Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-05-05 Thread 1T3XT info
Daniel Cane wrote: On to a new challenge -- I'd like to have lists as part of one of the columnTexts, but have learned that that's unsupported (and I even think I understand why). People who have been following this list for a long time, know that I can react very frustrated at times. Newbies

Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-05-05 Thread Mike Marchywka
Where have you learned this? Who is spreading this kind of desinformation? Why are you saying this. In attachment, you can find a very simple example that proves the opposite of what you've learned. And more importantly: what is wrong with the documentation??? What is wrong with the

Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-05-05 Thread 1T3XT info
Mike Marchywka wrote: Along the lines of your comments, I would guess the problem would be someone has to read it. Now, before you dismiss this as a pointless joke, I would just consider it as Stating the obvious as this often is a route to great discovery ( you needn't pat me on the back at

Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-05-05 Thread Daniel Cane
1T3XT info info at 1t3xt.info writes: That's true. I think the problem of the OP is that he isn't familiar with the concepts text mode vs composite mode in ColumnText. My friend - iText is truly amazing, and I support you! (I have in fact purchased the MEAP version and did search it prior to

Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-05-05 Thread 1T3XT info
Daniel Cane wrote: He doesn't know how to use the 3 seashells! - Me in an obscure reference to Demolition Man That would be a great quote for the book ;-) Thanks for understanding. -- This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA http://www.1t3xt.com/ - http://www.1t3xt.info

Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-05-04 Thread Daniel Cane
1T3XT info info at 1t3xt.info writes: I would work with ColumnText. For the first page, I would add the first page of the template without the fields as the background of my new document. I would retrieve the positions of the fixed items, and put them on the page using ColumnText.

Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-04-28 Thread Giovanni Azua
Hello Daniel, On Apr 28, 2010, at 1:32 AM, Daniel Cane wrote: Interesting - could you show me how you define your spot function? The idea of simply assembling a 'top' spot, 'left' spot and 'right' spot is appealing, but I'm a little lost on how to implement it. Are spots = paragraphs or

Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-04-28 Thread 1T3XT info
Daniel Cane wrote: The first page is somewhat more structured than the subsequent pages as it has the patient history, etc. The secondary pages will have any overflow from the first page and include images, etc. I would like all of the secondary pages to have a header, footer, and page

Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-04-28 Thread Klas Lindbäck
I use page events and the decorator pattern for templates and page numbering. I use template pdf:s for templates. A template pdf contains one or two pages with the template (depending on if I have the same or different tempaltes for page one and for subsequent pages). If I have a separate

Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-04-28 Thread KSXD 32
Hello, Klas Lindbäck wrote: I use page events and the decorator pattern for templates and page numbering. I use template pdf:s for templates. A template pdf contains one or two pages with the template (depending on if I have the same or different [snip] Nice. I have also thought about

Re: [iText-questions] Guidance Requested - Generating multipage output with header/footer and pg 1 layout

2010-04-27 Thread Giovanni Azua
Hello Daniel, Please note that I am a relatively newbie with iText. I have been recently faced with similar questions as yours and this is my attempted solution ... perhaps it will give you some ideas. On Apr 27, 2010, at 9:58 PM, Daniel Cane wrote: My first approach was attempting to