overlapping text when repeating headers/footers in table

[rnenjoy]

When having a big table with lots of rows, or many tables with 10-20 rows, sometimes the feature that repeats the thead/tfoot when there is a page break causes weird results.

Like a tfoot is moved to page one, and is displayed above some other text.

Can this feature be turned off?

[ashkulz]

Nope, that is a part of the patched QT and can't be controlled. If you want, you can compile your own fork where it is disabled. If you want, post examples of what weird results you are getting -- first check if your HTML is correct.

[rnenjoy]

The HTML:
http://pastebin.com/cMimg5g4

The Header:
http://pastebin.com/s0gyV9Xe

The Footer:
http://pastebin.com/5NU3RmFB

Settings:
'header-html' => 'header.html', 'footer-html' => 'footer.html', 'header-spacing' => 5, 'footer-spacing' => 0

On page 5 of the PDF, we get overlappsed text.

[ashkulz]

Can you post screenshots? I don't know which platform you are testing this on..

[rnenjoy]

This is on Windows x64 (Windows 2008 R2)

Here is the PDF:
http://www.hymercenter.se/2014-01-31.pdf

Page 5.

[ashkulz]

Can you check if it works better with the 32-bit version? Also, check if you get better/different results on a Windows XP/7 machine (not server), as there seems to be some issues with Windows Server 2008.

[rnenjoy]

Hello,

I have done some tests.

32/64 bit on Windows Server 2008 produces the exact same problem.

32bit on Windows 7 produces the exact same problem. 64 bit not tested on Win7 as i dont see the issue is there.

[ashkulz]

@rnenjoy: do you mean to say on Windows 7, 64-bit the issue is not there or you have not tested it?

[rnenjoy]

@ashkulz I have tested it now. Same error on Windows 7 x64.

[ashkulz]

@rnenjoy: looks like a corner case with the changes made in patched QT by @trvrnrth, will have to investigate it further (unlikely to happen before next week)