[reportlab-users] Insert black background in doc header

[Jim Steil]

Hi:

I'm stumped on what is probably a very easy thing to do.   I have a 
document I have to create that has a black background on the header of 
the document.  It is approximately 1" high, starting at 1.5 inches from 
the left border and running to about 1 inch from the right border.  The 
top is about an inch from the top border of the page.  I have a bunch of 
text to print in front of the black background, but can't seem to figure 
out how to create the background.  I see how I can do it with tables, 
paragraphs and graphics, but they all require a flowable (at least I 
think they do) to place them on.  Can someone help me out of my brain 
freeze by educating me on how I can get this generated?  I would like to 
build a graphic and place it there, but don't know how to place it 
there.  All of the samples I've seen in the doc show how you can take a 
graphic and renderPDF.drawToFile, but I want to specifically position it 
in my document.

    -Jim