PdfWriteFTextEx(x As Double, y As Double, w As Double, h As Double, Align As String, aText As String) As Boolean

Write text into an existing pdf object

Instead of printing text on a line by line basis it is also possible to output text into a rectangle.

The function prints a formatted text exactly in the same way as PdfWriteFText.

However, the function contains already the parameters to set the output rectangle.

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, like: 200.0
h	Double	Height of text-rectangle in points. To avoid a page break set the parameter h to -1.0
Align	String	Sets text alignment inside of the frame defined by x,y,w,h Align values: Left, Center, Right, Justify
aText	String	Text to be drawn inside of the frame defined by x,y,w,h

Returns:

Type	Value	Description
Boolean	True or False	Returns True if the text has been drawn. Returns False upon failure

Available in:

WindowMain	WindowLink
YES	YES

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 '%PdfWriteFTextEx%'

Example XojoScript:

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

PdfSetPageCoordsTopDown // Point of origin is top-left

PdfSetFont("Arial","Regular",10.0) // Set output font

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

Dim x,y As Double = 30.0 // Define variables for text position

// Define a text

Dim address As String = "Oliver Osswald" + eol + "Gruthweg 9" + eol + "4132 Muttenz"

// Draw text to PDF

Call PDFwriteFTextEx(x,y,200.0,-1.0,"LEFT", address)

// Finalize PDF

Call PdfCloseFile

// Open pdf in default pdf viewer

Call Pdflaunch

End If