Python FPDP multi_cell just returns a blank

Question

I am using the multi_cell() function from FPDF in Python.

However every time I call it I just get a blank space where the cell should be. If however I call cell() it displays the cell.

Code

See two examples below.

1. Blank space with:

pdf.multi_cell(25,cell_height,ticket_no,1,0,"J",1)

2. Cell populated with data with

pdf.cell(25,cell_height,ticket_no,1,0,"L",1)

Anyone got an idea what is going on here?

Answer 1

Assuming PyFPDF, then cell() and multi_cell() take different parameters:

Cell:

• https://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/wiki/Cell
• https://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/source/browse/fpdf/fpdf.py#704

MultiCell:

• https://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/wiki/MultiCell
• https://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/source/browse/fpdf/fpdf.py#797

Multi_cell doesn't take ln, so by keeping that in, you end up shifting some of the parameters right by one, and saying:

align=0, fill="J"

instead of

align="J", fill=1