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table/table_timesheet

Create a time sheet for the working hours of an employee.

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/*
 * Table time:
 * Create a monthly time sheet for the working hours of an employee
 * 
 * Create a table with one row for each day of the month. Each row has several
 * columns representing various projects. In a cell the working hours for one or
 * more tasks are added, related to the respective day and project.
 * 
 * Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9
 * Required data: none
 */
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.table;

import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;

public class table_timesheet
{
    public static void main (String argv[])
    {
        /* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
        String searchpath = "../input";
        String outfile = "table_timesheet.pdf";
        String title = "Table Time Sheet";
        
        pdflib p = null;

        int row, col, tf=-1, tbl=-1;
        int i, j, regularfont, boldfont;
      
        String tlcell_opts;
        String fittab_opts, tfcell_opts;
        
        String result;
      
        final double pagewidth = 842, pageheight = 595;
        final double fontsize = 12;
        final double capheight = 8.5;
        final int margin = 4;
        final double rwfirst = 16, rwother = 32;
        final String leading = "120%";
      
        final int dbreak = 15;
        
        /* The table coordinates are fixed */
        final int llx = 50, urx = (int) pagewidth - llx;
        final int lly = 30, ury = (int) pageheight - lly;
        
        final double tablewidth = urx - llx;
        double cwsum = 0;
       
        final int yoffset = 10;
        final int yheading = ury + yoffset;
        final int ycontinued = lly - yoffset;
               
        /* The widths of the first two columns */
        final double cwfirst = 50;
        
        final int maxdays = 31;
        int exitcode = 0;
        
        /* Projects */
        final String projects [] =
        {
            "Project 1", "Project 2", "Project 3", "Project 4", "Project 5"
        };
        
        /* For the first five days of the month entries are made in the timesheet
         * for each of the projects defined above 
         */
        final String times [][] =
        {
            /* Project 1, Project 2, Project 3, Project 4, Project 5 */
            { "5h task-001", "2h task-033", "", "", "1h task-024" },
            { "2h task-354, 2h task-099, 2h task-045, 1h task-001, 1h task-270",
              "", "", "", "" },
            { "", "2h task-354", "4h task-033", "2h task-001", "" },
            { "8h task-001", "", "", "", "" },
            { "", "2h task-033", "5h task-045, 2h task-024, 0.5h task-033", "", "" }
        };
      
        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 bold and regular styles of a font */
            boldfont = p.load_font("NotoSerif-Bold", "unicode", "");
            if (boldfont == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
            
            regularfont = p.load_font("NotoSerif-Regular", "unicode", "");
            if (regularfont == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
            
            /* Start the output page */
            p.begin_page_ext(pagewidth, pageheight, "");

            /* Output the heading */
            p.setfont(boldfont, fontsize);
            p.fit_textline("Time Sheet", llx, yheading, "");
                  
          
            /* -----------------------------------------------------------------
             * In the first row, add the text line cells containing the headings
             * -----------------------------------------------------------------
             */
            col = 1; row = 1;
            
            /* Prepare the option list:
             * "colwidth" defines a fixed column width.
             * "rowheight" defines a fixed row height.
             * "margin" adds some empty space between the text and the cell borders.
             */
            tlcell_opts = "fittextline={font=" + boldfont + 
                " fontsize={capheight=" + capheight + "} position={left top}} " +
                " colwidth=" + cwfirst + " rowheight=" + rwfirst + 
                " margin=" + margin;
                              
            /* Add the "Day" heading */
            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col++, row, "Day", tlcell_opts);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
            
            cwsum += cwfirst;
            
            /* Add the "hours" heading */
            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col++, row, "Hours", tlcell_opts);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
            
            cwsum += cwfirst;
            
            /* Add the project headings. Those columns evenly share the remaining 
             * width of the table's fitbox.
             */
            for (i = 0; i < projects.length; i++) {
                tlcell_opts = "fittextline={font=" + boldfont + 
                    " fontsize={capheight=" + capheight + "} position={left top}}" +
                    " rowheight=" + rwfirst + 
                    " colwidth=" + ((tablewidth - cwsum) / projects.length) +
                    " margin=" + margin;
            
                tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col++, row, projects[i], tlcell_opts);
                if (tbl == -1)
                    throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
            }
            
                   
            /* --------------------------------------------------------------
             * In the first column add the text line cells containing the day
             * --------------------------------------------------------------
             */
            col = 1; row = 2;
            
            /* Loop over all days */
            for (i = 1; i <= maxdays; i++)
            {
                /* Prepare the option list for adding the text line cell */
                tlcell_opts = "fittextline={font=" + boldfont + 
                " fontsize={capheight=" + capheight + "} position={left top}} " +
                " colwidth=" + cwfirst + " rowheight=" + rwother + 
                " margin=" + margin;
                
                /* We want to spread the table over two pages. The last row placed 
                 * on the first page should be the one representing a defined day,
                 * e.g. the 15th. To accomplish this use the "return" 
                 * option of add_table_cell() when adding the respective cell. This
                 * signals to fit_table() to return after having placed the
                 * corresponding table row, and we can fit the following table rows
                 * in a subsequent call on the second page.    
                 */
                if (i == dbreak)
                    tlcell_opts += " return break";
            
                /* Add the text line cell */
                tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col, row++, i + ".", tlcell_opts);
                       
                if (tbl == -1)
                    throw new Exception("Error adding cell: " + p.get_errmsg());
            }
            
            
            /* -------------------------------------------------------------------
             * Add the Textflow cell containing the individual times spent for the
             * different projects
             * -------------------------------------------------------------------
             */
            col = 3; row = 2;
            
            /* Prepare the option list for adding a Textflow.
             * "leading" specifies the distance between to text lines.
             */
            final String tf_opts = "font=" + regularfont + 
                " fontsize={capheight=" + capheight + "} leading=" + leading;
            
            for (i = 0; i < times.length; i++) {
                for (j = 0; j < times[i].length; j++) {
                    /* Add the Textflow */
                    tf = p.add_textflow(-1, times[i][j], tf_opts);
                    if (tf == -1)
                        throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
                    
                    /* Prepare the option list for adding the Textflow cell 
                     * The first line of the Textflow should be aligned with the
                     * baseline of the text lines. At the same time, the text lines
                     * should have the same distance from the top cell border as the
                     * Textflow. To avoid any space from the top add the Textflow 
                     * cell using "fittextflow={firstlinedist=capheight}".
                     * "fitmethod=auto" scales the text until it entirely fits into
                     * the cell. (You can use the "minfontsize" option to define a
                     * lower limit when scaling the text, if required.)
                     * Note that if "fitmethod=auto" is not used the row height will
                     * be increased until the text fits completely into the cell.
                     * "verticalalign=top" will place the text at the top of the 
                     * cell.
                     * "rowheight" defines the row height.
                     * "margin" adds some empty space between the text and the cell 
                     * borders.
                     */
                    tfcell_opts = 
                        "textflow=" + tf + 
                        " fittextflow={firstlinedist=capheight verticalalign=top" +
                        " fitmethod=auto}" + 
                        " rowheight=" + rwother + " margin=" + margin;
            
                    /* Add the table cell */
                    tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, col + j, row + i, "", tfcell_opts);
            
                    if (tbl == -1)
                        throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
                }
            }
             
                        
            /* ------------------------------------
             * Place the table on one or more pages
             * ------------------------------------
             */

            /* Prepare the option list for fitting the table.
             * "header=1" will repeat the first row at the beginning of each new 
             * page. The "stroke" option will stroke lines with two different line
             * widths. The table frame as well as each vertical line to the right of
             * a day-of-the-week cell is stroked with a line width of 1, all other
             * lines are stroked with a line width of 0.3.
             */
            fittab_opts = "header=1 stroke={" +
                "{line=frame linewidth=1} {line=other linewidth=0.3} " +
                "{line=vert2 linewidth=1}}";
                                 
            /* Loop until all of the table is placed; create new pages as long as
             * more table instances need to be placed
             */
            do {
                /* Place the table instance */
                result = p.fit_table(tbl, llx, lly, urx, ury, fittab_opts);

                if (result.equals("_error"))
                    throw new Exception ("Couldn't place table: " +
                        p.get_errmsg());
                
                /* A return value of "break" has been explicitly specified in 
                 * add_table_cell() when adding the cell for a certain time interval
                 * after which a new page shall be started. 
                 */
                if (result.equals("_boxfull") || result.equals("break")) {
                    p.setfont(regularfont, fontsize);
                    p.fit_textline("-- Continued --", urx, ycontinued, 
                        "position {right top}");
                    
                    p.end_page_ext("");
                    p.begin_page_ext(pagewidth, pageheight, "");
                }
            } while (result.equals("_boxfull") || result.equals("break"));
            
            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.toString());
            exitcode = 1;
        } finally {
            if (p != null) {
                p.delete();
            }
            System.exit(exitcode);
        }
    }
}