interactive/custom_stamp_annotation
Create a custom stamp annotation which uses a template as 'normal' icon; the template contains the stamp text
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/*
* Custon stamp annotation
*
* Create a custom stamp annotation which uses a template as "normal" icon;
* the template contains a stamp created from SVG graphics.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9
* Required data: font, SVG graphics
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.interactive;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class custom_stamp_annotation
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "custom_stamp_annotation.pdf";
String title = "Custom Stamp Annotation";
String graphicsfile = "PDFlib-logo.svg";
pdflib p = null;
int exitcode = 0;
int tpl;
double width=200, height=60;
double llx=30, lly=500;
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, "") == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
p.set_info("Title", title);
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");
// Create template for use as annotation icon
tpl = p.begin_template_ext(width, height, "");
/* Load SVG graphics */
int graphics = p.load_graphics("auto", graphicsfile, "");
if (graphics == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Place SVG in the lower left corner of the template */
p.fit_graphics(graphics, 0, 0,
"boxsize={ " + width + " " + height + "} position={center} fitmethod=meet");
p.close_graphics(graphics);
p.end_template_ext(0, 0);
// Create the annotation with template for "normal" appearance
p.create_annotation(llx, lly, llx+width, lly+height,
"Stamp", "template={normal=" + tpl + "}");
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);
}
}
}