Calculate the height of a paragraph in PDF
Calculate the height of a paragraph in PDF
This code sample demonstrates how to use the event mechanism to calculate the height of a paragraph in a PDF. The program writes the height of the paragraph to the console.
using System;
using System.IO;
using TallComponents.PDF;
using TallComponents.PDF.Layout;
using TallComponents.PDF.Layout.Paragraphs;
namespace CalculateParagraphHeight
{
class Program
{
static double startY;
static double endY;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Document document = new Document();
Section section = document.Sections.Add();
section.Paragraphs.PrintParagraph +=
new PrintParagraphEventHandler(section_PrintParagraph);
using (FileStream file =
new FileStream(@"..\..\out.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
{
document.Write(file);
}
Console.WriteLine("Height: {0:f1} points", startY - endY);
}
static void section_PrintParagraph(
ParagraphCollection sender, PrintParagraphEventArgs e)
{
RtfParagraph rtf = new RtfParagraph();
rtf.Text = File.ReadAllText(@"..\..\sample.rtf");
rtf.EndParagraph += new EndParagraphEventHandler(rtf_EndParagraph);
e.Paragraph = rtf;
startY = e.Top;
}
static void rtf_EndParagraph(Paragraph sender, EndParagraphEventArgs e)
{
endY = e.Bottom;
}
}
}