I have a functioning prawn document generated in rails. I built the table using text_box() to wrap the text in the header in order to rotate the text_box, and thus the text, 90 degrees. It works great, until the header reproduces on the next page...in which case the table header is intact but the text (inside the text_box()) is not reproduced because of how each text_box is positioned. Im wondering if anyone has a better idea for rotation the text so that it is simply in the table head. I couldn't get anything other than this method to produce what I want.
You can view my functioning PDF here...
http://flightrecord.herokuapp.com/vfrlarge.pdf?rating=6
The table data is quit extensive, so Im only gonna include how Im generating the table header:
def flights_table
table **flight_data_rows**, :width => 1200 do
self.header = true
def **flight_data_rows**
y_pos = 518
height = 500
x = 155
size = 7
[[
text_box("Lesson", :at => [5, y_pos], :rotate => 90, :size => size),
text_box("Date", :at => [24, y_pos+6], :size => size),
text_box("CFI", :at => [66, y_pos+6], :size => size),
text_box("N# / Type", :at => [109, y_pos+6], :size => size),
text_box("Total Time", :at => [x, y_pos], :rotate => 90, :size => size, :width => 300),
]] +
@data.map do |data|
[
data.the_data,
data.the_data,
data.the_data,
data.the_data,
data.the_data
]
