/* * Transparent text: * Create some transparent text * * Display a background image and show transparent text in the foreground. * Create transparency by applying an extended graphics state with the * "opacityfill" option set to a value less than 1. * * Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 9 * Required data: image file */ package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.text_output; import com.pdflib.pdflib; import com.pdflib.PDFlibException; public class transparent_text { public static void main (String argv[]) { /* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */ String searchpath = "../input"; String outfile = "transparent_text.pdf"; String title = "Transparent Text"; pdflib p = null; String imagefile = "nesrin.jpg"; int image, gstate, font; int exitcode = 0; try { p = new pdflib(); p.set_option("searchpath={" + searchpath + "}"); /* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */ p.set_option("errorpolicy=return"); if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook"); p.set_info("Title", title); /* Load image */ image = p.load_image("auto", imagefile, ""); if (image == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); /* Load the font. */ font = p.load_font("Helvetica-Bold", "unicode", ""); if (font == -1) throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg()); /* Start page */ p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.height height=a4.width"); /* Draw a yellow background rectangle */ p.setcolor("fill", "rgb", 1, 0.9, 0.58, 0); p.rect(0, 0, 842, 595); p.fill(); /* Output a background image */ p.fit_image(image, 50, 50, ""); /* Save the current graphics state. The save/restore of the current * state is not necessarily required, but it will help you get back to * a graphics state without any transparency. */ p.save(); /* Create an extended graphics state with transparency set to 50%, using * create_gstate() with the "opacityfill" option set to 0.5. */ gstate = p.create_gstate("opacityfill=.5"); /* Apply the extended graphics state */ p.set_gstate(gstate); /* Display some red text which will be transparent according to the * graphics state set */ p.setcolor("fill", "rgb", 1, 0.9, 0.58, 0); p.fit_textline("My favorite holiday photo", 100, 100, "font=" + font + " fontsize=50"); /* Restore the current graphics state */ p.restore(); p.end_page_ext(""); p.end_document(""); } catch (PDFlibException e) { System.err.println("PDFlib exception occurred:"); System.err.println("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() + ": " + e.get_errmsg()); exitcode = 1; } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e); exitcode = 1; } finally { if (p != null) { p.delete(); } System.exit(exitcode); } } }