Multiple PDF pages from long Unicode String

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   I'd like to feed a long (multiple pages worth) string into 
	qp->DrawTextBox(30,30,600,700, sLongString.w_str(), 1);

and have it create as many PDF pages as needed. But it only adds text to one page. Even if i use something like

	qp->NewPages(5); 

Is this possible?

PS. Ive tried this too

	qp->DrawText(30,300, sLongString.w_str());

Thanks!

Edited by DevTech - 17 Sep 19 at 10:28PM

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DevTech Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 17 Sep 19 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote DevTech Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Multiple PDF pages from long Unicode String Posted: 17 Sep 19 at 10:28PM
	I'd like to feed a long (multiple pages worth) string into qp->DrawTextBox(30,30,600,700, sLongString.w_str(), 1); and have it create as many PDF pages as needed. But it only adds text to one page. Even if i use something like qp->NewPages(5); Is this possible? PS. Ive tried this too qp->DrawText(30,300, sLongString.w_str()); Thanks! Edited by DevTech - 17 Sep 19 at 10:28PM

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Sep 19 at 9:20PM
	Hi Dev, the library (and i think all the competitors as well) and the filetype pdf is page based. What you can do is separate the long text into parts with your own algorithm and then try it again but "page by page". Cheers and welcome here, Ingo
	Cheers, Ingo

tfrost Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 10 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 437	Post Options Post Reply Quote tfrost Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Sep 19 at 12:23PM
	Since I see you are not using wrapping, DrawTextBox (with option 1) returns the number of lines actually inserted in the box, so you should be able to strip these off your string and put the remainder on a new page, until you are done. There are functions to determine the extent which would be inserted on wrapped and HTML text, but it's then a little harder to work out where to break your text in this case.

DevTech Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 17 Sep 19 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote DevTech Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Sep 19 at 8:13PM
	That's a great idea tfost. Thank you!