text_output/underlined_text
Create underlined text. Place an underlined text line with standard and individual underline width and position. Place a Textflow with several words underlined.
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* Underlined Text:
* Create underlined text
*
* Place an underlined text line with standard and individual underline width
* and position. Place a Textflow with several words underlined.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 7
* Required data: none
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.text_output;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class underlined_text
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
pdflib p = null;
String outfile = "underlined_text.pdf";
String title = "Underlined Text";
int tf = -1, font;
final double llx= 50, lly=50, urx=500, ury=800;
String result;
final String optlist =
"fontname=Helvetica fontsize=14 encoding=unicode " +
"fillcolor={gray 0} alignment=justify charref";
/* Dummy text for filling the columns. Soft hyphens are marked with the
* character reference "­" (character references are enabled by the
* charref option).
*/
final String text=
"<underline>Our paper planes<underline=false> are the <underline>" +
"ideal<underline=false> way of passing the time. We offer " +
"<underline=true>re­volu­tionary<underline=false> new " +
"develop­ments of the traditional common paper planes. If your " +
"lesson, conference, or lecture turn out to be deadly boring, you " +
"can have a wonderful time with our planes. All our models are " +
"fol­ded from one paper sheet. They are exclu­sively folded " +
"with­out using any adhesive. Several models are equipped with " +
"a folded landing gear enabling a <underline>safe landing" +
"<underline=false> on the intended loca­tion provided that you " +
"have aimed well. Other models are able to fly loops or cover long " +
"distances. Let them start from a vista point in the mountains " +
"and see where they touch the ground. ";
try {
p = new pdflib();
/* 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 $");
/* For PDFlib Lite: change "unicode" to "winansi" */
font = p.load_font("Helvetica", "unicode", "");
if (font == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");
p.setfont(font, 20);
/* Create a text line with standard underline settings */
p.fit_textline("Our paper planes are the ideal way of passing the time",
llx, ury-50, "underline");
/* Create a text line with individual underline settings */
p.fit_textline("Our paper planes are the ideal way of passing the time",
llx, ury-100, "underline underlinewidth=3 underlineposition=-40%");
/* Create a Textflow with standard underline settings */
tf = p.create_textflow(text, optlist);
if (tf == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
result = p.fit_textflow(tf, llx, lly-200, urx, ury-200, "");
if (!result.equals("_stop")) {
/* Check for further action */
}
p.delete_textflow(tf);
/* Create a Textflow with individual underline settings */
tf = p.create_textflow(text, optlist + " leading=160% " +
"underlinewidth=2 underlineposition=-30%");
if (tf == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
result = p.fit_textflow(tf, llx, lly-400, urx, ury-400, "");
if (!result.equals("_stop")) {
/* Check for further action */
}
p.delete_textflow(tf);
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();
}
}
}
}