/* $Id: nested_tables.java,v 1.4.4.2 2008/06/23 11:17:05 katja Exp $ * Nested tables: * Place a sub-table in one table cell. * * Create a template which contains a table consisting of three rows and two * columns. Create a table consisting of three rows and three columns. Add a * cell in the second column and the second row of the table so that the cell * contains the template, e.g. the contained table, as a sub-table. * * 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 nested_tables { public static void main (String argv[]) { /* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */ String searchpath = "../input"; String outfile = "nested_tables.pdf"; String title = "Nested Tables"; pdflib p = null; /* Option list for the template, i.e. the sub-table */ final String taboptlist1 = "stroke={{line=other linewidth=0.1 }} " + "fill={{area=table fillcolor={rgb 1 0.9 0.9}}} "; /* Option list for the outer table */ final String taboptlist2 = "stroke={{line=other linewidth=0.1 } " + "{line=frame linewidth=1.0 }} " + "fill={{area=table fillcolor={rgb 0.9 0.9 1}}} "; String addoptlist1, addoptlist2, fitoptlist1, textoptlist; double fontsize = 14.0; double margin = 5.0; double tabwidth1, tabheight1; int font, templ, tbl; final double pagewidth = 595; final double pageheight = 500; int x = 20, y = 470, yoff = 10; 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: 1.4.4.2 $"); /* Load the font */ font = p.load_font("Helvetica", "unicode", ""); if (font == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Create a template which contains a table consisting of three rows and * two columns. It can be pretty large, since it will be clipped later * when placing it * --------------------------------------------------------------------- */ templ = p.begin_template_ext(1000, 1000, ""); /* Add some cells for the template sub-table and fit them into the * template */ addoptlist1 = "fittextline={font=" + font + " fontsize=" + fontsize + "} margin=" + margin; tbl = p.add_table_cell(-1, 1, 1, "tab 1, cell A", addoptlist1); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 1, "tab 1, cell B", addoptlist1); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 2, "tab 1, cell C", addoptlist1); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 2, "tab 1, cell D", addoptlist1); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 3, "tab 1, cell E", addoptlist1); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 3, "tab 1, cell F", addoptlist1); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); p.fit_table(tbl, 0, 0, 1000, 1000, taboptlist1); /* Retrieve the width and height of the template sub-table */ tabwidth1 = p.info_table(tbl, "width"); tabheight1 = p.info_table(tbl, "height"); /* Finish the template */ p.end_template(); /* Start page */ p.begin_page_ext(pagewidth, pageheight, ""); /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ * Place the sub-table. * To illustrate the extent of the sub-table first output it * individually. "rewind=1" is only required here for illustration * purposes. It resets the table to the state before last fit_table() * call which has been used to place the table into the template. * Otherwise we would not be able to place the table a second time. * ------------------------------------------------------------------ */ /* Output some descriptive text */ textoptlist = "font=" + font + " fontsize=" + fontsize; p.fit_textline("Inner table 1 (placed in a template):", x, y, textoptlist); y -= tabheight1 + yoff; fitoptlist1 = taboptlist1 + "rewind=1"; p.fit_table(tbl, x + tabwidth1, y, x + 2 * tabwidth1, y + tabheight1, fitoptlist1); p.delete_table(tbl, ""); /* ----------------------------------------------------------------- * Create the outer table consisting of three rows and three columns * ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* Output some descriptive text */ y -= yoff*4; textoptlist = "font=" + font + " fontsize=" + fontsize; p.fit_textline("Outer table 2:", x, y, textoptlist); /* Add some cells to the outer table. * The column width is set to the table width of the sub-table which * has been retrieved above. The row height is set to the height of * the sub-table which has been retrieved above. */ addoptlist2 = "fittextline={font=" + font + " fontsize=" + fontsize + "} margin=" + margin + " colwidth=" + tabwidth1 + " rowheight=" + tabheight1; tbl = p.add_table_cell(-1, 1, 1, "tab 2, cell 1", addoptlist2); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 1, "tab 2, cell 2", addoptlist2); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 3, 1, "tab 2, cell 3", addoptlist2); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 2, "tab 2, cell 4", addoptlist2); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 3, 2, "tab 2, cell 5", addoptlist2); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 3, "tab 2, cell 6", addoptlist2); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 3, "tab 2, cell 7", addoptlist2); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 3, 3, "tab 2, cell 8", addoptlist2); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); /* Add another cell containing the template sub-table as well as some * gray text. The "image" option supplies the template. * The "fitimage" option uses the "matchbox={clipping ...}" suboption to * clip the template to the actual extent of the template sub-table * whose height and width has been retrieved above. */ addoptlist2 = "image=" + templ + " fitimage={matchbox=" + "{clipping={0.0 " + (1000.0-tabheight1) + " " + tabwidth1 + " 1000.0}}} fittextline={font=" + font + " position={center 70} fontsize=26 fillcolor={gray 0.8}}"; tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 2, "tab 2, cell 9", addoptlist2); if (tbl == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); /* Place the outer table */ y -= yoff; p.fit_table(tbl, x, 20, pagewidth - x, y, taboptlist2); 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.toString()); } finally { if (p != null) { p.delete(); } } } }