Thanks. I suppose my question is, how can I switch back and forth between text and graphics mode on the same page? There would be no nesting, just sequential switching back and forth. Can I do that, or am I restricted to only a single text mode per page?
Thanks. Blake On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:25 PM, John Hewson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 10 Mar 2016, at 13:14, Blake McBride <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Using 2.x here. I understand that I need to exit text mode via > > contentStream.endText() before printing things like lines. Fine. But, > if > > I contentStream.endText(), and print some lines, how can I re-enable text > > mode? I tried contentStream.beginText() but it didn't work. Sure > > appreciate any help! > > These methods just emit PDF’s begin text (BT) and end text (ET) operators. > Basically, you only need to use them when you switch between text and > graphics. You can put as many lines and paragraphs of text as you like > inside > a single BT, ET pair: > > BT > text…. > text.... > text... > ET > > The text operators between BT and ET can draw text, update the text matrix, > make new lines, etc. Note that BT, ET are *never* nested. > > > Blake McBride > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
