public Chap1003()
{
Console.WriteLine("Chapter 10 example 3: Templates");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Document document = new Document();
try
{
// step 2:
// we create a writer that listens to the document
// and directs a PDF-stream to a file
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream("Chap1003.pdf", FileMode.Create));
// step 3: we open the document
document.Open();
// step 4: we grab the ContentByte and do some stuff with it
PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;
// we create a PdfTemplate
PdfTemplate template = cb.CreateTemplate(500, 200);
// we add some graphics
template.MoveTo(0, 200);
template.LineTo(500, 0);
template.Stroke();
template.SetRGBColorStrokeF(255f, 0f, 0f);
template.Circle(250f, 100f, 80f);
template.Stroke();
// we add some text
template.BeginText();
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
template.SetFontAndSize(bf, 12);
template.SetTextMatrix(100, 100);
template.ShowText("Text at the position 100,100 (relative to the template!)");
template.EndText();
// we add the template on different positions
cb.AddTemplate(template, 0, 0);
cb.AddTemplate(template, 0, 1, -1, 0, 500, 200);
cb.AddTemplate(template, .5f, 0, 0, .5f, 100, 400);
// we go to a new page
document.NewPage();
cb.AddTemplate(template, 0, 400);
cb.AddTemplate(template, 2, 0, 0, 2, -200, 400);
}
catch (DocumentException de)
{
Console.Error.WriteLine(de.Message);
}
catch (IOException ioe)
{
Console.Error.WriteLine(ioe.Message);
}
// step 5: we close the document
document.Close();
}