12-17 -writeText: Adding Text

Processing

Inserts the text to input PDF.

Note:

  • When running on Linux, the font name setting is required.Specify the font name with "-font -name."
  • When running on Windows, if no font is specified, "MS-Gothic" is specified as the font name in Japanese environments, and "Arial" is specified in other environments.

Example of commands

[Executing example commands]

Inserts the string "Antenna House, Inc." into all pages of test.pdf and outputs it as out.pdf.

  • The text is inserted with the following settings and arrangement:
    • Font: Meiryo Font (Windows) / IPA Gothic (Linux)
    • Font size: 10 points
    • Text color: {R G B}={1.0 0.0 0.0}
    • Transparency: 0.8
    • Placement: Top right

[Windows]

AHPDFToolCmd80.exe -writeText -text "Antenna House, Inc." -align 3 -font -name Meiryo -size 10 -colorText 1.0 0.0 0.0 -opacity 0.8 -d C:\test\test.pdf -o C:\sav\out.pdf

[Linux]

AHPDFToolCmd80 -writeText -text "Antenna House, Inc." -align 3 -font -name ipa-gothic -size 10 -colorText 1.0 0.0 0.0 -opacity 0.8 -d /home/antenna/test/test.pdf -o /home/antenna/sav/out.pdf

Folder settings: applied

You can perform batch processing by specifying the input folder to the -d parameter and the output folder to the -o parameter.

If a folder is specified, the text will be added to the PDF files in the input folder. Note that the output file will be output to the output folder with the same name as the input file name.

Parameters

Parameter

Content

-text <Val>

[required]

Sets the text to insert.

Macro text can also be used for text. For details, see "14-2 Macro Text" in this manual.

-pageNo <Val>

Sets the page number to insert the text. Can be omitted.

Page number is 0 origin. Therefore, the first page is counted from "0." If not specified, it will be inserted on all pages.

If specifying multiple page numbers, separate them with commas. (Example) "0,2-4"

-vertical

Specifies the vertical writing. Can be omitted.

If specified, writes vertically.

If not specified, writes horizontally.

-align {1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9}

Sets the insertion position. Can be omitted.

1: Top left 2: Top center 3: Top right
4: Center left 5: Center 6: Center right
7: Bottom left 8: Bottom center 9: Bottom right

If not specified, places at "5: Center." If a value other than 1 to 9 is specified, an error will occur.

-angle <Val>

Sets the angle of the text. Can be omitted.

Effective only for horizontal writing.

Counterclockwise is a positive value.

-font

[required]

Sets the font （*）

-name <Val>

[Required] Font name.

-size <Val>

Sets the font size. Can be omitted.

Unit: point
If not specified, 12 point is applied.

-bold

If specified, makes the text bold.
If not specified, does not make the text bold.

-italic

If specified, makeｓ the text italic.
If not specified, makes the text upright.

-notEmbed

If specified, does not embed fonts.
If not specified, embeds fonts.

-colorText <r> <g> <b>

Sets the fill color of the text. Can be omitted.

Setting value range: <r>, <g>, <b> 0.0 to 1.0 for each.

If not specified, black (0.0 0.0 0.0) is applied.

-colorOutline <r> <g> <b>

Sets the color of the text outline. Can be omitted.

Setting value range: <r>, <g>, <b>, 0.0 to 1.0 for each.

If not specified, black (0.0 0.0 0.0) is applied.

-opacity <Val>

Sets the transparency of the text. Can be omitted.

Setting value range: 0.0 to 1.0. 0.0 are transparent, 1.0 is opaque.

If not specified, 1.0 (opaque) is applied.

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(*)
For information on obtaining font information and restrictions on Antenna House PDF API Command-line, see "Chapter.5 Handling Fonts" and "Chapter.8 Limitations 8-5 Font Limitations" in this manual.