Wrapping text

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   I'm fairly new to PDF generation. We have a report that we are building, and I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to have Debenu PDF Library wrap text while breaking on spaces.
For example, I want to write out a list of comma delimited names on the page which might be wider than the page. Right now, I have a ton of logic to estimate how much to put on a line, and then I have to do things like keep track of the font height, and remember to insert new pages.

Does this all have to be done by hand?

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bpeikes Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 23 Apr 18 Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote bpeikes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Wrapping text Posted: 23 Apr 18 at 5:58PM
	I'm fairly new to PDF generation. We have a report that we are building, and I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to have Debenu PDF Library wrap text while breaking on spaces. For example, I want to write out a list of comma delimited names on the page which might be wider than the page. Right now, I have a ton of logic to estimate how much to put on a line, and then I have to do things like keep track of the font height, and remember to insert new pages. Does this all have to be done by hand?

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(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Apr 18 at 8:39PM
	Hi, there are functions like DrawMultilineText, DrawWrappedText and similar ones... Here's the section with all relevant functions regarding text output: http://www.debenu.com/docs/pdf_library_reference/Text.php Here are links from other users having problems with text output. Reading the samples or code snippets they've posted will give you an idea how to solve your task: http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=547&KW=wrap+text&PID=2422&title=drawwrappedtext-longer-than-one-page#2422 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2426&KW=wrap+text&PID=10203&title=does-getwrapped-text-work-with-unicode-text#10203 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3475&KW=wrap+text&PID=13815&title=wrapped-text#13815 Cheers and welcome here, Ingo
	Cheers, Ingo

is_it_tennant Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 22 May 18 Location: Detroit, MI Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote is_it_tennant Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 May 18 at 3:52PM
	It's a quite easy thing to do while using QuickPDF, but I feel you, its interface could be puzzling for some people, especially for newbies. The very feature you need according to the description you provided is DrawWrappedText, it can easily be found by the link Ingo posted. If you aren't able to do that nevertheless, you may try to add this through some simpler application, like this one as an example of edition of real estate forms https://boston-real-estate-board-form.pdffiller.com/ and other things. But I think that very function will be enough