PdfSetTextRect(x as double, y as double, w as double, h as double) As Boolean

The function defines the output rectangle that is used to output formatted text.

Text must be written with the function PdfWriteFText.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
x	Double	Position from Left in points
y	Double	Position from Top in points (If PdfSetPageCoordsTopDown is set) Position from Bottom in points (If PdfSetPageCoordsBottomUp is set)
w	Double	Width of rectangle in points
h	Double	Height of rectangle in points

Returns:

Type	Value	Description
Boolean	True or False	Returns True if the the TextRect has been set. Returns False upon failure

Available in:

WindowMain	WindowLink
YES	YES

Used in:

XojoScript Name	GUID
Create Seminar Invoice With Slip As PDF	739DA58E-17EE-41CE-BB54-E7362CFE17D4
Create Seminar Invoice As PDF	2C3F7F29-A29A-4338-ACF5-51894B709DA5

Hint: You can find references to XojoScripts which make use of this function by sending the following SQL statement to the database:

Select id,GUID, ScriptName,ScriptCode from im_scripts where ScriptCode Like '%PdfSetTextRect%'

Example XojoScript:

If PdfStart("testfile.pdf") > 0 Then

// Point of origin is top-left

PdfSetPageCoordsTopDown

// Define variables for position

Dim x,y As Double

// Set output font and color

PdfSetFont("Arial","Regular",10.0)

Call PdfSetFillColor("&c00000000") // black textcolor

// write a location and current date

x = 400.0

y = 30.0

Call PdfWriteText(x,y,"Basel, " + GetDateLocalized)

y = 100.0

// Define a TextRect (box) for text

Call PdfSetTextRect(x,y,200.0,-1) // -1 = not breaking to next page

// Write text to the TextRect

Call PDFwriteFText("LEFT","Oliver Osswald" + eol + "Gruthweg 9" + eol + "4132 Muttenz")

// Finalize PDF

Call PdfCloseFile

// Open pdf in default pdf viewer

Call Pdflaunch

End If