PDFlib 8 Windows COM/.NET Tutorial

hortabmethod ruler
tabalignment left right right right
ruler 30 150
250
350
Fig. 8.17
Placing text
as a table
ITEM DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE AMOUNT
1 Super Kite 2 20.00 40.00
2 Turbo Flyer 5 40.00 200.00
3 Giga Trash 1 180.00 180.00
TOTAL 420.00
Cookbook A full code sample can be found in the Cookbook topic text_output/tabstops_in_textflow.
Note PDFlib’s table feature is recommended for creating complex tables (see Section 8.3, »Table Formatting«,
page 227).
8.2.5 Numbered Lists and Paragraph Spacing
The following example demonstrates how to format a numbered list using the inline
option leftindent (see Figure 8.18):
1.Long Distance Glider: With this paper rocket you can send all
your messages even when sitting in a hall or in the cinema pretty near the back.
2.Giant Wing: An unbelievable sailplane! It is amazingly
robust and can even do aerobatics. But it is best suited to gliding.
3.Cone Head Rocket: This paper arrow can be thrown with big
swing. We launched it from the roof of a hotel. It stayed in the air a long time and
covered a considerable distance.
Cookbook Full code samples for bulleted and numbered lists can be found in the Cookbook topics
text_output/bulleted_list and text_output/numbered_list.
Setting and resetting the indentation value is cumbersome, especially since it is required
for each paragraph. A more elegant solution defines a macro called list. For convenience
it defines a macro indent which is used as a constant. The macro definitions are
as follows:
1. Long Distance Glider: With this paper rocket you can send all your messages
even when sitting in a hall or in the cinema pretty near the back.
2. Giant Wing: An unbelievable sailplane! It is amazingly robust and can even do
aerobatics. But it is best suited to gliding.
1. Long Distance Glider: With this paper rocket you can send all your
messages even when sitting in a hall or in the cinema pretty near the
back.
2. Giant Wing: An unbelievable sailplane! It is amazingly robust and can
even do aerobatics. But it is best suited to gliding.
3. Cone Head Rocket: This paper arrow can be thrown with big swing. We
launched it from the roof of a hotel. It stayed in the air a long time and
covered a considerable distance.
Fig. 8.18
Numbered list
214 Chapter 8: Text and Table Formatting (Edition for COM, .NET, and REALbasic)