PDF::Writer and table columns

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I've just started using the PDF::Writer and am having some trouble with
table columns. When the PDF renders the columns of the table are not
ordered by the column_order. With my test data I have three tables with
each table having a different column order and the last one being correct.
The order of te first two columns on every table is consistent.

Here's a sample of the code:

table.column_order = %w(t field old new changed)

table.columns["t"] = PDF::SimpleTable::Column.new("t") {|col|
        heading = PDF::SimpleTable::Column::Heading.new
        heading.title = "T"
        col.heading = heading
}
#repeat this for each of the columns

#to load the data
data = []
rows.each{ |row|
        data << {"t" => row.change_type,
                  "field" => row.field_name,
                  "old" => row.old_value,
                  "new" => row.new_value,
                  "changed" => row.changed_at}
}

I hope it's a case of "been staring at this for too long".

thanks,
andy

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Andrew Stone

2

I'm not seeing anything wrong with your sample code. Can you provide
me a more complete sample with sample data? If this is business
related, you can email it to me directly. It may also be worth seeing
the output you're getting.

-austin

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On 17/01/06, Andrew Stone <stonelists@gmail.com> wrote:

I've just started using the PDF::Writer and am having some trouble with
table columns. When the PDF renders the columns of the table are not
ordered by the column_order. With my test data I have three tables with
each table having a different column order and the last one being correct.
The order of te first two columns on every table is consistent.

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Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com
               * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca

3

I have reopened bug item #2129, which describes the necessary patch. I
will hopefully be able to provide a patched version soon; I am trying
to track down a number of issues introduced in several adopted
patches.

-austin

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On 17/01/06, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:

On 17/01/06, Andrew Stone <stonelists@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just started using the PDF::Writer and am having some trouble with
> table columns. When the PDF renders the columns of the table are not
> ordered by the column_order. With my test data I have three tables with
> each table having a different column order and the last one being correct.
> The order of te first two columns on every table is consistent.

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Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com
               * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca

4

Thank you Austin.

-andy

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Andrew Stone