/*
* $Id: ComplexText.java 3373 2008-05-12 16:21:24Z xlv $
*
* This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'.
* You can find the complete tutorial at the following address:
* http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/
*
* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*
* itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net
*/
package com.lowagie.examples.fonts.styles;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/**
* Adding text at an absolute position.
*/
public class ComplexText {
/**
* Adding text at absolute positions.
* @param args no arguments needed
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Text at absolute positions");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Document document = new Document();
try {
// step 2: creation of the writer
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("complextext.pdf"));
// step 3: we open the document
document.open();
// step 4: we grab the ContentByte and do some stuff with it
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
// first we draw some lines to be able to visualize the text alignment functions
cb.setLineWidth(0f);
cb.moveTo(250, 500);
cb.lineTo(250, 800);
cb.moveTo(50, 700);
cb.lineTo(400, 700);
cb.moveTo(50, 650);
cb.lineTo(400, 650);
cb.moveTo(50, 600);
cb.lineTo(400, 600);
cb.stroke();
// we construct a font
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont("c:\\windows\\fonts\\arialuni.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, true);
Font ft = new Font(bf, 12);
// This is the text:
String text = "\u0623\u0648\u0631\u0648\u0628\u0627, \u0628\u0631\u0645\u062c\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0633\u0648\u0628 + \u0627\u0646\u062a\u0631\u0646\u064a\u062a :";
Phrase center = new Phrase(text + " Center", ft);
ColumnText.showTextAligned(cb, PdfContentByte.ALIGN_CENTER, center, 250, 700, 0, PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL, 0);
ColumnText.showTextAligned(cb, PdfContentByte.ALIGN_RIGHT, new Phrase(text + " Right", ft), 250, 650, 20, PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL, 0);
ColumnText.showTextAligned(cb, PdfContentByte.ALIGN_LEFT, new Phrase("Some text Left aligned", ft), 250, 600, 20);
float size = ColumnText.getWidth(center, PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL, 0);
cb.setRGBColorStroke(255, 0, 0);
cb.rectangle(250 - size/2, 690, size, 30);
cb.stroke();
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
}
catch(IOException ioe) {
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document
document.close();
}
}