[reportlab-users] positionate flowable in frame ?!

[Tamer Higazi]

dear Andy!
Thank you very much.

Now I start to get the concept.



Tamer



Am 27.03.2014 10:08, schrieb Andy Robinson:

> Hi Tamer,

> 

> Some basic concepts:

> 

> You don't precisely position things in a frame.  If you want to

> precisely position something (e.g. a table), then call wrap() to get

> its size, and draw() to place it exactly where YOU want on the canvas.

> 

> Frames are supposed to consume from a list of content, moving

> downwards automatically, and onto the next page, like a word

> processor.  The frame, not you, decides where to position your

> flowables.  Usually, just below the previous flowable.

> 

> Now for the details:  paragraphs are usually the full width of the

> frame, so horizontal alignment of "the whole object" does not apply.

> But for something with a smaller width, like a table, all flowables

> have a property hAlign.  Tables also have a property 'colWidths'.  so

> you can do

> 

>    myTable.colWidths = [100,50,50,50]  #units in points

>    myTable.hAlign = 'CENTER'   #or 'LEFT' or 'RIGHT'

> 

> and it will be positioned accordingly.

> 

> 

> You will also find it very helpful to read the RML examples and user

> guide on our site.  It's a commercial product but the XML tags

> correspond pretty much one-for-one to the underlying Python objects,

> and it's well documented and full of visual examples, so you can see a

> style you like and guess with 90% accuracy what Python properties you

> need.

>       https://www.reportlab.com/software/documentation/

> 

> I hope this helps,

> 

> 

> Andy

>