Need to manage tables in PDF?

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   I need to create a PDF that contains many tables. There are many people represented in the PDF, each has a header table of 5 rows and a content table of many rows (0-20,000). Each header table starts a new page. It is followed on that page by the  content table which overflows to additional pages as needed. The basics are working OK as a test.

The question I have is: Should I create one header table object and one content table object and reuse these for each person? To do so I would need to resize the tables each time they are being used. But I cannot find a way to set the number of rows except in the API call that creates a table and the call that appends more rows to the table. Without a way to resize the table I cannot see how to reuse these objects.

If I do not reuse the tables, but create new ones for each person in the PDF, can I at least dispose of the used tables? I don't see an API call for that either.

Any help with this overall strategy decision would be appreciated!

Edited by MidnightDragon - 28 Jan 14 at 2:01PM

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MidnightDragon Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 03 Dec 07 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote MidnightDragon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Need to manage tables in PDF? Posted: 27 Jan 14 at 7:34PM
	I need to create a PDF that contains many tables. There are many people represented in the PDF, each has a header table of 5 rows and a content table of many rows (0-20,000). Each header table starts a new page. It is followed on that page by the content table which overflows to additional pages as needed. The basics are working OK as a test. The question I have is: Should I create one header table object and one content table object and reuse these for each person? To do so I would need to resize the tables each time they are being used. But I cannot find a way to set the number of rows except in the API call that creates a table and the call that appends more rows to the table. Without a way to resize the table I cannot see how to reuse these objects. If I do not reuse the tables, but create new ones for each person in the PDF, can I at least dispose of the used tables? I don't see an API call for that either. Any help with this overall strategy decision would be appreciated! Edited by MidnightDragon - 28 Jan 14 at 2:01PM