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DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldFontAnsi(Field as Integer, Name as string, Style as Integer, Size as Double, Embed as Boolean, CodePage as Integer) as Integer
Function:
The function sets or changes the font of a form field.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 15.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
This item is deprecated and should no longer be used.
You can use Non ANSI function. instead.
Notes:
See documentation of SetFieldFont function in dynapdf_help manual file for details.See also SetFieldFont function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldFontEx(Field as UInt32, Handle as UInt32, FontSize as Double) as Boolean
Function:
The function sets or replaces the font of a field.
Notes:
The function requires a font handle that was returned by SetFieldFont.
Returns true on success and false on failure.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 15.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Notes:
The function requires a font handle that was returned by SetFieldFont.
Returns true on success and false on failure.
See also SetFieldFontEx function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldFontSize(aField as Integer, FontSize as Double) as Boolean
Function:
The function changes the font size of a specific field.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
See also SetFieldFontSize function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldHighlightMode(Field as Integer, HighlightMode as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
The function changes the highlight mode of a specific field.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
See also SetFieldHighlightMode function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldIndex(Field as Integer, Index as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
This function can be used to set the tab order of interactive form fields.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
See also SetFieldIndex function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldMapName(Field as Integer, Name as string) as Boolean
Function:
The function sets or changes the mapping name of a field.
Notes: The parameter name is converted to unicode.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Notes: The parameter name is converted to unicode.
See also SetFieldMapName function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldMapNameAnsi(Field as Integer, Name as string) as Boolean
Function:
The function sets or changes the mapping name of a field.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
This item is deprecated and should no longer be used.
You can use Non ANSI function. instead.
Notes:
The parameter name is converted to ANSI.See also SetFieldMapName function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldName(Field as Integer, NewName as string) as Boolean
Function:
The function changes the name of an interactive form field.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
See also SetFieldName function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldNameAnsi(Field as Integer, NewName as string) as Boolean
Function:
The function changes the name of an interactive form field.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 16.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
This item is deprecated and should no longer be used.
You can use Non ANSI function. instead.
Notes:
The text parameter is converted to ANSI.See also SetFieldName function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldOrientation(Field as Integer, Value as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
The function sets or changes the orientation of a field.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
See also SetFieldOrientation function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldTextAlign(Field as Integer, Align as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
The function set or changes the text alignment of a text or button field.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
See also SetFieldTextAlign function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldTextColor(ColorValue as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
The function sets the text color which is used for newly created interactive form fields.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
See also SetFieldTextColor function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldToolTip(Field as Integer, Value as string) as Boolean
Function:
The function set or changes the tool tip or description string of an interactive form field.
Notes: The value parameter is converted to unicode.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Notes: The value parameter is converted to unicode.
See also SetFieldToolTip function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFieldToolTipAnsi(Field as Integer, Value as string) as Boolean
Function:
The function set or changes the tool tip or description string of an interactive form field.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
This item is deprecated and should no longer be used.
You can use Non ANSI function. instead.
Notes:
The value parameter is converted to ANSI.See also SetFieldToolTip function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFillColor(ColorValue as Color) as Boolean
Function:
The function sets the fill color.
Notes:
Raises an exception if current color space is CMYK or Gray and not RGB.
The parameter Color must be defined in the current color space.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 14.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Notes:
Raises an exception if current color space is CMYK or Gray and not RGB.
The parameter Color must be defined in the current color space.
See also:
- SetFillColor(ColorValue as Integer) as Boolean
- SetFillColor(values() as Double) as boolean
- SetFillColor(values() as single) as boolean
See also SetFillColor function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFillColor(ColorValue as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
The function sets the fill color.
Example:
Notes:
The parameter Color must be defined in the current color space.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Example:
// new DynaPDF Object. Use your own subclass to catch errors in error event
dim pdf as new DynaPDFMBS
// For this example you can use a Starter, Lite, Pro or Enterprise License
pdf.SetLicenseKey "Starter"
// destination pdf file
dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.pdf")
// create new pdf document
call pdf.CreateNewPDF f
// add new page
call pdf.append
// set red text color
call pdf.SetFillColor pdf.RGB(255,0,0)
// set font
call pdf.SetFont "Times", pdf.kfsItalic, 40.0, true, pdf.kcp1252
// write some text
call pdf.WriteFText pdf.ktaCenter, "My first PDF!"
// close page
call pdf.EndPage
// close file
call pdf.CloseFile
// open in users preferred PDF viewer application
f.Launch
See also:
- SetFillColor(ColorValue as Color) as Boolean
- SetFillColor(values() as Double) as boolean
- SetFillColor(values() as single) as boolean
See also SetFillColor function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFillColor(values() as Double) as boolean
Function:
Sets fill color based on an array of floats.
Example:
Notes:
The number of components must match.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 11.2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Example:
// new DynaPDF Object. Use your own subclass to catch errors in error event
dim pdf as new DynaPDFMBS
// For this example you can use a Starter, Lite, Pro or Enterprise License
pdf.SetLicenseKey "Starter"
// destination pdf file
dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.pdf")
// create new pdf document
call pdf.CreateNewPDF f
// add new page
call pdf.append
// set blue text color with values in memoryblock
dim colorvalues() as Double = array(0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
call pdf.SetFillColor colorvalues
// set font
call pdf.SetFont "Times", pdf.kfsItalic, 40.0, true, pdf.kcp1252
// write some text
call pdf.WriteFText pdf.ktaCenter, "My first PDF!"
// close page
call pdf.EndPage
// close file
call pdf.CloseFile
// open in users preferred PDF viewer application
f.Launch
See also:
- SetFillColor(ColorValue as Color) as Boolean
- SetFillColor(ColorValue as Integer) as Boolean
- SetFillColor(values() as single) as boolean
See also SetFillColor function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFillColor(values() as single) as boolean
Function:
Sets fill color based on an array of floats.
Notes: The number of components must match.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 11.2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Notes: The number of components must match.
See also:
- SetFillColor(ColorValue as Color) as Boolean
- SetFillColor(ColorValue as Integer) as Boolean
- SetFillColor(values() as Double) as boolean
See also SetFillColor function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFillColorEx(colorvalues as memoryblock, count as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
Sets the fill color using the values in parameters.
Example:
Notes:
Pass as many color values as needed for the current color space. 3 for RGB, 4 for CMYK. All values must be in the range of 0 to 255.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 9.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Example:
// new DynaPDF Object. Use your own subclass to catch errors in error event
dim pdf as new DynaPDFMBS
// For this example you can use a Starter, Lite, Pro or Enterprise License
pdf.SetLicenseKey "Starter"
// destination pdf file
dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.pdf")
// create new pdf document
call pdf.CreateNewPDF f
// add new page
call pdf.append
// set blue text color with values in memoryblock
dim m as new MemoryBlock(3)
m.Byte(0) = 0
m.Byte(1) = 0
m.Byte(2) = 255
call pdf.SetFillColorEx m,3
// set font
call pdf.SetFont "Times", pdf.kfsItalic, 40.0, true, pdf.kcp1252
// write some text
call pdf.WriteFText pdf.ktaCenter, "My first PDF!"
// close page
call pdf.EndPage
// close file
call pdf.CloseFile
// open in users preferred PDF viewer application
f.Launch
See also:
See also SetFillColorEx function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFillColorEx(ParamArray colorvalue as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
Sets the fill color using the values in parameters.
Example:
Notes:
Pass as many color values as needed for the current color space. 3 for RGB, 4 for CMYK. All values must be in the range of 0 to 255.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 9.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Example:
// new DynaPDF Object. Use your own subclass to catch errors in error event
dim pdf as new DynaPDFMBS
// For this example you can use a Starter, Lite, Pro or Enterprise License
pdf.SetLicenseKey "Starter"
// destination pdf file
dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.pdf")
// create new pdf document
call pdf.CreateNewPDF f
// add new page
call pdf.append
// set red text color
call pdf.SetFillColorEx 255,0,0
// set font
call pdf.SetFont "Times", pdf.kfsItalic, 40.0, true, pdf.kcp1252
// write some text
call pdf.WriteFText pdf.ktaCenter, "My first PDF!"
// close page
call pdf.EndPage
// close file
call pdf.CloseFile
// open in users preferred PDF viewer application
f.Launch
See also:
See also SetFillColorEx function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFillColorSpace(Colorspace as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
The function changes the fill color space.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
See also SetFillColorSpace function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFloatPrecision(NumTextDecDigits as UInt32, NumVectDecDigits as UInt32) as boolean
Function:
The function changes the output precision of text and vector coordinates.
Notes:
The default precision for text and vector graphics is two decimal digits. This corresponds to 7200 DPI. The output precision of bezier curves is one higher as for vector graphics. The maximum output precision is 5 decimal digits.
Note that higher values increase the resulting file size.
NumTextDecDigits: Number decimal digits for text object.
NumVectDecDigits: Number of decimal digits for vector objects.
Returns boolean, true for success.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 16.5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Notes:
The default precision for text and vector graphics is two decimal digits. This corresponds to 7200 DPI. The output precision of bezier curves is one higher as for vector graphics. The maximum output precision is 5 decimal digits.
Note that higher values increase the resulting file size.
NumTextDecDigits: Number decimal digits for text object.
NumVectDecDigits: Number of decimal digits for vector objects.
Returns boolean, true for success.
See also SetFloatPrecision function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFont(Name as string, Style as Integer = 0, Size as Double = 12, Embed as boolean = true, CP as Integer = &h27) as Integer
Function:
The function loads a font that can be used for text output and interactive form fields.
Notes:
The name parameter is converted to unicode.
If font is not found by name, please check SetFontSelMode function.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Notes:
The name parameter is converted to unicode.
If font is not found by name, please check SetFontSelMode function.
See also SetFont function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFontAnsi(Name as string, Style as Integer = 0, Size as Double = 12, Embed as boolean = true, CP as Integer = &h27) as Integer
Function:
The function loads a font that can be used for text output and interactive form fields.
Example:
The name parameter is converted to ANSI.
If font is not found by name, please check SetFontSelMode function.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Example:
dim pdf as DynaPDFMBS // your PDF object
call pdf.SetFontAnsi("Helvetica", pdf.kfsNone, 10.0, true, pdf.kcp1252)
This item is deprecated and should no longer be used.
You can use Non ANSI function. instead.
Notes:
The name parameter is converted to ANSI.
If font is not found by name, please check SetFontSelMode function.
See also SetFont function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFontEx(Name as string, Style as Integer = 0, Size as Double = 12, Embed as boolean = true, CP as Integer = &h27) as Integer
Function:
The function loads a font that can be used for text output and interactive form fields.
Notes:
The name parameter is converted to unicode.
If font is not found by name, please check SetFontSelMode function.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Notes:
The name parameter is converted to unicode.
If font is not found by name, please check SetFontSelMode function.
See also SetFontEx function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFontExAnsi(Name as string, Style as Integer = 0, Size as Double = 12, Embed as boolean = true, CP as Integer = &h27) as Integer
Function:
The function loads a font that can be used for text output and interactive form fields.
The name parameter is converted to ANSI.
If font is not found by name, please check SetFontSelMode function.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
This item is deprecated and should no longer be used.
You can use Non ANSI function. instead.
Notes:
The name parameter is converted to ANSI.
If font is not found by name, please check SetFontSelMode function.
See also SetFontEx function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFontOrigin(Origin as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
The function sets the current font origin that is used to position text strings.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
See also SetFontOrigin function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFontSearchOrder(Order() as Integer)
Function:
Sets the font search order.
Notes:
The values in the array use this constants:
The array has 4 values.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 10.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Notes:
The values in the array use this constants:
| kfbtTrueType | TrueType, TrueType Collections, or OpenType fonts with TrueType outlines |
| kfbtType1 | Type1 font |
| kfbtOpenType | OpenType font with Postscript outlines |
| kfbtStdFont | PDF Standard font |
| kfbtDisabled | This value can be used to disable a specific font format. |
The array has 4 values.
See also SetFontSearchOrder function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFontSearchOrderEx(Order1 as Integer, Order2 as Integer, Order3 as Integer, Order4 as Integer)
Function:
The function changes the font search order in the same way as SetFontSearchOrder() but it does not use an array to set the search order to improve compatibility to programming languages with limited array support.
Notes: use the font base constants.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 11.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
Notes: use the font base constants.
See also SetFontSearchOrderEx function in DynaPDF manual.
DynaPDFMBS.SetFontSelMode(Mode as Integer) as Boolean
Function:
The function changes the font selection mode.
| Type | Topic | Plugin | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Targets |
| method | DynaPDF | MBS DynaPDF Plugin | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | All |
See also SetFontSelMode function in DynaPDF manual.
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