textflow/avoid_linebreaking
Create a Textflow and define various options for line breaking.
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/*
* Avoid line breaking:
* Create a Textflow and define various options for line breaking
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: none
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.textflow;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class avoid_linebreaking
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "avoid_linebreaking.pdf";
String title = "Avoid Line Breaking";
pdflib p = null;
int exitcode = 0;
int tf = -1, tf_avoid = -1;
String result, optlist, text, text_avoid;
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");
/* Set an output path according to the name of the topic */
if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
p.set_info("Title", title);
/* Create an A4 Landscape page */
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.height height=a4.width");
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------
* Output text which does not contain any options to avoid line breaking
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
text = "For more information about the Giant Wing Paper Plane see " +
"our Web site <underline=true>www.kraxi-systems.com" +
"<underline=false>.<nextline>Alternatively, contact us by email " +
"via <underline=true>questions@kraxi-systems.com" +
"<underline=false>. You'll get all information about how to fly " +
"the Giant Wing in a thunderstorm as soon as possible.";
p.fit_textline("Text without any options to avoid line breaking",
50, 430, "fontname=NotoSerif-Bold fontsize=12");
/* Create the Textflow from the text */
optlist = "fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=20 leading=140%";
tf = p.create_textflow(text, optlist);
if (tf == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
result = p.fit_textflow(tf, 50, 100, 300, 400,
"fitmethod=auto showborder");
if (!result.equals("_stop"))
{
/* Check for errors */
}
p.delete_textflow(tf);
/* --------------------------------------------------------------
* Output the same text but with additional options to avoid line
* breaking
* --------------------------------------------------------------
*/
/* Text containing options to avoid any line breaking in the Web
* address with "<avoidbreak>...<noavoidbreak>" and to avoid any line
* breaking after the "-" and "." characters in the email address with
* "charclass={letter {- .}}>...<charclass=default>".
*/
text_avoid = "For more information about the Giant Wing Paper Plane " +
"see our Web site <underline=true avoidbreak>" +
"www.kraxi-systems.com<underline=false noavoidbreak>.<nextline>" +
"Alternatively, contact us by email via <underline=true " +
"charclass={letter {- .}}>questions@kraxi-systems.com" +
"<charclass={default {- .}} underline=false>. You'll get all " +
"information about how to fly the Giant Wing in a thunderstorm " +
"as soon as possible.";
p.fit_textline("Text with \"charclass\" and \"avoidbreak\" options",
450, 430, "fontname=NotoSerif-Bold fontsize=12");
/* Create the Textflow from the text */
tf_avoid = p.create_textflow(text_avoid, optlist);
if (tf_avoid == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
result = p.fit_textflow(tf_avoid, 450, 100, 700, 400,
"fitmethod=auto showborder");
if (!result.equals("_stop"))
{
/* Check for errors */
}
p.delete_textflow(tf_avoid);
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);
}
}
}