Home › forums › PDF Include

pdf_text_rotate

Wed, 2010-04-21 11:09 — xscottehx

Hi All,

Is it just me or does the pdf_text_rotate procedure not work?

I am trying to get a watermark to go across the page at an angle but when i add the rotate feature nothing changed no matter what the angle set.


‹ How create a shading rectangle No accents on printing ›

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
Thu, 2010-04-22 20:47 — jice

works here

With this code, I get it. Note that it only works with angles multiple of 45°
can you try the following code?
--------------------------------
{ pdf_inc.i "THIS-PROCEDURE"}

RUN pdf_new ("Spdf", rotatetext.pdf").
RUN pdf_new_page("Spdf").

/* Place some text */
RUN pdf_text ("Spdf", FILL("HORIZONTAL ",2)).

RUN pdf_text_rotate ("Spdf",90).
RUN pdf_text ("Spdf", FILL("VERTICAL ",2)).

RUN pdf_text_rotate ("Spdf",0).
RUN pdf_text ("Spdf", FILL("HORIZON ",2)).

RUN pdf_text_rotate ("Spdf",270).
RUN pdf_text ("Spdf", FILL("VERT ",2)).

RUN pdf_text_rotate ("Spdf",0).
RUN pdf_set_font ("Spdf",pdf_Font("Spdf"),12).
RUN pdf_text_color ("Spdf",1,0,0).
RUN pdf_text ("Spdf", "SNAKEHEAD----8~~ ").

/* Part 2 */
RUN pdf_text_rotate ("Spdf",0).
RUN pdf_skipn("Spdf",15).
RUN pdf_text_at ("Spdf", "HORIZONTAL HORIZONTAL ",1).

RUN pdf_text_rotate ("Spdf",45).
RUN pdf_text ("Spdf", " 045 DEGREES").

RUN pdf_text_rotate ("Spdf",315).
RUN pdf_text ("Spdf", " 315 DEGREES").

RUN pdf_text_rotate ("Spdf",135).
RUN pdf_text ("Spdf", " 135 DEGREES").

RUN pdf_text_rotate ("Spdf",225).
RUN pdf_text ("Spdf", " 225 DEGREES").

RUN pdf_text_rotate ("Spdf",0).
RUN pdf_text ("Spdf", " HORIZONTAL HORIZONTAL ").
/* End Part 2 */

RUN pdf_close("Spdf").
IF RETURN-VALUE > '' THEN
MESSAGE RETURN-VALUE
VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX ERROR BUTTONS OK.
--------------------------------
anyway the result is quite ugly for oblique angles (45, 135 & the like).


Wed, 2010-08-25 18:10 — LLGran

Missing construction

The 2 procedures pdf_text and pdf_watermark use completely different token constructions so what needs to be changed in pdf_watermark to include a rotation is a mystery.

The closest solution I have used is to change pdf_text_render = 1 to produce an outline character; then use pdf_text_rotate & pdf_text.

The sequence is important to get the color:
pdf_text_color()
pdf_text_render()
pdf_text_rotate()
pdf_set_font()
pdf_text()