pdfua/parallel_columns_pdfua1
Demonstrate how to tag multiple columns in parallel with activate_item().
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<?php
/*
* parallel_columns_pdfua1
*
* This topic demonstrates how to tag multiple columns in parallel with
* activate_item(). In order to work around Acrobat problems no direct
* content should be created after activate_item(), but only new structure
* elements.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: font
*/
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
$searchpath = dirname(__FILE__,3)."/input";
$outfile = "";
$title = "Tag parallel columns";
$p = null;
$x_left = 50; $x_right = 350; $y1 = 600; $y2 = 580;
try {
$p = new pdflib();
$p->set_option("searchpath={" . $searchpath . "}");
/* all strings are expected as utf8*/
/* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
$p->set_option("errorpolicy=return");
if ($p->begin_document($outfile,
"pdfua=PDF/UA-1 tag={tagname=Document} lang=en") == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
$p->set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
$p->set_info("Title", $title);
$font = $p->load_font("NotoSerif-Regular", "unicode", "");
if ($font == 0)
throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());
$p->create_bookmark($title, "");
/* Automatically create spaces between chunks of text */
$p->set_option("autospace=true");
$p->begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");
$id_div1 = $p->begin_item("Div", "Title={Left column}");
$p->setfont($font, 12);
/* Start with a H1 for the left column */
$p->fit_textline("Start of left column...", $x_left, $y1,
"tag={tagname=H1} fontsize=18");
/*
* Since we keep the first P open we must explicitly designate the
* root element as parent for the right column.
*/
$id_div2 = $p->begin_item("Div", "parent=0 Title={Right column}");
$p->fit_textline("Start of right column...", $x_right, $y1,
"tag={tagname=H1} fontsize=18");
/* Return to the left column and add another structure element */
$p->activate_item($id_div1);
$p->fit_textline("continued", $x_left, $y2, "tag={tagname=P}");
$p->end_item($id_div1);
/* Now return to the right column again and add an element */
$p->activate_item($id_div2);
$p->fit_textline("also continued", $x_right, $y2, "tag={tagname=P}");
$p->end_item($id_div2);
$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=parallel_columns_pdfua1.pdf");
print $buf;
}
catch (PDFlibException $e) {
echo("PDFlib exception occurred in parallel_columns_pdfua1 sample:\n" .
"[" . $e->get_errnum() . "] " . $e->get_apiname() . ": " .
$e->get_errmsg() . "\n");
exit(1);
}
catch (Throwable $e) {
echo($e);
exit(1);
}
$p = 0;
?>