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package com.lowagie.examples.general;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.Rectangle;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/**
* Demonstrates the use of PageSize.
* @author blowagie
*/
public class CustomPageSize {
/**
* Creates a PDF document with a certain pagesize
* @param args no arguments needed here
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Custom PageSize and backgroundcolor");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Rectangle pageSize = new Rectangle(216, 720);
pageSize.setBackgroundColor(new java.awt.Color(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xDE));
Document document = new Document(pageSize);
try {
// step 2:
// we create a writer that listens to the document
// and directs a PDF-stream to a file
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("CustomPageSize.pdf"));
// step 3: we open the document
document.open();
// step 4: we add some paragraphs to the document
document.add(new Paragraph("The size of this page is 216x720 points."));
document.add(new Paragraph("216pt / 72 points per inch = 3 inch"));
document.add(new Paragraph("720pt / 72 points per inch = 10 inch"));
document.add(new Paragraph("The size of this page is 3x10 inch."));
document.add(new Paragraph("3 inch x 2.54 = 7.62 cm"));
document.add(new Paragraph("10 inch x 2.54 = 25.4 cm"));
document.add(new Paragraph("The size of this page is 7.62x25.4 cm."));
document.add(new Paragraph("The backgroundcolor of the Rectangle used for this PageSize, is #FFFFDE."));
document.add(new Paragraph("That's why the background of this document is yellowish..."));
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
}
catch(IOException ioe) {
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document
document.close();
}
}