textflow/continue_textflow_in_annotation
Continue Textflow in annotation: store overflow text in a Text annotation, also called 'sticky note'.
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<?php
/*
* 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 popu$p->
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: font file
*/
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
$searchpath = dirname(__FILE__,3)."/input";
$outfile = "";
$title = "Continue Textflow in annotation";
$exitcode = 0;
$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).
*/
$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 {
$llx=50; $lly=650; $urx=250; $ury=800;
$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, "") == 0)
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 == 0)
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 == "_boxfull" || $result == "_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("");
$buf = $p->get_buffer();
$len = strlen($buf);
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Length: $len");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=continue_textflow_in_annotation.pdf");
print $buf;
} catch (PDFlibException $e) {
echo ("PDFlib exception occurred:\n".
"[" . $e->get_errnum() . "] " . $e->get_apiname() .
": " . $e->get_errmsg() . "\n");
exit(1);
} catch (Throwable $e) {
echo ("PHP exception occurred: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n");
exit(1);
}
$p = 0;
?>