[RESOLVED] Create tables with AlivePDF

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Solution in threads below.

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Anyway, I figured that my problem was because I don't know how to use DataGrid. So I started learning to use it. - Progress to use alivePDF so it's related.

I succeeded in making a table of results in my SWF. But the first column shows up but does not have any values in it, while all the others do. I'm not sure what the problem is. Can you please help me?

import fl.controls.DataGrid;
import fl.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridColumn;
import fl.data.DataProvider;

var timePassed:Number;
var aX:Number;
var aY:Number;
var vX:Number;
var vY:Number;
var xPos:Number;
var yPos:Number;

var myTimerNo:Timer;

var values_array:Array = new Array(); //represents the data provider array
var myGc:DataGridColumn = new DataGridColumn();
var myDg:DataGrid = new DataGrid();

function addSheet():void //add a sheet table on the left
{
    myDg.columns = ["t", "Ax", "Ay", "Vx", "Vy", "X", "Y"];
    myDg.move(598.2, 35.75);
    myDg.dataProvider = new DataProvider(values_array);
    myDg.rowCount = myDg.length;
    myDg.setSize(389, 307);
    addChild(myDg);
}

//pass in values
function startSimNo(e:TimerEvent):void
{
    aX = 0;
    aY = -9.8;
    timePassed = e.target.currentCount * interval;
    xPos = vX * timePassed;
    yPos = aniNo.findYNo(y0,xPos,lAngle,iVelocity); //returns a parabolic value, function from another class
    
    if (yPos >= 0)
    {
        finStart();
    }
    
    values_array.push({Time:roundX(timePassed,2), Ax:roundX(aX,2), Ay:roundX(aY,2), Vx:roundX(vX,2), Vy:roundX(vY,2), X:roundX(xPos,2), Y:roundX(-yPos,2)});
    }

function finStart():void
{
addSheet();
}

//use for rounding values
function roundX(toBeRounded:Number, decimalPlaces:Number):Number
{
    return (int(toBeRounded * Math.pow(10,decimalPlaces)) / Math.pow(10,decimalPlaces));
}

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Flashkit is awesome. It shows up that Time is a keyword, while flash doesn't. So as soon as I change the "Time" to "t", it works!

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This is my code in Flash, not Flex. Hope it helps anyone else struggling to get started. I'm using AlivePDF 0.1.5RC.

Grid feature in AlivePDF is introduced in this page: http://alivepdf.bytearray.org/?p=25

In this project, I used DataGrid to make the table inside Flash, then passed it into another PDF generation AS. So you should also read about DataGrid and try it out:
http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flash/...=00000436.html
(wait for the page to load, then click "Creating an application with the DataGrid" - navigate to creating with Actionscript and start reading).

I also used this thread to learn to make columns in AlivePDF (http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=158&f=2421&t=302275)

I make a separate PDF Generation file called PDFGeneration.as:

package 
{
    import flash.utils.ByteArray;
    import flash.net.FileReference;
    
    import org.alivepdf.pdf.PDF;
    import org.alivepdf.layout.Orientation;
    import org.alivepdf.layout.Unit;
    import org.alivepdf.layout.Size;
    import org.alivepdf.layout.Align;
    import org.alivepdf.pages.Page;
    import org.alivepdf.fonts.FontFamily;
    import org.alivepdf.display.Display;
    import org.alivepdf.fonts.Style;
    import org.alivepdf.fonts.IFont;
    import org.alivepdf.colors.RGBColor;
    import org.alivepdf.saving.Method;
    import org.alivepdf.fonts.CoreFont;
    import org.alivepdf.data.Grid;
    import org.alivepdf.data.GridColumn;
    import org.alivepdf.pages.Page;
    
    import fl.controls.DataGrid;
    import fl.data.DataProvider;
        
    public class PDFGeneration
    {
        private var myPDF:PDF;
        //choose your font here     
        private var boldFont:IFont = new CoreFont(FontFamily.HELVETICA_BOLD);
        private var normalFont:IFont = new CoreFont(FontFamily.ARIAL);
        
        
        //table stuff
        private var grid:Grid;
        public var pdfDataGrid:DataGrid = new DataGrid(); //datagrid to be passed into here
        
        //you need to set up headerText so if your grid go over board, the header will
        //repeat in the next page. Option to repeat header can be switched in addGrid().
        private var cT:GridColumn = new GridColumn("t", "t", 22, "L", "L");
        private var cAx:GridColumn = new GridColumn("Ax", "Ax", 22, "L", "L");
        private var cAy:GridColumn = new GridColumn("Ay", "Ay", 22, "L", "L");
        private var cVx:GridColumn = new GridColumn("Vx", "Vx", 22, "L", "L");
        private var cVy:GridColumn = new GridColumn("Vy", "Vy", 22, "L", "L");
        private var cX:GridColumn = new GridColumn("X", "X", 22, "L", "L");
        private var cY:GridColumn = new GridColumn("Y", "Y", 22, "L", "L");
        private var columns:Array = new Array(cT, cAx, cAy, cVx, cVy, cX, cY);
        
        public function PDFGeneration()
        {
            //nothing here
        }

        private function roundX(toBeRounded:Number, decimalPlaces:Number):Number
        {
            return (int(toBeRounded * Math.pow(10,decimalPlaces)) / Math.pow(10,decimalPlaces));
        }
        
        public function savePDF():void
        {
            myPDF = new PDF(Orientation.PORTRAIT,Unit.MM, Size.A4);
            
            myPDF.setDisplayMode(Display.FULL_WIDTH);
            
            //page 1 starts the table of results
            myPDF.addPage();
            grid = new Grid(pdfDataGrid.dataProvider.toArray(), 271, 265, new RGBColor(0xCCCCCC), new RGBColor(0xFFFFFF), false, new RGBColor(0x0), 1, "0 j");
            grid.columns = columns;
            
            myPDF.setFont(normalFont, 10, false);
            myPDF.textStyle(new RGBColor(0x0), 1);
            myPDF.addGrid(grid, 12.7, 18.7);
            
            //save PDF
            var bytes:ByteArray = myPDF.save(Method.LOCAL);
            var f:FileReference = new FileReference();
            f.save(bytes, "SimulationResults.pdf");
        }
    }
}

Main.as exportPDF sections

package 
{
    //other classes was imported here
    
    import fl.controls.DataGrid; //you need to add DataGrid component to the library before using this class
    import fl.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridColumn;
    import fl.data.DataProvider;
    
    import PDFGeneration;
    
    public class Main extends MovieClip
    {
        //pdf variables
        public var exportPDF:PDFGeneration = new PDFGeneration();
        
        //variables that work and stay here
        private var values_array:Array = new Array(); //represents the data provider array
        private var myGc:DataGridColumn = new DataGridColumn();
        private var myDg:DataGrid = new DataGrid();

        //variables to calculate values like aX, aY was declared here

        private var myTimerNo:Timer;

        private var aniNo:ProjectileNo = new ProjectileNo();
        
    //export PDF and pass in datagrid variable
        private function export(e:MouseEvent):void
        {
            exportPDF.pdfDataGrid = myDg;
            
            exportPDF.savePDF();
        }
    //dataGrid function
        private function addSheet():void //just a visual datagrid on the SWF for cross-checking
        {
            myDg.columns = ["t", "Ax", "Ay", "Vx", "Vy", "X", "Y"];
            myDg.move(596, 35.75);
            myDg.dataProvider = new DataProvider(values_array);
            myDg.rowCount = myDg.length;
            myDg.setSize(389, 307);
            addChild(myDg);
        }

        private function startSimNo(e:TimerEvent):void //just a list of values
        {
            aX = 0;
            aY = -9.8;

            timePassed = e.target.currentCount * interval;
            myDot.x = 0;
            myDot.y = 0;
            container_mc.addChild(myDot);

            xPos = vX * timePassed;
            yPos = aniNo.findYNo(y0,xPos,lAngle,iVelocity);
            
            if (yPos >= bottom)
            {
                finStart();
            }

            myDot.x = xPos;
            myDot.y = yPos;

            container_mc.addChild(trail);
            trail.graphics.lineTo(xPos, yPos);
            
            //values to use in local datagrid
            //roundX is a decimal places fixing function
            values_array.push({t:roundX(timePassed,2), Ax:roundX(aX,2), Ay:roundX(aY,2), Vx:roundX(vX,2), Vy:roundX(vY,2), X:roundX(xPos,2), Y:roundX(-yPos,2)});
        }
        
        //start the constuctor and functions that handle events here - works great
        public function Main()
        {   
            addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
        }

        public function init(e:Event):void
        {
            removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
            export_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, export);
        }
    }
};

The width for your table is actually defined by the sum of the column's width, using GridColumn. I find that the width inside Grid(..) doesn't really do anything. It's just there to keep everything intact.