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Sample JavaScript code for using PDFTron SDK to create various patterns and shadings in PDF files. Learn more about our JavaScript PDF Library and PDF Editing & Manipulation Library.
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//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Copyright (c) 2001-2023 by PDFTron Systems Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// Consult legal.txt regarding legal and license information.
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
const { PDFNet } = require('@pdftron/pdfnet-node');
const PDFTronLicense = require('../LicenseKey/LicenseKey');
((exports) => {
'use strict';
exports.runPatternTest = () => {
const createTilingPattern = async (doc) => {
const writer = await PDFNet.ElementWriter.create();
const eb = await PDFNet.ElementBuilder.create();
// Create a new pattern content stream - a heart. ------------
writer.begin(doc);
eb.pathBegin();
eb.moveTo(0, 0);
eb.curveTo(500, 500, 125, 625, 0, 500);
eb.curveTo(-125, 625, -500, 500, 0, 0);
const heart = await eb.pathEnd();
heart.setPathFill(true);
// Set heart color to red.
const gstate = await heart.getGState();
gstate.setFillColorSpace(await PDFNet.ColorSpace.createDeviceRGB());
gstate.setStrokeColorWithColorPt(await PDFNet.ColorPt.init(1, 0, 0));
writer.writeElement(heart);
const patternDict = await writer.end();
// Initialize pattern dictionary. For details on what each parameter represents please
// refer to Table 4.22 (Section '4.6.2 Tiling Patterns') in PDF Reference Manual.
patternDict.putName('Type', 'Pattern');
patternDict.putNumber('PatternType', 1);
// TilingType - Constant spacing.
patternDict.putNumber('TilingType', 1);
// This is a Type1 pattern - A colored tiling pattern.
patternDict.putNumber('PaintType', 1);
// Set bounding box
patternDict.putRect('BBox', -253, 0, 253, 545);
// Create and set the matrix
const pattern_mtx = await PDFNet.Matrix2D.create(0.04, 0, 0, 0.04, 0, 0);
patternDict.putMatrix('Matrix', pattern_mtx);
// Set the desired horizontal and vertical spacing between pattern cells,
// measured in the pattern coordinate system.
patternDict.putNumber('XStep', 1000);
await patternDict.putNumber('YStep', 1000);
return patternDict; // finished creating the Pattern resource
}
const createImageTilingPattern = async (doc) => {
const writer = await PDFNet.ElementWriter.create();
const eb = await PDFNet.ElementBuilder.create();
// Create a new pattern content stream - a single bitmap object ----------
writer.begin(doc);
const image = await PDFNet.Image.createFromFile(doc, '../TestFiles/dice.jpg');
const imgElement = await eb.createImageScaled(image, 0, 0, await image.getImageWidth(), await image.getImageHeight());
writer.writePlacedElement(imgElement);
const patternDict = await writer.end();
// Initialize pattern dictionary. For details on what each parameter represents please
// refer to Table 4.22 (Section '4.6.2 Tiling Patterns') in PDF Reference Manual.
patternDict.putName('Type', 'Pattern');
patternDict.putNumber('PatternType', 1);
// TilingType - Constant spacing.
patternDict.putNumber('TilingType', 1);
// This is a Type1 pattern - A colored tiling pattern.
patternDict.putNumber('PaintType', 1);
// Set bounding box
patternDict.putRect('BBox', -253, 0, 253, 545);
// Create and set the matrix
const pattern_mtx = await PDFNet.Matrix2D.create(0.3, 0, 0, 0.3, 0, 0);
patternDict.putMatrix('Matrix', pattern_mtx);
// Set the desired horizontal and vertical spacing between pattern cells,
// measured in the pattern coordinate system.
patternDict.putNumber('XStep', 300);
await patternDict.putNumber('YStep', 300);
return patternDict; // finished creating the Pattern resource
}
const createAxialShading = async (doc) => {
// Create a new Shading object ------------
const patternDict = await doc.createIndirectDict();
// Initialize pattern dictionary. For details on what each parameter represents
// please refer to Tables 4.30 and 4.26 in PDF Reference Manual
patternDict.putName('Type', 'Pattern');
patternDict.putNumber('PatternType', 2); // 2 stands for shading
const shadingDict = await patternDict.putDict('Shading');
shadingDict.putNumber('ShadingType', 2);
shadingDict.putName('ColorSpace', 'DeviceCMYK');
// pass the coordinates of the axial shading to the output
const shadingCoords = await shadingDict.putArray('Coords');
shadingCoords.pushBackNumber(0);
shadingCoords.pushBackNumber(0);
shadingCoords.pushBackNumber(612);
shadingCoords.pushBackNumber(794);
// pass the function to the axial shading
const func = await shadingDict.putDict('Function');
const C0 = await func.putArray('C0');
C0.pushBackNumber(1);
C0.pushBackNumber(0);
C0.pushBackNumber(0);
await C0.pushBackNumber(0);
const C1 = await func.putArray('C1');
C1.pushBackNumber(0);
C1.pushBackNumber(1);
C1.pushBackNumber(0);
await C1.pushBackNumber(0);
const domain = await func.putArray('Domain');
domain.pushBackNumber(0);
await domain.pushBackNumber(1);
func.putNumber('FunctionType', 2);
await func.putNumber('N', 1);
return patternDict;
}
const main = async () => {
try {
const doc = await PDFNet.PDFDoc.create();
const writer = await PDFNet.ElementWriter.create();
var eb = await PDFNet.ElementBuilder.create();
// The following sample illustrates how to create and use tiling patterns
var page = await doc.pageCreate();
writer.beginOnPage(page);
var element = await eb.createTextBeginWithFont(await PDFNet.Font.createAndEmbed(doc, PDFNet.Font.StandardType1Font.e_times_bold), 1);
writer.writeElement(element); // Begin the text block
const data = 'G';
element = await eb.createNewTextRun(data);
element.setTextMatrixEntries(720, 0, 0, 720, 20, 240);
var gs = await element.getGState();
gs.setTextRenderMode(PDFNet.GState.TextRenderingMode.e_fill_stroke_text);
gs.setLineWidth(4);
// Set the fill color space to the Pattern color space.
gs.setFillColorSpace(await PDFNet.ColorSpace.createPattern());
var patterColor = await PDFNet.PatternColor.create(await createTilingPattern(doc));
gs.setFillColorWithPattern(patterColor);
writer.writeElement(element);
writer.writeElement(await eb.createTextEnd()); // Finish the text block
writer.end(); // Save the page
doc.pagePushBack(page);
//-----------------------------------------------
/// The following sample illustrates how to create and use image tiling pattern
page = await doc.pageCreate();
writer.beginOnPage(page);
eb.reset();
element = await eb.createRect(0, 0, 612, 794);
// Set the fill color space to the Pattern color space.
gs = await element.getGState();
gs.setFillColorSpace(await PDFNet.ColorSpace.createPattern());
patterColor = await PDFNet.PatternColor.create(await createImageTilingPattern(doc));
gs.setFillColorWithPattern(patterColor);
element.setPathFill(true);
writer.writeElement(element);
await writer.end(); // Save the page
doc.pagePushBack(page);
//-----------------------------------------------
/// The following sample illustrates how to create and use PDF shadings
page = await doc.pageCreate();
writer.beginOnPage(page);
eb.reset();
element = await eb.createRect(0, 0, 612, 794);
// Set the fill color space to the Pattern color space.
gs = await element.getGState();
gs.setFillColorSpace(await PDFNet.ColorSpace.createPattern());
patterColor = await PDFNet.PatternColor.create(await createAxialShading(doc));
gs.setFillColorWithPattern(patterColor);
element.setPathFill(true);
writer.writeElement(element);
await writer.end(); // Save the page
doc.pagePushBack(page);
//-----------------------------------------------
await doc.save('../TestFiles/Output/patterns.pdf', PDFNet.SDFDoc.SaveOptions.e_remove_unused);
console.log('Done. Result saved in patterns.pdf...');
} catch (err) {
console.log(err);
}
}
PDFNet.runWithCleanup(main, PDFTronLicense.Key).catch(function(error) {
console.log('Error: ' + JSON.stringify(error));
}).then(function(){ return PDFNet.shutdown(); });
};
exports.runPatternTest();
})(exports);
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