[reportlab-users] Frame.addFromList: cannot fit one object

[Uwe Hoffmann]

Robin Becker schrieb:

> Uwe Hoffmann wrote:

>> Hi,

>>

>> the user documentation states:

>> Frame User Methods

>>           Frame.addFromList(drawlist, canvas)

>> consumes Flowables from the front of drawlist until the frame is full. 

>> If it cannot fit one object,raises an exception.

>>

>> it would be nice if "if not deactivated in rl_config " , will be added.

>>

>> regards,

>>    uwe

>>

> .......

> Uwe, what should the result be if such an option were added?

> 

> At present we have a concept of a KeepInFrame flowable which takes a 

> list of other flowables and can squash the content, truncate the 

> content, ignore the overflow or raise an error.

> 

> So Frames can either squash, truncate, overflow or raise an error for an 

> initially large flowable. Currently we do the last. Ideally each frame 

> could be programmable with their own behaviours and use an rl_config 

> specified default.

> 

> Does that sound reasonable?


no, what i meant is simply: the behaviour is dependant on the value 
rl_config.allowTableBoundsErrors.
the documentation should give a hint in this direction. (maybe there is
a hint but I haven't "seen" it until i looked add the source of _add.

regards
    Uwe