Re: Changing PdfPTable width from RPGLE using iText

You haven't shown how you do the call - did you include the object as the first parameter?

I would expect it to be:

pTable_setWidthPercentage( newTable : 90 );


Jon P.

> On Apr 7, 2023, at 2:39 PM, Rich Dotson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> We use the techniques from the Advanced Integrated RPG book by Thomas Snyder to create PDFs with RPG.
> 
> I am trying to modify the width of a table inside a .pdf using using RPGLE. I would like to use the 'setWidthPercentage' method to adjust the table size but I can not get it to work in my RPGLE program.   It defaults the table width to 80% of the page and I need to increase it sightly.
> 
> I have found the Java code to set the width of the table.
> 
> table.setWidthPercentage(90);
> 
> 
> The problem I am having is translating that code to RPG.
> 
> I am able to create a two column table using:
> 
> newTable = new_pdfptable(2);
> 
> 
> I tried defining the 'setWidthPercentage' using:
> 
> dcl-pr  pTable_setWidthPercentage  ExtProc(*JAVA
>                                   :'com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable'
>                                   :'setWidthPercentage');
>   prWidthPct     int(10)   value;
> end-pr;
> 
> 
> When I try to use it I get the 'java.lang.NoSuchMethodError' message.    The documentation I've found online states that the 'setWidthPercentage' method is in that .jar file version we have loaded.
> 
> Any suggestions on how I can change the size of the table?
> 
> Thanks, -Rich
> 
> 
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