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Fit a form field into a table cell, e.g. to create a pushbutton in the cell. Use add_table_cell() with the "matchbox" option to define a named matchbox for the table cell to contain the form field. After the call of fit_table() retrieve the coordinates of the table cell using info_matchbox() and the matchbox name. Then supply the received 4 coordinates to create_field() for creating a pushbutton which fits exactly into the cell.

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/* $Id: fit_formfield_into_cell.java,v 1.2 2008/04/22 19:22:19 tm Exp $

 * Fit form field into cell:

 * Fit a form field into a table cell, e.g. to create a pushbutton in the

 * cell.

 *

 * Use add_table_cell() with the "matchbox" option to define a named matchbox

 * for the table cell to contain the form field. After the call of fit_table()

 * retrieve the coordinates of the table cell using info_matchbox() and the

 * matchbox name. Then supply the received 4 coordinates to create_field() for

 * creating a pushbutton which fits exactly into the cell.

 *

 * Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 7

 * Required data: none

 */

package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.table;


import com.pdflib.pdflib;

import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;


public class fit_formfield_into_cell

{

    public static void main (String argv[])

    {

    /* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */

    String searchpath = "../input";

    String outfile = "fit_formfield_into_cell.pdf";

    String title = "Fit Form Field into Cell";


    pdflib p = null;

    int font, tbl=-1, tf = -1, action;

    String optlist, result;


    final int margin = 4;


    /* URL to be referenced by the link */

    String url = "http://www.pdflib.com/download/tet";


    /* Height of a table row which is the sum of a font size of 6 and the upper

     * and lower cell margin of 4 each

     */

    int rowheight = 14;


    /* Width of the three table columns */

    final int c1 = 180, c2 = 120, c3 = 60;


    /* Coordinates of the lower left corner of the table fitbox */

    final double llx = 30, lly = 100, urx = 400, ury = 400;


    try {

        p = new pdflib();


        p.set_parameter("SearchPath", searchpath);


        /* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */

        p.set_parameter("errorpolicy", "return");


        if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1)

            throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());


        p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");

        p.set_info("Title", title + " $Revision: 1.2 $");


        /* Load the font */

        font = p.load_font("Helvetica", "winansi", "");

        if (font == -1)

                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());


        p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a5.width height=a5.height");



        /* -----------------------------------------

         * Add a heading line spanning three columns

         * -----------------------------------------

         */

        optlist = "fittextline={position={center top} font=" + font +

            " fontsize={capheight=6}} rowheight=" + rowheight +

            " margin=" + margin + " colspan=3 " + "colwidth=" + c1;


        tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 1, "Download the latest version",

            optlist);

        if (tbl == -1)

            throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());



        /* ------------------------------------------------------------

         * Adding a Textflow cell in the first column of the second row

         * ------------------------------------------------------------

         */

        String license = "Try before you buy! We offer free downloads of " +

            "all our software packages which can be used " +

            "without a license key for testing and developing.";


        /* The Textflow is centered vertically, with a margin from all borders.

         */

        optlist = "font=" + font + " " + "fontsize={capheight=6} leading=110%";


        tf = p.add_textflow(tf, license, optlist);

        if (tf == -1)

            throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());


        optlist = "textflow=" + tf + " fittextflow={firstlinedist=capheight} " +

            "margin=" + margin + " colwidth=" + c1;


        tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 2, "", optlist);

        if (tbl == -1)

                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());



        /* -----------------------------------------------------------------

         * Adding an empty cell in the second column of the second  row with

         * a named matchbox defined.

         * -----------------------------------------------------------------

         */

        optlist = "colwidth=" + c2 + " margin=" + margin +

            " matchbox={name=download}";


        tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 2, "", optlist);

        if (tbl == -1)

            throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());



        /* -------------------------------------------------------------

         * Adding a text line cell in the third column of the second row

         * -------------------------------------------------------------

         */


        optlist = "fittextline={position={right center} font=" + font +

            " fontsize={capheight=6}} rowheight=" + rowheight +

            " margin=" + margin + " colwidth=" + c3;


        tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 3, 2, "7.5 MB", optlist);

        if (tbl == -1)

            throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());



        /* -------------

         * Fit the table

         * -------------

         *

         * Using "header=1" the table header will include the first line.

         * Using "line=horother linewidth=0.3" the ruling is specified with a

         * line width of 0.3 for all horizontal lines.

         */

        optlist = "header=1 stroke={ {line=horother linewidth=0.3}}";


        result = p.fit_table(tbl, llx, lly, urx, ury, optlist);


        /* Check the result; "_stop" means all is ok */

        if (!result.equals("_stop")) {

                if (result.equals( "_error"))

                        throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

                else {

                        /* Other return values require dedicated code to deal with */

                }

        }


        /* Retrieve the x and y coordinates of the lower left corner of the

         * matchbox named "download" as well as its width and height

         */

        double x = p.info_matchbox("download", 1, "x1");

        double y = p.info_matchbox("download", 1, "y1");

        double w = p.info_matchbox("download", 1, "width");

        double h = p.info_matchbox("download", 1, "height");


        /* Create a "URI" action for opening the URL */

        optlist = "url={" + url + "}";

        action = p.create_action("URI", optlist);


        /* Create a pushbutton with the "URI" action and coordinates similar

         * to the coordinates of the matchbox "download" retrieved above

         */

        optlist = "action={up " + action + "} linewidth=1 " +

            "bordercolor={rgb 0.25 0 0.95} " +

            "backgroundcolor={rgb 0.95 0.95 1} caption={Download now} " +

            "fillcolor={rgb 0.25 0 0.95} font=" + font + " fontsize=14";


        p.create_field(x, y, x+w, y+h, "download", "pushbutton", optlist);


        p.end_page_ext("");


        p.end_document("");


        } catch (PDFlibException e) {

            System.err.print("PDFlib exception occurred:\n");

            System.err.print("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() +

                ": " + e.get_errmsg() + "\n");

        } catch (Exception e) {

            System.err.println(e.getMessage());

        } finally {

            if (p != null) {

                p.delete();

            }

        }

    }

}