Page Elements

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DynamicPDF Generator for Java includes over 50 built-in Page Elements.

Included with Professional

Group: The Group Page Element is used to group page elements into logical groups.
Image: The Image Page Element is used to add images to the page.
Label: The Label Page Element is used for adding text labels to the page.
Layout Grid: The Layout Grid Page Element adds a layout grid to the page to assist with the layout of Page Elements.
Line: The Line Page Element is used to add lines to the page.
Page Numbering Label: The Page Numbering Label Page Element is used for adding text page and section numbering to the labels to the page.
Rectangle: The Rectangle Page Element is used to add rectangles to the document.

Anchor Group: The Anchor Group Page Element can have page elements within it. It can be anchored to the edge or margins of the page.
Area Group: The Area Group Page Element is used to group page elements into logical groups. It contains a width and height which can be used by the Table page element's cell for alignment.
Background Image: The Background Image Page Element is used to add in image as a background to a page. The image stretches to fill the entire page.
Bookmark: The Bookmark Page Element is used to add outlines to the document's outline list.
Circle: The Circle Page Element is used to add circles to the page.
Formatted Text Area: The Formatted Text Area Page Element is used to add formatted text to the page. It has text continuation methods to efficiently span text between multiple Formatted Text Areas and pages.
Image Watermark: The Image Watermark Page Element is used to add image watermark to the document.
Link: The Link Page Element is used to add document and URL links to the page.
Note: The Note Page Element is used to add a PDF note to the page.
Ordered List: The Ordered List Page Element is used to add an ordered list to the page.
Path: The Path Page Element is used to add path shapes to the page. This is made up of the LineSubPath, CurveFromSubPath, CurveSubPath and CurveToSubPath classes.
Table2: The Table2 Page Element is used to add a table to the page. It has horizontal and vertical continuation methods to efficiently span a table between multiple columns or pages.
Text Area: The Text Area Page Element is used to add text to the page. It has text continuation methods to efficiently span text between multiple Text Areas and pages.
Text Watermark: The Text Watermark Page Element is used to add text watermark to the document.
Transformation Group: The Transformation Group Page Element is used to shift, rotate and scale other page elements. Any page element that is placed in the transformation group will be shifted, rotated or scaled with the transformation group.
Transparency Group: The Transparency Group Page Element is used to add transparency to page elements.
Unordered List: The Unordered List Page Element is used to add an unordered list to the page.

Included with Enterprise

7 Acro Form Field Page Elements: 7 Acro Form Field Page Elements are included with the enterprise version. These include Button, Check box, Combo box, List box, Radio Button, Signature and Text Form Field.
47 Bar Coding Page Elements: 47 Bar Coding Page Elements are included with the enterprise version. These include Code 128, Code 3 of 9 & extended 3 of 9, Code 93 & extended 93, Code 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, Postnet, PDF417, MacroPDF417, Intelligent Mail Barcode, Data Matrix Barcode, QR Code, MSI Barcode (Modified Plessey), RM4SCC Barcode, 12 versions of UPC/EAN/JAN symbols, 9 versions of ISBN/ISMN/ISSN symbols , ITF 14, KIX (Dutch KIX, Royal TNT Post Kix), Singapore Post, Aztec, Australia Post, Deutsche Post Identcode, Deutsche Post Leitcode and Stacked GS1 Databar.
6 Chart Types: 6 Chart Types are included with the enterprise version.These include Area Chart, Bar Chart, Column Chart, Line Chart, Pie Chart and XYScatter Chart.
HTML Area: The HtmlArea is designed to support HTML content. It supports tags and properties based on HTML4.0.1, CSS2.1 specification, with some limitations.

Included with Enterprise

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