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Demonstrate vertical alignment of text lines and Textflows in a table cell.

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/*
 * Vertical text alignment:
 * Demonstrate the vertical alignment of text lines and Textflows in a table
 * cell.
 * 
 * Create a simple table with some text lines and a Textflow which are
 * vertically centered in the table cell.
 * Then, create the same table but with all cell contents having the same
 * vertical distance from the cell borders regardless of whether they are
 * Textflows or text lines.
 *
 * Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
 * Required data: none
 */
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.table;

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

public class vertical_text_alignment
{
    public static void main (String argv[])
    {
        /* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
        String searchpath = "../input";
        String outfile = "vertical_text_alignment.pdf";
        String title = "Vertical Text Alignment";

        pdflib p = null;
        int tf=-1, tbl=-1;
        String result, optlist;
        int exitcode = 0;
        
        /* Define the column widths of the first and the second column */
        int c1 = 80, c2 = 120;
        
        /* Define the lower left and upper right corners of the table instance.
         * The table width of 200 matches the sum of the widths of the two table
         * columns 80 + 120.
         */
        double llx=100, lly=500, urx=300, ury=600;
        
        /* Text for filling a table cell with multi-line Textflow */
        String tf_text = "It is amazingly robust and can even do aerobatics. " +
                         "But it is best suited to gliding.";

        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);
           
            /* Start the page */
            p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");
            
            
            /* ---------------------------------------------------------
             * Create a simple table with some text lines and a Textflow
             * ---------------------------------------------------------
             */
            
            /* Define the option list for three text line cells placed in the first
             * column. Define a fixed column width of 80 points. The position of the
             * text line with a font size of 8 is in the center on the left with a
             * margin of 4 points.
             */
            optlist = "fittextline={position={left center} fontname=NotoSerif-Regular " +
                " fontsize=8} colwidth=" + c1 + " margin=4";

            /* Add a text line cell in column 1 row 1 */
            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 1, "Our Paper Planes", optlist);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            /* Add a text line cell in column 1 row 2 */
            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 2, "Material", optlist);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            /* Add a text line cell in column 1 row 3 */
            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 3, "Benefit", optlist);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            /* Define the option list for a text line placed in the second column.
             * It is similar to the options defined above except of the column width
             * being increased to 120.
             */
            optlist = "fittextline={position={left center} " +
                "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=8} colwidth=" + c2 + " margin=4";
            
            /* Add a text line cell in column 2 row 2 */
            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 2, "Offset print paper 220g/sqm",
                optlist);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            /* Add a Textflow to be placed in a table cell later */
            optlist = "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=8 leading=110%"; 
            tf = p.add_textflow(-1, tf_text, optlist);
            if (tf == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            /* Define the option list for the Textflow cell using the handle
             * retrieved above. The column width for the cell is 120 with a margin 
             * of 4 points.
             */
            optlist = "textflow=" + tf + " margin=4 colwidth=" + c2;

            /* Add the Textflow table cell in column 2 row 3 */
            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 3, "", optlist);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            /* Define the option list for fitting the table.
             * 
             * The "stroke" option specifies the table ruling. The 
             * "line=frame linewidth=0.8" suboptions define an outside ruling with a
             * line width of 0.8 and the "line=other linewidth=0.3" suboptions 
             * define a cell ruling with a line width of 0.3.
             */
            optlist = "stroke={{line=frame linewidth=0.8} " +
                "{line=other linewidth=0.3}}";

            /* Place the table instance */
            result = p.fit_table(tbl, llx, lly, urx, ury, optlist);

            /* Check the result; "_stop" means all is ok */
            if (!result.equals("_stop")) {
                if (result.equals( "_error"))
                    throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
                else {
                        /* Other return values require dedicated code to deal with */
                }
            }

            /* Delete the table handle. This will also delete any Textflow handles
             * used in the table
             */
            p.delete_table(tbl, "");
            
            
            /* -------------------------------------------------------------------
             * Create the same table but in this case we want all cell contents to
             * have the same vertical distance from the cell borders regardless of
             * whether they are Textflows or text lines.
             * -------------------------------------------------------------------
             */
            
            tbl = -1;
            tf = -1;
            
            /* Prepare the option list for the text line cells placed in the first
             * column.
             *  
             * Define a fixed row height of 14 points, and the position of the text
             * line to be on the top left with a margin of 4 points. 
             * The "fontsize=8" option which has been supplied above doesn't exactly
             * represent the letter height but adds some space below and above.
             * However, the height of an uppercase letter is exactly represented by
             * the capheight value of the font. For this reason use 
             * "fontsize={capheight=6}" which will approximately result in a font
             * size of 8 points and (along with "margin=4"), will sum up to an
             * overall height of 14 points corresponding to the "rowheight" option. 
            */
            optlist = 
                "fittextline={position={left top} fontname=NotoSerif-Regular " +
                " fontsize={capheight=6}} rowheight=14 colwidth=" + c1 + " margin=4";
            
            /* Add the text line cells */
            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 1, "Our Paper Planes", optlist);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 2, "Material", optlist);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 1, 3, "Benefit", optlist);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
            
            /* Define the option list for the text line placed in the second 
             * column. It is similar to the options defined above except of the 
             * column width increased to 120.
             */
            optlist = 
                "fittextline={position={left top} fontname=NotoSerif-Regular " +
                 "fontsize={capheight=6}} rowheight=14 " +
                " colwidth=" + c2 + " margin=4";

            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 2, "Offset print paper 220g/sqm",
                optlist);
            if (tbl == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            /* Prepare the option list for adding the Textflow.
             * Use "fontsize={capheight=6}" which will approximately result in a
             * font size of 8 points and (along with "margin=4"), will sum up to an
             * overall height of 14 points as for the text lines above.
             */
            optlist = "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize={capheight=6} leading=110%"; 
            
            /* Add the Textflow to be placed in a table cell later */
            tf = p.add_textflow(-1, tf_text, optlist);
            if (tf == -1)
                throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
            
            /* Prepare the option list for the Textflow cell 
             * 
             * The first line of the Textflow should be aligned with the baseline of
             * the "Benefit" text line. At the same time, the "Benefit" text should
             * have the same distance from the top cell border as the "Material"
             * text. To avoid any space from the top add the Textflow cell using
             * "fittextflow={firstlinedist=capheight}". Then add a margin of 4
             * points, the same as for the text lines.
             */
            optlist = "textflow=" + tf + " fittextflow={firstlinedist=capheight} " +
                "colwidth=" + c2 + " margin=4";
            
            tbl = p.add_table_cell(tbl, 2, 3, "", optlist);
            if (tbl == -1)
                    throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());

            /* Define the option list for fitting the table. The "stroke" option
             * specifies the table ruling. The "line=frame linewidth=0.8" suboptions
             * define an outside ruling with a line width of 0.8 and the 
             * "line=other linewidth=0.3" suboptions define a cell ruling with a
             * line width of 0.3.
             */
            optlist = "stroke={{line=frame linewidth=0.8} " +
                "{line=other linewidth=0.3}}";
            
            /* Place the table instance */
            result = p.fit_table(tbl, llx, lly-150, urx, ury-150, optlist);

            if (result.equals("_error"))
                    throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
            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);
        }
    }
}