[reportlab-users] Layout Help

[Tim Roberts]

Rob McCulley wrote:

>

> Hi all,

>

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>

> I’m a bit of a reportlab newb.  I’ve used it for awhile, but only for 

> one specific task, and outside of that, I know very little.

>

>  

>

> I need a little help in setting up my document layout.  I’ve attached 

> a .png file showing essentially what I’m trying to create.  One large 

> map document (the map will be a .png image), and then a legend and 

> title block in the bottom left.

>

>  

>

> The map image is the same size as the page, so the I need the lower 

> left corner of the map to be covered by the legend and the title 

> block.  How do I do this?  My initial thought was to use tables, but 

> the map area of the document is non-rectangular.  Here is what I have 

> so far:

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>  

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>         if os.path.isfile(outfile):

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>              os.remove(outfile)

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>         c1 = Canvas(outfile)

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>         mapsize = (24*inch,36*inch)

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>         c1.setPageSize(mapsize)

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>         mapimage = Image(mappath,width=23*inch,height=34*inch)

>

>         data = [[mapimage]]

>

>         t1 = RLTable(data)

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>         t1.setStyle(TableStyle([(‘BOX’,(0,0),(-1,-1),1,colors.black),

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> (‘ALIGN’,(0,0),(-1,-1),’CENTER’),

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> (‘VALIGN’,(0,0),(-1,-1),’MIDDLE’)]))

>

>         p1 = [t1]

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>         f1 = Frame(0.25*inch,0.25*inch,23.5*inch,35.5*inch,showBoundary=1)

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>         f1.addFromList(p1,c1)

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>         c1.showPage()

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>  

>

> I’ve already created two other table elements, one for the legend and 

> one for the title block, and then it dawned on me, that I don’t have 

> clue how to draw these two tables on top of the map table.  Can I do this?

>


Don't use tables at all.  This is not an application where a flowable 
helps you.  Just place the three components directly at their 
appropriate positions.  Put the image down first, then lay the legend 
and title block over the top of it.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.