table/starter_table
Create table which may span multiple pages.
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/*
* Table starter:
* Create table which may span multiple pages.
* The table cells are filled with various content types including
* Textflow, Textline, image, SVG, stamp, Web link (annotation) and
* form field.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: image and SVG files, font file
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.table;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class starter_table {
public static void main(String argv[]) {
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "starter_table.pdf";
String title = "Starter Table";
String imagefile = "nesrin.jpg";
String graphicsfile = "PDFlib-logo.svg";
int row, col, font, image, graphics, tf = -1, tbl = -1;
final int rowmax = 50, colmax = 4;
int exitcode = 0;
pdflib p = null;
final double llx = 50, lly = 50, urx = 550, ury = 800;
String headertext = "Table header (row 1)";
String result;
String optlist;
/* Dummy text for filling a cell with multi-line Textflow */
final String tf_text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur "
+ "adi­pi­sicing elit, sed do eius­mod tempor "
+ "incidi­dunt ut labore et dolore magna ali­qua. Ut enim ad "
+ "minim ve­niam, quis nostrud exer­citation ull­amco "
+ "la­bo­ris nisi ut ali­quip ex ea commodo "
+ "con­sequat. Duis aute irure dolor in repre­henderit in "
+ "voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pari­atur. "
+ "Excep­teur sint occae­cat cupi­datat non proident, sunt "
+ "in culpa qui officia dese­runt mollit anim id est laborum. ";
try {
p = new pdflib();
/*
* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc.
* Set the search path for fonts and images etc.
*/
p.set_option("errorpolicy=return SearchPath={{" + searchpath + "}}");
if (p.begin_document("starter_table.pdf", "") == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
p.set_info("Title", title);
/* -------------------- Add table cells -------------------- */
/* ---------- Row 1: table header (spans all columns) */
row = 1;
col = 1;
font = p.load_font("NotoSerif-Regular", "unicode", "");
if (font == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
optlist = "fittextline={position=center font=" + font
+ " fontsize=14} " + "colspan=" + colmax;
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row, headertext, optlist);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* ---------- Row 2: various kinds of content */
row++;
/* ----- Simple text cell */
col = 1;
optlist = "fittextline={font=" + font
+ " fontsize=12 orientate=west}";
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row, "vertical line", optlist);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* ----- Colorized background */
col++;
optlist = "fittextline={font=" + font + " fontsize=12 fillcolor=white} "
+ "matchbox={fillcolor=orange}";
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row, "colorized cell", optlist);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* ----- Multi-line text with Textflow */
col++;
optlist = "charref fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=8 alignment=justify";
tf = p.add_textflow(tf, tf_text, optlist);
if (tf == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
optlist = "margin=2 textflow=" + tf;
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row, "", optlist);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* ----- Rotated image */
col++;
image = p.load_image("auto", imagefile, "");
if (image == -1)
throw new Exception("Couldn't load image: " + p.get_errmsg());
optlist = "image=" + image + " fitimage={orientate=west} " +
"fittextline={fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=12 fillcolor=white}";
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row, "rotated image", optlist);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* ---------- Row 3: various kinds of content */
row++;
/* ----- Diagonal stamp */
col=1;
optlist = "rowheight=50 fittextline={font=" + font + " fontsize=10 stamp=ll2ur}";
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row, "diagonal stamp", optlist);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* ----- SVG graphics */
col++;
/* Load the graphics */
graphics = p.load_graphics("auto", graphicsfile, "");
if (graphics == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
optlist = "margin=5 graphics=" + graphics + " ";
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row, "", optlist);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* ----- Annotation: Web link */
col++;
int action = p.create_action("URI", "url={https://www.pdflib.com}");
optlist = "margin=5 fittextline={fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=14 fillcolor=blue} " +
"annotationtype=Link fitannotation={action={activate " + action + "} linewidth=0}";
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row, "Web link", optlist);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* ----- Form field */
col++;
int fieldfont = p.load_font("NotoSerif-Regular", "winansi", "simplefont nosubsetting");
optlist = "margin=5 fieldtype=textfield fieldname={name} " +
"fitfield={multiline linewidth=0 font=" + fieldfont + " fontsize=12 " +
"alignment=center currentvalue={text field} scrollable=false}";
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row, "", optlist);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* ---------- Fill row 3 and above with their numbers */
for (row++; row <= rowmax; row++) {
for (col = 1; col <= colmax; col++) {
String num;
num = "Col " + col + "/Row " + row;
optlist = "colwidth=25% fittextline={font=" + font
+ " fontsize=10}";
tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row, num, optlist);
if (tbl == -1)
throw new Exception("Error adding cell: "
+ p.get_errmsg());
}
}
/* ---------- Place the table on one or more pages ---------- */
/*
* Loop until all of the table is placed; create new pages as long
* as more table instances need to be placed.
*/
do {
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");
/*
* Shade every other row; draw lines for all table cells. Add
* "showcells showborder" to visualize cell borders
*/
optlist = "header=1 rowheightdefault=auto "
+ "fill={{area=rowodd fillcolor={gray 0.9}}} "
+ "stroke={{line=other}} ";
/* Place the table instance */
result = p.fit_table(tbl, llx, lly, urx, ury, optlist);
if (result.equals("_error"))
throw new Exception("Couldn't place table : "
+ p.get_errmsg());
p.end_page_ext("");
}
while (result.equals("_boxfull"));
/* Check the result; "_stop" means all is ok. */
if (!result.equals("_stop")) {
if (result.equals("_error")) {
throw new Exception("Error when placing table: "
+ p.get_errmsg());
}
else {
/*
* Any other return value is a user exit caused by the
* "return" option; this requires dedicated code to deal
* with.
*/
throw new Exception("User return found in Table");
}
}
/* This will also delete Textflow handles used in the table */
p.delete_table(tbl, "");
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);
}
}
}