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Writes text on current page.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
DynaPDF | 3.1 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Parameter | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. | ||
PosX | X-Coordinate of the text | $x |
PosY | Y-Coordinate of the text | $y |
Text | The text to write. | "Hello World" |
Returns OK or error message.
See also WriteText function in DynaPDF manual.
Write something:
MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 111; 323; Invoice::Invoice ID)
Draw text over rectangle:
# where?
Set Variable [ $x ; Value: 100 ]
Set Variable [ $y ; Value: 100 ]
# the text
Set Variable [ $text ; Value: "Some blue text" ]
# set the font before measuring
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; "Helvetica"; 0; 12) ]
# measure now
Set Variable [ $width ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.GetTextWidth"; $pdf; $text ) ]
# draw rectangle width some addition 5 point margin
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFillColor"; $pdf; ,8; ,8; ,8) // light gray ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.Rectangle"; $pdf; $x - 5; $y - 5 - 2; $width + 10; 5 + 12 + 5; "fill") ]
# and draw text on top
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFillColor"; $pdf; 0; 0; 1) // 100% blue ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; $x; $text) ]
Write checkmark:
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; "Zapf Dingbats"; 0; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteText"; $pdf; 100; $x; Char(10004)) // "✔︎"
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 22nd May 2021