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package com.lowagie.examples.general.faq;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.lowagie.text.LwgDocument;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.LwgRectangle;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import org.geoforge.demo.GfrFileOutputStream;
/**
* Demonstrates the measurement system.
* @author blowagie
*/
public class Measurements {
/**
* Creates a PDF document explaining the measurement system.
* @param args no arguments needed here
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Measurements");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
LwgRectangle pageSize = new LwgRectangle(288, 720);
LwgDocument document = new LwgDocument(pageSize, 36, 18, 72, 72);
try {
// step 2:
// we create a writer that listens to the document
// and directs a PDF-stream to a file
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new GfrFileOutputStream("com.lowagie.examples.general.faq.Measurements.pdf"));
// step 3: we open the document
document.open();
// step 4:
document.add(new Paragraph("The size of this page is 288x720 points."));
document.add(new Paragraph("288pt / 72 points per inch = 4 inch"));
document.add(new Paragraph("720pt / 72 points per inch = 10 inch"));
document.add(new Paragraph("The size of this page is 4x10 inch."));
document.add(new Paragraph("4 inch x 2.54 = 10.16 cm"));
document.add(new Paragraph("10 inch x 2.54 = 25.4 cm"));
document.add(new Paragraph("The size of this page is 10.16x25.4 cm."));
document.add(new Paragraph("The left border is 36pt or 0.5 inch or 1.27 cm"));
document.add(new Paragraph("The right border is 18pt or 0.25 inch or 0.63 cm."));
document.add(new Paragraph("The top and bottom border are 72pt or 1 inch or 2.54 cm."));
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
}
catch(IOException ioe) {
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document
document.close();
}
}