[reportlab-users] Dot separators in text

[Jim Steil]

Tim:

Thanks a bunch for the samples.  I didn't have time to get into them today,
but will get into it next week.  I really appreciate the help!

	-Jim

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[mailto:reportlab-users-bounces at reportlab.com] On Behalf Of Tim Roberts
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 1:20 PM
To: Support list for users of Reportlab software
Subject: Re: [reportlab-users] Dot separators in text

Jim Steil wrote:

>

> Hi,

>

> I'm trying to create a PDF that has a table in it that looks like the

> attached picture. Can anyone point me down the right path to get the

> dot separators between the two ends of the line? The width of the text

> on both ends of the line may vary and I'd prefer to not have to

> calculate how many dots need to be included so that both the right and

> left edges are justified.

>


Attached is a slightly more flexible drawTabbedString handler, which
handles left, center, right, and decimal tabs, with space, dot, dash,
and underline fill.

I have this accept a string with embedded \t tab characters. It would be
cleaner to have it accept a list or tuple, thus allowing the caller to
split the string using other separators, but that makes the name a bit
less meaningful.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.