textflow/starter_textflow
Create multi-column text output which may span multiple pages.
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/*
* Create multi-column text output which may span multiple pages.
* A Web link is inserted with Textflow options and a matchbox.
*
* 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 starter_textflow
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
pdflib p = null;
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "starter_textflow.pdf";
String title = "Starter Textflow";
int i, tf = -1;
String result;
final double llx1= 50, lly1=50, urx1=250, ury1=800;
final double llx2=300, lly2=50, urx2=500, ury2=800;
int exitcode = 0;
/* Repeat the dummy text to produce more contents */
final int count = 50;
final String optlist1 =
"fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=10.5 " +
"leading=125% fillcolor=black alignment=justify";
final String optlist2 =
"fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=16 " +
"fillcolor=red charref nounderline";
/* Dummy text for filling the columns. 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. Excep­teur sint occae­cat " +
"cupi­datat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia " +
"dese­runt mollit anim id est laborum. ";
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);
/* Create dummy text and feed it to a Textflow object
* object with alternating options.
*/
for (i=1; i<=count; i++)
{
String num = i + " ";
tf = p.add_textflow(tf, num, optlist2);
if (tf == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* In the first section we include a Web link with Textflow options:
* - emit URL text and define a matchbox named "link_matchbox" around it;
* specify suitable Textflow options, e.g. blue text.
* - end matchbox
* The corresponding annotation will be created later with
* p.create_annotation() using the matchbox name.
*/
if (i == 1)
{
tf = p.add_textflow(tf, "www.pdflib.com",
"save fontsize=10.5 fillcolor=blue strokecolor=blue underline " +
"matchbox={name=link_matchbox boxheight={ascender descender}}");
if (tf == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
tf = p.add_textflow(tf, " ", "restore matchbox=end nounderline");
if (tf == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
}
tf = p.add_textflow(tf, text, optlist1);
if (tf == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
}
/* Loop until all of the text is placed; create new pages
* as long as more text needs to be placed. Two columns will
* be created on all pages.
*/
do
{
/* Add "showborder" to visualize the fitbox borders */
String optlist = "verticalalign=justify linespreadlimit=120% ";
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height");
/* Fill the first column */
result = p.fit_textflow(tf, llx1, lly1, urx1, ury1, optlist);
/* Fill the second column if we have more text*/
if (!result.equals("_stop"))
result = p.fit_textflow(tf, llx2, lly2, urx2, ury2,optlist);
/* Create the Web link based on the named matchbox which
* was created in the Textflow.
*/
/* Create a "URI" action for the link annotation */
optlist = "url={https://www.pdflib.com}";
int action = p.create_action("URI", optlist);
/* Coordinates are ignored since we use a matchbox */
p.create_annotation(0, 0, 0, 0, "Link",
"usematchbox={link_matchbox} action={activate " + action + "} linewidth=0");
p.end_page_ext("");
/* "_boxfull" means we must continue because there is more text;
* "_nextpage" is interpreted as "start new column"
*/
} while (result.equals("_boxfull") || result.equals("_nextpage"));
/* Check for errors */
if (!result.equals("_stop"))
{
/* "_boxempty" happens if the box is very small and doesn't
* hold any text at all.
*/
if (result.equals( "_boxempty"))
throw new Exception ("Error: Textflow box too small");
else
{
/* Any other return value is a user exit caused by
* the "return" option; this requires dedicated code to
* deal with.
*/
throw new Exception ("User return '" + result +
"' found in Textflow");
}
}
p.delete_textflow(tf);
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);
}
}
}