[reportlab-users] Platypus headings

[Saketh]

On 12/15/06, Yordanka Budinova <d.budinova at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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)

>

>

> --

>

> Regards,

> Dani

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> That is not working for me.


I have tried to use handle_pageBegin in my template, but the header is not
drawn to the beginning of each page. It is instead drawn at the end of the
document.

I have attached a revised version.

Once again, thanks for your help.
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