Export a rich: DataGrid to PDF

[pablomaes]

Hi,

I have a problem not solved, I have the  following DataGrid:

                 <rich:dataGrid
                        value="#{allMatriculasList.resultList}" var="allMatricula"
                        columns="5" elements="60">
                            <f:facet name="header">
                                    <s:link styleClass="#{allMatriculasList.getOrderStyle('matResProv', 'arrow-down', 'arrow-up', '')}"
                                             value="#{messages['allMatriculas.matResProv.shortLabel']}" style="color:white;">
                                    <f:param name="allMatriculasOrder" value="#{allMatriculasList.getOrderParam('matResProv')}" />
                                    </s:link>
                            </f:facet>
                            <h:panelGrid>                        
                                <h:outputText
                                    value="#{allMatricula.matResProv}#{allMatricula.matResNum}#{allMatricula.matResLet}" />
                            </h:panelGrid>
                    </rich:dataGrid>

which represents a table with the following format:

Matriculas

---------------

M1 M2 M3

M4 M5 M6

M7 M8 M9

...

now I  want to export the same model of representation to PDF, but I can't ..  because with a normal iteration ui: repeat like this:

<ui:repeat var="allMatriculas" value="#{allMatriculasList.allResults}" varStatus="aid">
            <p:cell borderWidthBottom="1" borderColorBottom="#C0C0C0" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" verticalAlignment="middle" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
                <p:text value="#{allMatriculas.matResProv}&#160;#{allMatriculas.matResNum}&#160;#{allMatriculas.matResLet}&#160;"/>
                <p:text value="#{aid}&#160;"/>
            </p:cell>            
</ui:repeat>

what I  paint is:

Matriculas
---------------
M1
M2
M3
M4
M5
M6
...

I need some help!!

thanks!

[mpickell]

Not sure this is on target, but here are some thoughts:

I am not familiar with the 'p' library you are using -- what are you using for PDF creation (what is the library behind the <p:cell... tag)?  does it have a table element that would allow you to set the number of columns and wrap the <ui:repeat...> so that the table is created correctly?

Have you looked into using something like iText from the bean to create your PDF instead?

[pablomaes]

Thx for your answer..

I'm using Itext pdf library for seam..here is the whole code i'm using for the export:

<!DOCTYPE composition PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
                             "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<p:document xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
    xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
    xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
    xmlns:p="http://jboss.com/products/seam/pdf" pageSize="A4"
    orientation="landscape" type="pdf">

    <f:facet name="header">
        <p:font size="10" style="BOLD">
            <p:footer borderWidthTop="2" borderColorTop="#C0C0C0" borderWidthBottom="0" alignment="right">
                <p:pageNumber/>
            </p:footer>
        </p:font>
    </f:facet>


    <p:table columns="8" headerRows="4" widthPercentage="100">

        <p:cell backgroundColor="#FFFFFF" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2"
         borderColor="#FFFFFF" colspan="11" fixedHeight="50" horizontalAlignment="right">
             
        </p:cell>
        <p:cell backgroundColor="#FFFFFF" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2"
         borderColor="#FFFFFF" colspan="11" paddingBottom="25">
             <p:paragraph spacingAfter="25" alignment="center">
                <p:font size="20">#{branding.getProperty('title')}</p:font>
            </p:paragraph>
        </p:cell>
        <p:cell backgroundColor="#FFFFFF" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2"
         borderColor="#FFFFFF" colspan="11" paddingBottom="20">
             <p:paragraph spacingAfter="25" alignment="center">
                 <p:font size="12" style="underline">#{messages['allMatriculas.list']}</p:font>
             </p:paragraph>
        </p:cell>

        <f:facet name="defaultCell">
            <p:cell horizontalAlignment="center" verticalAlignment="middle" borderWidthTop="0" borderWidthBottom="0"
            borderWidthLeft="0" borderWidthRight="0" paddingBottom="8" paddingTop="-5"/>
        </f:facet>

        <p:font size="9" fontFamily="Arial" style="bold" color="#FFFFFF">
        <p:cell backgroundColor="#C0C0C0" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2" borderColor="#FFFFFF" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
            <p:text value="#{messages['matriculas.matReservada.shortLabel']}"/>
        </p:cell>
        <p:cell backgroundColor="#C0C0C0" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2" borderColor="#FFFFFF" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
            <p:text value="#{messages['allMatriculas.numRegistro.shortLabel']}"/>
        </p:cell>
        <p:cell backgroundColor="#C0C0C0" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2" borderColor="#FFFFFF" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
            <p:text value="#{messages['allMatriculas.fechaAlta.shortLabel']}"/>
        </p:cell>
        <p:cell backgroundColor="#C0C0C0" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2" borderColor="#FFFFFF" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
            <p:text value="#{messages['allMatriculas.fechaBaja.shortLabel']}"/>
        </p:cell>
        <p:cell backgroundColor="#C0C0C0" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2" borderColor="#FFFFFF" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
            <p:text value="#{messages['allMatriculas.matOrdinaria.shortLabel']}"/>
        </p:cell>
        <p:cell backgroundColor="#C0C0C0" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2" borderColor="#FFFFFF" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
            <p:text value="#{messages['allMatriculas.titulares.shortLabel']}"/>
        </p:cell>
        <p:cell backgroundColor="#C0C0C0" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2" borderColor="#FFFFFF" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
            <p:text value="#{messages['allMatriculas.organismos.shortLabel']}"/>
        </p:cell>
        <p:cell backgroundColor="#C0C0C0" borderWidthLeft="2" borderWidthRight="2" borderColor="#FFFFFF" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
            <p:text value="#{messages['allMatriculas.estado.shortLabel']}"/>
        </p:cell>
        </p:font>
        <p:font size="8" fontFamily="Arial Narrow" backgroundColor="#FFFFFF">
        <ui:repeat var="allMatriculas" value="#{allMatriculasList.allResults}">

            <p:cell borderWidthBottom="1" borderColorBottom="#C0C0C0" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" verticalAlignment="middle" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
                <p:text value="#{allMatriculas.matResProv}&#160;#{allMatriculas.matResNum}&#160;#{allMatriculas.matResLet}&#160;"/>
            </p:cell>

            <p:cell borderWidthBottom="1" borderColorBottom="#C0C0C0" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" verticalAlignment="middle" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
                <p:text value="#{allMatriculas.numRegistro}&#160;"/>
            </p:cell>
            <p:cell borderWidthBottom="1" borderColorBottom="#C0C0C0" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" verticalAlignment="middle" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
                <p:text value="#{allMatriculas.fechaAlta}&#160;"/>
            </p:cell>
            <p:cell borderWidthBottom="1" borderColorBottom="#C0C0C0" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" verticalAlignment="middle" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
                <p:text value="#{allMatriculas.fechaBaja}&#160;"/>
            </p:cell>
            <p:cell borderWidthBottom="1" borderColorBottom="#C0C0C0" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" verticalAlignment="middle" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
                <p:text value="#{allMatriculas.matOrdinaria}&#160;"/>
            </p:cell>
            <p:cell borderWidthBottom="1" borderColorBottom="#C0C0C0" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" verticalAlignment="middle" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
                <p:text value="#{allMatriculas.titulares.titular}&#160;"/>
            </p:cell>
            <p:cell borderWidthBottom="1" borderColorBottom="#C0C0C0" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5" verticalAlignment="middle" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
                <p:text value="#{allMatriculas.organismos.organismo}&#160;"/>
            </p:cell>
            <p:cell borderWidthBottom="1" borderColorBottom="#C0C0C0" paddingTop="1" paddingBottom="5"
                    borderWidthRight="2" borderColorRight="#FFFFFF" verticalAlignment="middle" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5">
                <p:text value="#{allMatriculas.estado}&#160;"/>
            </p:cell>
        </ui:repeat>
        </p:font>
    </p:table>
</p:document>

I know i can do what i want throw Itex libray and java code.. but i would like to use seam because i used it in other export cases...

[mpickell]

based on my knowledge of iText, it looks like your table is set up as I would expect.  however, your first couple of cells have colspan=11, and i'm not sure how that would work out in an 8 column table.

have you stripped out everything except the ...ui:repeat... and see if it renders any better?

You also may want to try moving the question to a seam-specific discussion listing.  It doesn't look like the rich:datagrid is actually used in this pdf markup.

Sorry I cannot offer more help.