textflow/continue_textflow_in_annotation
Continue Textflow in annotation: store overflow text in a Text annotation, also called 'sticky note'.
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/*
* Continue Textflow in annotation: store overflow text in a Text annotation,
* also called "sticky note".
*
* The Textflow box is filled with text, but a small space is reserved for
* the annotation icon. If you hover of the annotation the overflow text
* is displayed in a popup.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: font file
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.textflow;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class continue_textflow_in_annotation
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
pdflib p = null;
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "continue_textflow_in_annotation.pdf";
String title = "Continue Textflow in annotation";
int exitcode = 0;
final String optlist =
"fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=12 " +
"leading=125% alignment=justify charref";
/* Dummy text for filling the box. Soft hyphens are marked with the
* character reference "­" (character references are enabled by the
* charref option).
*/
final String 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. <fillcolor=red>Excep­teur<fillcolor=black> sint occae­cat " +
"cupi­datat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia " +
"dese­runt mollit anim id est laborum. ";
try {
final double llx=50, lly=650, urx=250, ury=800;
String result;
int tf=-1;
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);
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");
// Create Textflow from the available text
tf = p.create_textflow(text, optlist);
if (tf == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
// We deliberately place only a single Textflow instance. Reserve
// some space at the end with "createlastindent" where the annotation
// icon is placed. Create a named matchbox for easy reference.
result = p.fit_textflow(tf, llx, lly, urx, ury,
"verticalalign=justify linespreadlimit=120% showborder " +
"createlastindent={rightindent=20 matchbox={name=cont boxheight={ascender descender}}}");
// If the box couldn't hold all the text we place the overflow text
// in a Text annotation. Supply the matchbox name instead of
// explicit coordinates.
if (result.equals("_boxfull") || result.equals("_nextpage"))
p.create_annotation(0, 0, 0, 0, "Text",
"usematchbox=cont createrichtext={textflow=" + tf + "} " +
"title={Continuation...} annotcolor=red");
p.delete_textflow(tf);
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);
}
}
}