provide a small standalone
example that reproduces the problem.

Here you can find an example of how I rotate a ColumnText
with 90 degrees:
http://1t3xt.info/examples/browse/?page=example&id=337
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