form_fields/form_textfield_input_format
Format the data entered in a form field of type "textfield" according to the specified rules
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<?php
/*
* Form text field input format:
* Format the data entered in a form field of type "textfield" according to
* the rules defined.
*
* Create a text field for displaying a price and format the input as
* "x,xxx.xx" with the text " Euro" appended.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: none
*/
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary */
$searchpath = dirname(__FILE__,3)."/input";
$outfile = "";
$title = "Form Text Field Input Format";
$width=160; $height=30; $llx = 10; $lly = 700;
try {
$p = new pdflib();
/* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
$p->set_option("errorpolicy=return");
$p->set_option("searchpath={" . $searchpath . "}");
if ($p->begin_document($outfile, "") == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
$p->set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
$p->set_info("Title", $title);
$font = $p->load_font("NotoSerif-Regular", "winansi",
"simplefont nosubsetting");
if ($font == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
/* Start page */
$p->begin_page_ext(0, 0, " width=a4.width height=a4.height");
/* -----------------------------------------------
* Format a form text field for displaying a price
* -----------------------------------------------
*
* For a correct formatting of the number, define an action which
* formats the number as "x,xxx.xx", e.g. "1,200.50", and appends the
* text " Euro".
*/
$format_action = $p->create_action("JavaScript",
"script={AFNumber_Format(2, 0, 0, 0, \" Euro\", false); }");
/* Create a form field of type "textfield" called "price" with the
* JavaScript action supplied in the "action" option
*/
$optlist = "backgroundcolor={lightblue} bordercolor={gray 0} " .
"maxchar=10 scrollable=false tooltip={Enter the price} " .
"font=" . $font . " fontsize=24 " .
" action={format=" . $format_action . "}";
$width=250;
$p->create_field($llx, $lly, $llx + $width, $lly + $height, "price",
"textfield", $optlist);
$lly-=40;
$p->setfont($font, 12);
$p->fit_textline("Enter a price, e.g. 150.95. A maximum of 10 digits " .
"is allowed to be entered.", $llx, $lly,
"fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=12");
$p->fit_textline("After pressing \"Tab\" or \"Enter\", the price is " .
"formatted as \"x,xxx.xx\" with the text \" Euro\" appended.",
$llx, $lly-=20,
"fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=12");
$p->end_page_ext("");
$p->end_document("");
$buf = $p->get_buffer();
$len = strlen($buf);
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Length: $len");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=form_textfield_input_format.pdf");
print $buf;
} catch (PDFlibException $e) {
echo("PDFlib exception occurred:\n".
"[" . $e->get_errnum() . "] " . $e->get_apiname() .
": " . $e->get_errmsg() . "\n");
exit(1);
} catch (Throwable $e) {
echo("PHP exception occurred: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n");
exit(1);
}
$p = 0;
?>