Formatting text in columns

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   I want to format a receipt for printing. I can see from the docs that there are functions to draw wrapped text which can be left or right justified which is great. However, these functions all need a starting x and y position.
My question is, how do I determine the correct y position to use for each line of text? Also, it's possible that the left text column will wrap - the right text column must always have a y position that corresponds to the first line of the corresponding block of left text column.
Line 1 which       $12.20
has wrapped
Line 2                $10.20
Line 3                $23.34

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Hopeful Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 19 Jul 06 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hopeful Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Formatting text in columns Posted: 10 Aug 06 at 2:32AM
	I want to format a receipt for printing. I can see from the docs that there are functions to draw wrapped text which can be left or right justified which is great. However, these functions all need a starting x and y position. My question is, how do I determine the correct y position to use for each line of text? Also, it's possible that the left text column will wrap - the right text column must always have a y position that corresponds to the first line of the corresponding block of left text column. Line 1 which $12.20 has wrapped Line 2 $10.20 Line 3 $23.34

chicks Members Profile Find Members Posts Debenu Quick PDF Library Expert Joined: 29 Oct 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 251	Post Options Post Reply Quote chicks Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Aug 06 at 11:35AM
	There are a couple of helper functions in QuickPDF you can use to determine the height or # of wrapped lines, then you can do the math to get the next y position. GetWrappedTextHeight() GetWrappedTextLineCount()