general/metric_topdown_coordinates
Output text using metric coordinates in a topdown coordinate system.
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/*
* Metric topdown coordinates:
* Output text using metric coordinates in a topdown coordinate system
*
* Use topdown coordinates starting from the top left instead of from the bottom
* left, scale the coordinate system to use metric coordinates, and place some
* horizontal lines 1 cm from each other.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9
* Required data: none
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.general;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class metric_topdown_coordinates
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "metric_topdown_coordinates.pdf";
String title = "Metric Topdown Coordinates";
pdflib p = null;
int font;
int exitcode = 0;
try {
p = new pdflib();
p.set_option("searchpath={" + searchpath + "}");
/* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
p.set_option("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);
font = p.load_font("NotoSerif-Regular", "unicode", "");
if (font == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Start an A4 page and use topdown coordinates*/
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height topdown");
/* Scale the coordinate system to use metric coordinates.
* By default, PDFlib will expect incoming coordinates in DTP points
* which are defined as: 1 pt = 1/72 inch = 25.4/72 mm = 0.3528 mm.
* In order to supply the coordinates in centimeters instead of points
* we have to calculate the scaling factor as follows:
* (72 points/inch) / (2.54 cm/inch) = 28.3465 points/cm.
*/
p.scale(28.3465, 28.3465);
/* Now, PDFlib will interpret all coordinates (except for interactive
* features, see below) in centimeters. The scaling is only in effect
* for the current page, and must be repeated on each page (if so
* desired).
*/
/* Interpret all coordinates for hypertext elements in the coordinates
* defined above as well
*/
p.set_option("usercoordinates=true");
/* Place some horizontal lines 1 cm from each other.
* With the third line, draw a rectangle.
*/
p.setlinewidth(0.01);
for (int i = 1; i < 29; i++) {
p.moveto(0, i);
p.lineto(1, i);
if (i == 3) {
p.rect(0, i, 1, 1);
}
p.fill_stroke();
}
/* Set the font size in cm */
p.setfont(font, 0.5);
p.fit_textline("Centimeters from the top left instead of points from " +
"the bottom left:", 2, 5, "");
p.fit_textline("The small lines on the left are placed 1 cm from " +
"each other.", 2, 6, "");
p.fit_textline("This text line is displayed at 7 cm from top and 2 " +
"cm from the left.", 2, 7, "");
p.end_page_ext("");
p.end_document("");
} catch (PDFlibException e) {
System.err.println("PDFlib exception occurred:");
System.err.println("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() +
": " + e.get_errmsg());
exitcode = 1;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e);
exitcode = 1;
} finally {
if (p != null) {
p.delete();
}
System.exit(exitcode);
}
}
}