general/repeated_contents
Create contents which are used identically on multiple pages, such as fixed headers or footers.
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/*
* Repeated contents:
* Create contents which are used identically on multiple pages, such as fixed
* headers or footers.
*
* Create a PDFlib template (which will result in a PDF Form XObject) for
* a business letter header which holds an image and some text. Then place
* the template. When placing the template on multiple pages (or multiply on
* the same page), the actual PDF operators for constructing the template are
* only included once in the PDF file, thereby saving PDF output file size.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: image file
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.general;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class repeated_contents
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "repeated_contents.pdf";
String title = "Repeated Contents";
pdflib p = null;
String imagefile = "kraxi_header.tif";
int i, j, templ, image;
int x = 30, y;
int pagewidth=595, pageheight=842;
int exitcode = 0;
String[][] addresses =
{
{ "Mr Bee", "3, Rose Gardens", "London" },
{ "Miss Hopper", "26, Shakespeare Road", "Hopperfield" },
{ "Mr Duck", "128, Chapel Hill", "Bournemouth" },
{ "Miss Haley", "50, Virginia Street", "Southport" }
};
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);
/* Load the image to be contained in the template */
image = p.load_image("auto", imagefile, "");
if (image == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Define a template with a business letter header containing the
* image loaded and some text for the sender's address
*/
templ = p.begin_template_ext(pagewidth, pageheight, "");
/* Place the image into the template */
p.fit_image(image, pagewidth-230, pageheight-140,
"boxsize={200 100} fitmethod=meet");
/* Place the text into the template */
p.fit_textline("Kraxi Systems, Inc., 17, Aviation Road, Paperfield",
30, pageheight-160, "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=8");
/* Finish the template */
p.end_template_ext(0, 0);
/* Close the image */
p.close_image(image);
/* Create four letters consisting of one page each: On each page, place
* the template with the sender's address information, the individual
* customer's address as well as some informative text
*/
for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
p.begin_page_ext(pagewidth, pageheight, "");
y = pageheight - 165;
/* Place the template on the page, just like using an image */
p.fit_image(templ, 0.0, 0.0, "");
/* Place the customer address */
for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
p.fit_textline(addresses[i][j], x, y-=15,
"fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=12");
}
/* Place the actual page contents on the page */
p.fit_textline("Dear customer, this is the actual page contents " +
"of page " + (i+1) + ".", x, y-=80,
"fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=12");
p.fit_textline("The image and the sender's address above are " +
"part of a template.", x, y -=20,
"fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=12");
p.end_page_ext("");
}
/* If required, place the template on further pages. Then close it. */
p.close_image(templ);
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);
}
}
}