Purpose: To print columnar style report with text descriptions lie in top area of a report.
Software: PHP + FPDF
Output:
In FPDF we use Cell method/function to print columnar data, while MultiCell is used for variable-length data to fit in a specified area.
MultiCell allows printing text with line breaks. Word or text wrapping can be automatic (as soon as the text reaches the right border of the cell) or explicit (via the \n character). As many cells as necessary are output, one below the other. Text can be aligned, centered or justified. The cell block can be framed and the background painted.
The example above shows a header - as what this article want to address - as a part of a Purchase Requisition form, while the same also apply for Billing or Application form, etc.
Here is a part of my class:
class PDF extends FPDF {
//my var declaration
//my public declaration
function BuatJudulObyekKerja($nomor) {
$nrowHeight=4;
$npageWidth=179;
$nwidthCol1=40;
$nwidthCol2=30;
$nwidthCol3=25;
$nColonWidth=2;
$this->SetFont('Helvetica','B',10);
$this->Cell(0, 0,'Nomor: '.$nomor,'',1,'C',0);
$this->Ln(3);
$this->SetFont('Helvetica','',8.5);
$this->Cell($npageWidth, $nrowHeight, '', 'LTR',0,'R',0);
$this->Cell($npageWidth, 2, '', '',1,'R',0);
$this->Cell($nwidthCol1, 1,'Description', 'L' ,0,'L');
$this->Cell(nColonWidth, 1,':', '' ,0,'L');
$this->SetXY(58,33);
$y=$this->GetY();
$this->MultiCell(137,$nrowHeight,$this->pan_namaobyek,'R','J');
$y1=$this->GetY();
$nrowPrinted=($y1-$y) /$nrowHeight;
$this->SetY($y);
for ($i=0; $i < $nrowPrinted; $i++) {
$this->Cell($nwidthCol1+11, $nrowHeight,'', 'L' ,1,'L');
}
$this->Cell($nwidthCol1, $nrowHeight,'Form','LT' ,0,'L');
$this->Cell($nColonWidth, $nrowHeight,':','T' ,0,'L');
$this->Cell($nwidthCol1,$nrowHeight, $this->kategori , 'T' ,0,'L');
$this->Cell($nwidthCol2, $nrowHeight,'','T',0,'L');
$this->Cell($nwidthCol3, $nrowHeight,'Doc.ID#', 'LT' ,0,'L');
$this->Cell($nColonWidth, $nrowHeight,':','T' ,0,'L');
$this->SetFont('Helvetica','B',8.5);
$this->Cell($nwidthCol1, $nrowHeight, $this->pan_pk , 'TR',1,'L');
$this->SetFont('Helvetica','',8.5);
$this->Cell($nwidthCol1, $nrowHeight,'Raised by','LT' ,0,'L');
$this->Cell($nColonWidth, $nrowHeight,':','T' ,0,'L');
$this->Cell($nwidthCol1,$nrowHeight, $this->usaha , 'T' ,0,'L');
$this->Cell($nwidthCol2, $nrowHeight,'','T',0,'L');
$this->Cell($nwidthCol3, $nrowHeight,'Reff.No', 'LT' ,0,'L');
$this->Cell($nColonWidth, $nrowHeight,':','T' ,0,'L');
$this->Cell($nwidthCol1, $nrowHeight, $this->pan_nosurat , 'TR',1,'L');
....
}
. Alasannya, hanya dengan data visual sepanjang race 2009, saya boleh melihat kepiawaiaannya, keberanian, kegigihan, teknik tikungan, kemampuan motor dan fisiknya selama musim 2009. Ia adalah kandidat juara musim 2010.
anyway, 
