o.k. so I figured it out, guess I have to just memorize the api :-)
basically I had to create ColumnText in the PdfTemplate
Here is a code snipet:
Document pdf = new Document();
try {
// define the size of our text box
float tbWidth = 216f; // 3 inches
float tbHeight = 144f; // 2 inches
// some text to fill the box
String line = "This is a long line of text to see
if it wraps. "
+ "This is a long line
of text to see if it wraps. "
+ "This is a long line
of text to see if it wraps. "
+ "This is a long line
of text to see if it wraps. "
+ "This is a long line
of text to see if it wraps. "
+ "This is a long line
of text to see if it wraps. "
+ "This is a long line
of text to see if it wraps. "
+ "This is a long line
of text to see if it wraps. "
+ "This is a long line
of text to see if it wraps. "
+ "This is a long line
of text to see if it wraps.";
PdfWriter w = PdfWriter.getInstance(pdf, new
FileOutputStream("test.pdf"));
pdf.open();
PdfContentByte cb = w.getDirectContent();
PdfTemplate template = cb.createTemplate(tbWidth, tbHeight);
// put our text into a phrase
Font font = new Font(Font.COURIER, 12f, Font.NORMAL);
Phrase p = new Phrase(line, font);
// define our column text using the template as the Content
Byte
ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(template);
ct.setSimpleColumn(p, 0, 0, tbWidth, tbHeight,
font.leading(1), p.ALIGN_LEFT);
ct.go();
// place our text box in the very center of the page
float x = (pdf.getPageSize().width()-tbWidth)/2;
float y = (pdf.getPageSize().height()-tbHeight)/2;
cb.addTemplate(template, x, y);
// and in the lower left corner of the page just for fun
cb.addTemplate(template, 0, 0);
}
catch(DocumentException de)
{
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}
pdf.close();
So, Is this the best way to do this? Has any one discovered another way
to place wrapped text on the page?
-jason
On Friday, May 31, 2002, at 04:40 PM, Jason Essington wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to figure out how to create a "text area" (say a box that
> is 3"x2" in which text wraps) that I can place in an absolute position
> on a page.
>
> I have discovered templates, but text added to a template just gets
> clipped when it hits the edge of the template rather than wrapping.
>
> anyone have any Idea to do this?
>
> thanks
>
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