John M. Gabriele wrote:

>What's a good rule of thumb for deciding whether to use
>a Table or a PdfPTable?
>
>
If you are generating PDF only, use PdfPTable.

>I also need to remove all borders from it -- so the text is
>just floating there. :) I see that I can use a Table and
>then setBorderWidth( 0 ) to remove that one big border around
>the entire table. Can I do something similar with the PdfPTable?
>
>
A PdfPTable hasn't got a border around the entire table.
(You can add one with a PdfPTableEvent.)

>I also need to remove the borders from the individual cells
>inside the table. (I suppose that I can use either PdfPCells or
>Cells. What's the rule of thumb there (for deciding between
>the two)?)
>
>
PdfPCells can only be used in a PdfPTable.
Cells can only be used in a Table.

>I've tried mycell.setBorderWidth( 0 ) (like I did with the
>Table above) but it doesn't work with the Cell or PdfPCell
>for me.
>
>
That's because you shouldn't remove the borders by setting the width to 0.
You should use this method (Cell and PdfPCell extend Rectangle):
http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/docs/com/lowagie/text/Rectangle.html#setBorder(int)
with value Rectangle.NO_BORDER
http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/docs/com/lowagie/text/Rectangle.html#NO_BORDER

>It looks as if, with either Cell or PdfPCell (since they
>both inherit from Rectangle), I'm supposed to be able to do:
>disableBorderSide( Rectangle.LEFT | Rectangle.RIGHT | Rectangle.TOP |
>Rectangle.BOTTOM )
>but that's not working for me. I've also tried setBorder( 0 )
>but that fails to do anything either (that is, the grey border
>on the page around the cells in my table is still there).
>
>
Oops, you already tried my advice.
Are you sure you are generating PDF?
The way you describe it, it looks like you are generating RTF.

>BTW, why doesn't PdfPTable inherit from Rectangle like Table
>does? (like both cell classes)
>
I know I had a reason when I wrote class Table, but I forgot.
br,
Bruno


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