/* $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(); } } } }