/* * $Id: Width.java,v 1.4 2005/04/08 12:57:23 blowagie Exp $ * $Name: $ * * This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'. * You can find the complete tutorial at the following address: * http://itext.sourceforge.net/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.objects.chunk; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.lowagie.text.Chunk; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException; import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; /** * How to measure and scale the width of a Chunk. * * @author blowagie */ public class Width { /** * Demonstrates how to measure and scale the width of a Chunk. * * @param args no arguments needed here */ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { System.out.println("Width"); // step 1: creation of a document-object Document document = new Document(); // step 2: // we create a writer that listens to the document PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("Width.pdf")); // step 3: we open the document document.open(); // step 4: Chunk c = new Chunk("quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"); float w = c.getWidthPoint(); Paragraph p = new Paragraph("The width of the chunk: '"); p.add(c); p.add("' is "); p.add(String.valueOf(w)); p.add(" points or "); p.add(String.valueOf(w / 72f)); p.add(" inches."); document.add(p); document.add(c); document.add(Chunk.NEWLINE); c.setHorizontalScaling(0.5f); document.add(c); document.add(c); // step 5: we close the document document.close(); } }