/* * $Id: NewPage.java,v 1.5 2005/01/07 12:25:00 blowagie Exp $ * $Name: $ * * This code is free software. It may only be copied or modified * if you include the following copyright notice: * * --> Copyright 2001-2005 by Bruno Lowagie <-- * * This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'. * You can find the complete tutorial at the following address: * http://www.lowagie.com/iText/tutorial/ * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. * * itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net */ package com.lowagie.examples.general.faq; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.lowagie.text.*; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; /** * Demonstrates the use of newPage. * @author blowagie */ public class NewPage { /** * Creates a PDF document with different pages. * @param args no arguments needed here */ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { System.out.println("Using newPage()"); // step 1: creation of a document-object Document document = new Document(); // step 2: // we create a writer that listens to the document // and directs a PDF-stream to a file PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("NewPage.pdf")); // step 3: we open the document document.open(); // step 4: document.add(new Paragraph("This is the first page.")); document.newPage(); document.add(new Paragraph("This is a new page")); document.newPage(); document.newPage(); document.add(new Paragraph("We invoked new page twice, yet there was no blank page added. Between the second page and this one. This is normal behaviour.")); document.newPage(); writer.setPageEmpty(false); document.newPage(); document.add(new Paragraph("We told the writer the page wasn't empty.")); document.newPage(); document.add(Chunk.NEWLINE); document.newPage(); document.add(new Paragraph("You can also add something invisible if you want a blank page.")); document.add(Chunk.NEXTPAGE); document.add(new Paragraph("Using Chunk.NEXTPAGE also jumps to the next page")); // step 5: we close the document document.close(); } }