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Writes text on current page with formatting commands.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
DynaPDF | 3.1 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
---|---|---|---|
The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. | |||
Align | The text alignment. Can be left, center, right or justify. | "left" | |
Text | The text to write. | "Hello World" | |
PlainText | Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 9.1 or newer. Pass 1 to ignore formatting commands and treat text as plain text. Default is 0 to interpret commands in text. |
0 | Optional |
Returns OK or error message.
See also WriteFText function in DynaPDF manual.
Writes some text:
MBS( "DynaPDF.WriteFText"; $PDF; "center"; "Hello World" )
Write text with font changing:
# Write some formatted text
Set Variable [ $text ; Value: "Some text. \FT[Times-Bold]Now Times in bold!\FT[Times-Roman] and back to normal Times." ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetTextRect"; $pdf; 200; 200; 150; -1) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteFText"; $pdf; "left"; $text) ]
Write some text with a link:
MBS( "DynaPDF.WriteFText"; $PDF; "left"; "Link to DynaPDF: \FC[16711680]\ul#\LK[false, TRUE, false, https://www.dynaforms.com]Test\EK#\ul#\FC[0]." )
Measure text height and draw it aligned to bottom of page:
# get some styled text from FileMaker
Set Variable [ $StyledText ; Value: MyTable::MyText ]
If [ Length ( $StyledText ) > 0 ]
# Convert to the styles DynaPDF needs
Set Variable [ $text ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.ConvertStyledText"; $PDF; $StyledText; $LeadingFactor ) ]
# set a default font and color
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFont"; $pdf; "Helvetica"; 0; 12) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetFillColor"; $pdf; 0; 0; 0) ]
# calculate height for this block
Set Variable [ $height ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.GetFTextHeightEx"; $PDF; 240; "left"; $Text ) ]
# Set the area where the text is output based on height from bottom of page
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetTextRect"; $pdf; 620; 28 + $height + $PositionOffset; 240; $height + 5) ]
# and draw it
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteFText"; $pdf; "left"; $text) ]
End If
Write text in CMYK colors:
# set colorspace
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetColorSpace"; $pdf; "DeviceCMYK") ]
# calculate color values for CMYK
Set Variable [ $cyan ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.CMYK"; 255; 0; 0; 0 ) ]
Set Variable [ $magenta ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.CMYK"; 0; 255; 0; 0 ) ]
Set Variable [ $yellow ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.CMYK"; 0; 0; 255; 0 ) ]
Set Variable [ $black ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.CMYK"; 0; 0; 0; 255 ) ]
# now write some text
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetTextRect"; $pdf; 100; 100; 500; 200) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteFText"; $pdf; "left"; "Testing: " &
"\FC[" & $cyan & "]Cyan" &
"\FC[" & $Magenta & "]Magenta" &
"\FC[" & $Yellow & "]Yellow" &
"\FC[" & $Black & "]Black" ) ]
Write text in RGB colors:
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetColorSpace"; $pdf; "DeviceRGB") ]
# calculate color values for RBB
Set Variable [ $red ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.RGB"; 255; 0; 0 ) ]
Set Variable [ $green ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.RGB"; 0; 255; 0 ) ]
Set Variable [ $blue ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.RGB"; 0; 0; 255 ) ]
# now write some text
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetTextRect"; $pdf; 100; 100; 500; 200) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.WriteFText"; $pdf; "left"; "Testing: " &
"\FC[" & $red & "]Red" &
"\FC[" & $green & "]Green" &
"\FC[" & $blue & "]Blue" ) ]
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 3th March 2022