[reportlab-users] fixed paragraph height?

[Dinu Gherman]

Marcel Gsteiger:


> I need the opposite: a paragraph that occupies a fixed vertical space 

> within a frame, even when it is shorter, but it should not fill up the 

> entire frame. Perhaps I should use tables for this? I tried to put a 

> space after the paragraph, but I was unable to get at the paragaphs 

> real vertical size.


The opposite would be to "extend" a paragraph to reach a certain
height (quite interesting operation ;-). I imagine the UseUpSpace
flowable (bug report: no docstring ;-) fills a frame down to its
bottom. Maybe you try that one?

Regards,

Dinu