TIEPDFBuilder.AddText

Declaration

procedure AddText(X: double; Y: double; const Text: AnsiString;
                  FontSize: double = 18; const FontName: WideString = 'Times-Roman';
                  Rotation: double = 0; FillColor: TColor = clBlack; FillOpacity: double = 1.0;
                  BorderColor: TColor = clBlack; BorderOpacity: double = 1.0;
                  RenderingMode: TIEPDFRenderingMode = iepdfFillText; LineWidth: double = 1); overload;
procedure AddText(X: double; Y: double; const Text: AnsiString; FontSize: double = 18; Font: TFont;
                  Rotation: double = 0; Opacity: double = 1.0); overload;
procedure AddText(Rect: TRect; const Text: AnsiString; FontSize: double; Font: TFont;
                  Rotation: double = 0; Opacity: double = 1.0);

Description

Adds text to the current page.

Parameter	Description
X, Y	Position of the text (in Adobe points)
Text	Text to add (only Western characters are supported at this time)
FontSize	Size of font (in Adobe points)
FontName	Name of the font. Must be one of the standard PDF fonts listed below
Rotation	Rotation of text (around center)
FillColor	Color of text fill
FillOpacity	Opacity of text fill (0: Fully Transparent to 1.0: Fully opaque)
BorderColor	Color of the text outline
BorderOpacity	Opacity of text outline (0: Fully Transparent to 1.0: Fully opaque)
RenderingMode	How text should be rendered
LineWidth	Width of text line (in Adobe points)

Note:
◼ At this time, only standard PDF fonts are supported: 'Times-Roman', 'Times-Bold', 'Times-Italic', 'Times-BoldItalic', 'Helvetica', 'Helvetica-Bold', 'Helvetica-Oblique', 'Helvetica-BoldOblique', 'Courier', 'Courier-Bold', 'Courier-Oblique', 'Courier-BoldOblique', 'Symbol', 'ZapfDingbats'
◼ With second overload, a standard font will be selected based on that Font.Name and Font.Style. Font.Color will be used for all color values (Font.Size is NOT used)
◼ "Current Page" is the page that has just been added or set using CurrentPageIndex

Demos

Demos\InputOutput\PDFBuilder2\PDFBuilder2.dpr

Example

// Add text to current page, at coordinates (0, 100), using Times-Roman at size 36
pdf.AddText( 0, 100, 'Rotated Text', 36, 'Times-Roman');

// Add filled and stroked text, using transparency
pdf.AddText( 0, 150, 'Filled and stroked text', 36, 'Helvetica-Bold', 0, clGreen, 0.2, clRed, 0.8, iepdfFillStroke);

TIEPDFBuilder.AddText