/* * $Id$ * * 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.directcontent; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfTemplate; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; /** * Demonstrates the use of PdfTemplate. */ public class Templates { /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Templates"); // step 1: creation of a document-object Document document = new Document(); try { // step 2: // we create a writer that listens to the document // and directs a PDF-stream to a file PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("templates.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(); // we create a PdfTemplate PdfTemplate template = cb.createTemplate(500, 200); // we add some graphics template.moveTo(0, 200); template.lineTo(500, 0); template.stroke(); template.setRGBColorStrokeF(255f, 0f, 0f); template.circle(250f, 100f, 80f); template.stroke(); // we add some text template.beginText(); BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED); template.setFontAndSize(bf, 12); template.setTextMatrix(100, 100); template.showText("Text at the position 100,100 (relative to the template!)"); template.endText(); template.sanityCheck(); // we add the template on different positions cb.addTemplate(template, 0, 0); cb.addTemplate(template, 0, 1, -1, 0, 500, 200); cb.addTemplate(template, .5f, 0, 0, .5f, 100, 400); // we go to a new page document.newPage(); cb.addTemplate(template, 0, 400); cb.addTemplate(template, 2, 0, 0, 2, -200, 400); cb.sanityCheck(); } catch(DocumentException de) { System.err.println(de.getMessage()); } catch(IOException ioe) { System.err.println(ioe.getMessage()); } // step 5: we close the document document.close(); } }