[reportlab-users] Multi-page formatting in Platypus

[Peter Mattingly]

>

> tests/test_platypus_*.py

>


I'm using version 2.1 (the one available in the Ubuntu repositories), I have
no directory named "tests" in my reportlab directories:

/usr/share/doc/python-reportlab-doc
/usr/share/doc/python-reportlab
/usr/share/pyshared/reportlab

There aren't any directories named "tests" on my system, related to
reportlab.  Any other places I should be looking?  Should I be grabbing the
"tests" from the SVN?

tools/docco/rltemplate.py which is the template used for the manual.


This I was able to find, where you said it would be.  I'm at a loss where to
look in this file, there's no comment labeled "Using a call back for the
header here" or anything like that.  No class definitions, no function
definitions, etc.  I did - however - see "Heading1" and "Heading2":

if style == 'Title':

>                 self.title = flowable.getPlainText()

>             elif style == 'Heading1':

>                 self.chapter = flowable.getPlainText()

>                 key = 'ch%d' % self.chapterNo

>                 self.canv.bookmarkPage(key)

>                 self.canv.addOutlineEntry(flowable.getPlainText(),

>                                             key, 0, 0)

>                 self.chapterNo = self.chapterNo + 1

>                 self.sectionNo = 1

>             elif style == 'Heading2':

>                 self.section = flowable.text

>                 key = 'ch%ds%d' % (self.chapterNo, self.sectionNo)

>                 self.canv.bookmarkPage(key)

>                 self.canv.addOutlineEntry(flowable.getPlainText(),

>                                              key, 1, 0)

>                 self.sectionNo = self.sectionNo + 1



 It doesn't look like this is what you're talking about.

Then I looked for things that take PageTemplate's, which there were several:

class FrontCoverTemplate(PageTemplate):

>     def __init__(self, id, pageSize=defaultPageSize):

>         self.pageWidth = pageSize[0]

>         self.pageHeight = pageSize[1]

>         frame1 = Frame(inch,

>                        3*inch,

>                        self.pageWidth - 2*inch,

>                        self.pageHeight - 518, id='cover')

>         PageTemplate.__init__(self, id, [frame1])  # note lack of onPage

>

>     def afterDrawPage(self, canvas, doc):

>         canvas.saveState()

>         canvas.drawImage('../images/replogo.gif',2*inch, 8*inch)

>

>

>         canvas.setFont('Times-Roman', 10)

>         canvas.line(inch, 120, self.pageWidth - inch, 120)

>

>         canvas.drawString(inch, 100, '165 The Broadway')

>         canvas.drawString(inch, 88, 'Wimbledon')

>         canvas.drawString(inch, 76, 'London SW19 1NE')

>         canvas.drawString(inch, 64, 'United Kingdom')

>

>         canvas.restoreState()



This seemed to be the closes to what you were talking about.  Though again
without some sort of pointer, comment or clue I don't see which of these
commands actually relates to which sections of the page.

Though I may be completely wrong.

This file seems awfully short for a template for the entire manual.  Do I
have a the document you're thinking of?

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Andy Robinson <andy at reportlab.com> wrote:


> 2008/10/13 Peter Mattingly <pmattingly at mail.csuchico.edu>:

>

> >

> > So:  How do I define my frames across all of my pages?

>

> Headers like this don't go in frames.  The frames are for the flowing

> content.

> They must be defined either as callback functions passed to the

> PageTemplate's constructor,

> which decorate the new page when it starts; or as subclasses of

> PageTemplate which do

> the same.   Providing a generic "graphics callback" is far more

> flexible; it lets you do

> page borders, not just filling a box at the top or bottom like most

> word processors.

>

> Look at some of the tests in tests/test_platypus_*.py, or in

> tools/docco/rltemplate.py which is the template used for the manual.

>

> I admit the manual never explained this well; if someone can send in a

> contrib for this for the Platypus chapter, we'd be really grateful.

>

> - Andy

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