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cpdf_set_text_pos

Name

cpdf_set_text_pos — Set the position of text for the next cpdf_show() call

Synopsis

bool cpdf_set_text_pos(pdfdoc, x, y[, mode]); resource pdfdoc: PDF document identifier double x: X coordinate double y: Y coordinate int mode (optional): Unit mode

Returns

TRUE on success or FALSE on error

Description

Sets the current drawing position to the specified coordinates to place text with cpdf_show() . If drawing shapes use cpdf_moveto() .

If mode is specified, coordinates are calculated in PostScript points. There are usually 72 PostScript points to an inch. If not specified or set to 0, then the pages default units are used.

Version

Since versions 3.0.8 and 4.0

Example

Example 161. Display text

// start a PDF document
$cpdf = cpdf_open(0, "test.pdf");

// create a 600x400 page
cpdf_page_init($cpdf, 1, 0, 600, 400, 1);

cpdf_begin_text($cpdf);

// note how cpdf_text() is not used
cpdf_set_font($cpdf, "Helvetica", 15, "WinAnsiEncoding");

// set the drawing position
cpdf_set_text_pos($cpdf, 10, 500);
cpdf_show($cpdf, "Helvetica");

// draw more text in different place
cpdf_set_font($cpdf, "Courier", 25, "WinAnsiEncoding");
cpdf_set_text_pos($cpdf, 10, 450);
cpdf_show($cpdf, "Courier");

cpdf_end_text($cpdf);

// close and write document
cpdf_finalize($cpdf);
cpdf_close($cpdf);

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