[reportlab-users] Anchors (was: Re: Table column width - problem with >2 cols)

[Juha Tuomala]

On Tuesday 30 January 2007 14:37, Juha Tuomala wrote:

> I tried to use those and for some reason I face a wierd problem

> with it.

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

> #!/usr/bin/python

> 

> from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet

> from reportlab.platypus.doctemplate import SimpleDocTemplate

> from reportlab.platypus.paragraph import Paragraph

> 

> def firstPage(c, t):

>         pass

> 

> def laterPages(c, t):

>         pass

> 

> f = []

> gs = getSampleStyleSheet()

> s = gs['Normal']

> text = '<a href="#CHAPTER">CHAPTER</a>\n'

> text2 = '<a name="CHAPTER" />'


If I add whatever than whitespace before or after
the text, for example:

text2 = '.<a name="CHAPTER" />

it works (starting with period). That is, a Paragraph()
cannot contain plain tag, but also some text. Does it 
apply to other 'inline markup tags', I haven't tried yet.


> 

> f.append(Paragraph(text, s) )

> f.append(Paragraph(text2, s) )

> 

> t = SimpleDocTemplate('o.pdf')

> t.build(f, onFirstPage=firstPage, onLaterPages=laterPages)

> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------



I assume this is a bug?


BR,

Tuju

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