[reportlab-users] Platypus headings

[Yordanka Budinova]

2006/12/15, Saketh <saketh.bhamidipati at gmail.com>:

>

> I am trying to create a page heading which is written onto each page.

> However, I am having trouble drawing the header table before anything else

> on the page. Instead of being a consistent header, everything except the

> headers are drawn and then, on the final page, all of the headers are drawn

> in sequence.

>

> How can I draw the heading table at the top of each page?

>

> Here is my attempt. (I have attached the module's full code, in case that

> is necessary.)

>

>     def pageTemplate(self, canvas, doc):

>         PAGE_WIDTH, PAGE_HEIGHT = canvas._pagesize

>         canvas.saveState()

>         canvas.setFont('Times-Roman', 12)

>

>         # Draw page number

>         canvas.drawCentredString(PAGE_WIDTH / 2.0, inch / 2.0, "%d" %

> doc.page)

>

>         # Create title paragraph

>         pTitle = Paragraph(self.title, 12, 0, style=styles["Normal"])

>         pHeader = Paragraph(self.roottext, style=styles["Normal"])

>

>         # Data for the header table

>         data = [(pTitle, pHeader)]

>

>         headertable = Table(data, colWidths=(4 * inch, 4 * inch),

>                           style=self.headerstyle)

>

>         headertable.setStyle(self.headerstyle)

>         headertable.hAlign = 'LEFT'

>         self.story.append(t)

>

>         canvas.restoreState()

>

> Thanks in advance.

>

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>

> Hi, Saketh,

If I understand, you need to repeat some rows as header on each page.
Add "repeatRows = n" in Table:

t = Table(self.val, colWidths=self.cw,
            style=TableStyle(tst),
            repeatRows=1)


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Regards,
Dani
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