DynaPDF.WriteText

Writes text on current page.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
PosX	X-Coordinate of the text	$x
PosY	Y-Coordinate of the text	$y
Text	The text to write.	"Hello World"

Result

Returns OK or error message.

Description

See also WriteText function in DynaPDF manual.

Examples

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)) // "✔︎"

See also

• DynaPDF.FindText
• DynaPDF.GetTextWidth
• DynaPDF.OpenTag
• DynaPDF.Rectangle
• DynaPDF.SetFillColor
• DynaPDF.SetFont
• DynaPDF.WebLink
• DynaPDF.WriteDemoText
• DynaPDF.WriteFText
• DynaPDF.WriteFTextEx

Example Databases

• DynaPDF/Add Page Links
• DynaPDF/Bookmarks
• DynaPDF/Create Text as PDFA

Blog Entries

• Add page links for FileMaker
• Things you can do with DynaPDF

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 22nd May 2021

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