activePDF KB #11742 - Dynamically Generate a Table Grid
activePDF KB #11742 - Dynamically Generate a Table Grid
Dynamically Generate a Table Grid
Product Version Code Samples
VBS ASP
Description
The following VBScript example demonstrates how to dynamically generate a basic table grid in a PDF.
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' Variables ' New PDF namestrOutputName = "Table.pdf" ' Page Title Properties strTitleText = "Table create using DrawTo and PrintMultilineText" strTitleFont = "Helvetica" fltTitleFontSize = 24 ' Page dimensions (72 units = 1 inch) fltPageHeight = 792 fltPageWidth = 612 ' Margins for Table fltMarginLeft = 72 fltMarginRight = 72 fltMarginTop = 144 fltMarginBottom = 72 ' Table header properties (0 font size = auto size) strHeadFont = "Helvetica Bold" fltHeadFontSize = 12 ' Table body properties (0 font size = auto size) strBodyFont = "Helvetica" fltBodyFontSize = 10 ' Table variables intVisableLines = 1 ' Common field and line variables intTotalRows = 24 intTotalCols = 5 fltRowHeight = ( fltPageHeight - fltMarginTop - fltMarginBottom ) / intTotalRows fltColWidth = ( fltPageWidth - fltMarginLeft - fltMarginRight ) / intTotalCols fltMaxTableHeight = fltPageHeight - fltMarginTop - fltMarginBottom fltMaxTableRows = fltMaxTableHeight \ fltRowHeight fltMaxTableWidth = fltPageWidth - fltMarginLeft - fltMarginRight fltMaxTableCols = fltMaxTableWidth \ fltColWidth fltStartLocX = fltMarginLeft fltStartLocY = fltPageHeight - fltMarginTop fltEndLocX = fltPageWidth - fltMarginRight fltEndLocY = fltMaxTableRows * fltRowHeight ' Visable line properties intLineWidth = 1 ' Added form field properties fltTableWidth = fltPageWidth - fltMarginLeft - fltMarginRight
' Instantiate Object Set objTK = CreateObject ("APToolkit.Object") ' OpenOutputFile lngReturn = objTK.OpenOutputFile ( strOutputName ) If lngReturn <> 0 Then errorRtn "OpenOutputFile" , lngRtn
Else objTK.SetFont strTitleFont, fltTitleFontSize, 0 fltTextWidth = objTK.GetTextWidth ( strTitleText ) objTK.PrintText ( fltPageWidth / 2 ) - ( fltTextWidth / 2 ) , 720 , strTitleText, 0 If intVisableLines = 1 Then ' Start drawing processobjTK.LineWidth intLineWidth, 0 objTK.MoveTo fltStartLocX, fltStartLocY, 0 ' Horizontal lines fltCurrentY = fltStartLocY For intA = 0 to fltMaxTableRows objTK.DrawTo fltEndLocX, fltCurrentY, 0 fltCurrentY = fltCurrentY - fltRowHeight objTK.MoveTo fltMarginLeft, fltCurrentY, 0
Next fltEndLocY = fltCurrentY + fltRowHeight objTK.MoveTo fltStartLocX, fltStartLocY, 0 ' Vertical Lines fltCurrentX = fltStartLocX For intB = 0 to fltMaxTableCols + 1 objTK.DrawTo fltCurrentX, fltEndLocY, 0 fltCurrentX = fltCurrentX + fltColWidth objTK.MoveTo fltCurrentX, fltStartLocY, 0
Next
End If ' CloseOutputFile objTK.CloseOutputFile msgbox "Done!"
End If ' Release Toolkit object Set objTK = Nothing ' Error Return Handling Sub errorRtn ( strMethod, RtnCode ) msgbox strMethod & " error: " & RtnCode & VBCRLF & _ "http://www.activepdf.com/support/kb/?id=10670&tk=ts"
End Sub
Keywords
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