Re: positionate flowable in frame ?!

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
>