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DynaPDF.WriteStyledTextEx
Writes styled text on current page.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| DynaPDF | 6.5 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "DynaPDF.WriteStyledTextEx"; PDF; PosX; PosY; Width; Height; Align; Text { ; LeadingFactor } ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. | |||
| PosX | X-Coordinate of output rectangle | $x | |
| PosY | Y-Coordinate of output rectangle | $y | |
| Width | Width of output rectangle | $w | |
| Height | Height of output rectangle or -1. | $h | |
| Align | The text alignment. Can be left, center, right or justify. | "left" | |
| Text | The text to write. | "Hello World" | |
| LeadingFactor | Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 11.0 or newer. If you pass a value > 0, the plugin will add \LD[] commands to styled text to set leading relative to font size. This way you define the spacing beteween lines. |
1.2 | Optional |
Result
Returns OK or error.
Description
Writes styled text on current page.Converts for you the styled text to the formatted text commands from DynaPDF.
Use DynaPDF.GetFTextHeightEx or DynaPDF.GetFTextHeight to calculate the space needed for the text if you want to create a matching text rectangle for vertical alignment.
See DynaPDF.AllowPageBreak for whether to do page breaks or not.
Please set a font first with DynaPDF.SetFont function before you write on the page. As this function uses font settings from FileMaker field, it may ignore whatever font or style you loaded before.
Internally calls DynaPDF.ConvertStyledText and DynaPDF.WriteFTextEx.
MBS Plugin in version 11.5 with DynaPDF 4.0.62.160 adds support for double underlined text.
See also WriteStyledTextEx function in DynaPDF manual.
Examples
Write styled text with rectangle:
# page size
Set Variable [ $pw ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.GetPageWidth"; $pdf) ]
Set Variable [ $ph ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.GetPageHeight"; $pdf) ]
# set black color
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFillColor"; $pdf; 0; 0; 0) ]
# write styled text
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteStyledTextEx"; $pdf; 100; $ph-100; $pw-200; $ph-200; "left"; Create Text::Text) ]
See also
- DynaPDF.AllowPageBreak
- DynaPDF.GetFTextHeight
- DynaPDF.GetFTextHeightEx
- DynaPDF.GetPageWidth
- DynaPDF.New
- DynaPDF.SetFillColor
- DynaPDF.SetFont
- DynaPDF.WriteFTextExRotated
- DynaPDF.WriteStyledText
- DynaPDF.WriteStyledTextExRotated
Release notes
- Version 13.2
- Added new highlight style for DynaPDF.ConvertStyledText, DynaPDF.WriteStyledText and DynaPDF.WriteStyledTextEx.
- Version 11.0
- Added leading factor parameter for DynaPDF.ConvertStyledText, DynaPDF.WriteStyledText and DynaPDF.WriteStyledTextEx.
- Version 7.4
Blog Entries
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 13.2pr4
- Things you can do with DynaPDF
- New in MBS FileMaker Plugin 11.0
- Adding leading factor for converting styled text
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 11.0pr6
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 6.5pr3
FileMaker Magazin
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Created 13th October 2016, last changed 30th October 2021
