[reportlab-users] Insert black background in doc header

[Jim Steil]

Robin Becker wrote:

> Jim Steil wrote:

>> 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

> .......

> what framework are you using? If it's platypus then you can do drawing 

> operations in the template onPage callback.

>

> That might be something like

>

> canv.saveState()

> canv.setFillColorRGB(0,0,0)

> canv.c.rect(inch,8*inch,6*inch,1*inch, fill=1)

> canv.restoreState()

>

Robin:

Thanks so much, that is exactly what I needed.  Yes, I am using platypus.

Thanks Again!

    -Jim