Introduction ============ PDFio is a simple C library for reading and writing PDF files. The primary goals of PDFio are: - Read and write any version of PDF file - Provide access to pages, objects, and streams within a PDF file - Support reading and writing of encrypted PDF files - Extract or embed useful metadata (author, creator, page information, etc.) - "Filter" PDF files, for example to extract a range of pages or to embed fonts that are missing from a PDF - Provide access to objects used for each page PDFio is *not* concerned with rendering or viewing a PDF file, although a PDF RIP or viewer could be written using it. PDFio is Copyright © 2021-2024 by Michael R Sweet and is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0 with an (optional) exception to allow linking against GPL2/LGPL2 software. See the files "LICENSE" and "NOTICE" for more information. Requirements ------------ PDFio requires the following to build the software: - A C99 compiler such as Clang, GCC, or MS Visual C - A POSIX-compliant `make` program - A POSIX-compliant `sh` program - ZLIB () 1.0 or higher IDE files for Xcode (macOS/iOS) and Visual Studio (Windows) are also provided. Installing PDFio ---------------- PDFio comes with a configure script that creates a portable makefile that will work on any POSIX-compliant system with ZLIB installed. To make it, run: ./configure make To test it, run: make test To install it, run: sudo make install If you want a shared library, run: ./configure --enable-shared make sudo make install The default installation location is "/usr/local". Pass the `--prefix` option to make to install it to another location: ./configure --prefix=/some/other/directory Other configure options can be found using the `--help` option: ./configure --help Visual Studio Project --------------------- The Visual Studio solution ("pdfio.sln") is provided for Windows developers and generates both a static library and DLL. Xcode Project ------------- There is also an Xcode project ("pdfio.xcodeproj") you can use on macOS which generates a static library that will be installed under "/usr/local" with: sudo xcodebuild install Detecting PDFio --------------- PDFio can be detected using the `pkg-config` command, for example: if pkg-config --exists pdfio; then ... fi In a makefile you can add the necessary compiler and linker options with: ```make CFLAGS += `pkg-config --cflags pdfio` LIBS += `pkg-config --libs pdfio` ``` On Windows, you need to link to the `PDFIO1.LIB` (DLL) library and include the `zlib_native` NuGet package dependency. You can also use the published `pdfio_native` NuGet package. Header Files ------------ PDFio provides a primary header file that is always used: ```c #include ``` PDFio also provides [PDF content helper functions](@) for producing PDF content that are defined in a separate header file: ```c #include ``` Understanding PDF Files ----------------------- A PDF file provides data and commands for displaying pages of graphics and text, and is structured in a way that allows it to be displayed in the same way across multiple devices and platforms. The following is a PDF which shows "Hello, World!" on one page: ``` %PDF-1.0 % Header starts here %âãÏÓ 1 0 obj % Body starts here << /Kids [2 0 R] /Count 1 /Type /Pages >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Rotate 0 /Parent 1 0 R /Resources 3 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Contents [4 0 R]/Type /Page >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Font << /F0 << /BaseFont /Times-Italic /Subtype /Type1 /Type /Font >> >> >> endobj 4 0 obj << /Length 65 >> stream 1. 0. 0. 1. 50. 700. cm BT /F0 36. Tf (Hello, World!) Tj ET endstream endobj 5 0 obj << /Pages 1 0 R /Type /Catalog >> endobj xref % Cross-reference table starts here 0 6 0000000000 65535 f 0000000015 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000192 00000 n 0000000291 00000 n 0000000409 00000 n trailer % Trailer starts here << /Root 5 0 R /Size 6 >> startxref 459 %%EOF ``` ### Header The header is the first line of a PDF file that specifies the version of the PDF format that has been used, for example `%PDF-1.0`. Since PDF files almost always contain binary data, they can become corrupted if line endings are changed. For example, if the file is transferred using FTP in text mode or is edited in Notepad on Windows. To allow legacy file transfer programs to determine that the file is binary, the PDF standard recommends including some bytes with character codes higher than 127 in the header, for example: ``` %âãÏÓ ``` The percent sign indicates a comment line while the other few bytes are arbitrary character codes in excess of 127. So, the whole header in our example is: ``` %PDF-1.0 %âãÏÓ ``` ### Body The file body consists of a sequence of objects, each preceded by an object number, generation number, and the obj keyword on one line, and followed by the endobj keyword on another. For example: ``` 1 0 obj << /Kids [2 0 R] /Count 1 /Type /Pages >> endobj ``` In this example, the object number is 1 and the generation number is 0, meaning it is the first version of the object. The content for object 1 is between the initial `1 0 obj` and trailing `endobj` lines. In this case, the content is the dictionary `<>`. ### Cross-Reference Table The cross-reference table lists the byte offset of each object in the file body. This allows random access to objects, meaning they don't have to be read in order. Objects that are not used are never read, making the process efficient. Operations like counting the number of pages in a PDF document are fast, even in large files. Each object has an object number and a generation number. Generation numbers are used when a cross-reference table entry is reused. For simplicity, we will assume generation numbers to be always zero and ignore them. The cross-reference table consists of a header line that indicates the number of entries, a free entry line for object 0, and a line for each of the objects in the file body. For example: ``` 0 6 % Six entries in table, starting at 0 0000000000 65535 f % Free entry for object 0 0000000015 00000 n % Object 1 is at byte offset 15 0000000074 00000 n % Object 2 is at byte offset 74 0000000192 00000 n % etc... 0000000291 00000 n 0000000409 00000 n % Object 5 is at byte offset 409 ``` ### Trailer The first line of the trailer is just the `trailer` keyword. This is followed by the trailer dictionary which contains at least the `/Size` entry specifying the number of entries in the cross-reference table and the `/Root` entry which references the object for the document catalog which is the root element of the graph of objects in the body. There follows a line with just the `startxref` keyword, a line with a single number specifying the byte offset of the start of the cross-reference table within the file, and then the line `%%EOF` which signals the end of the PDF file. ``` trailer % Trailer keyword << % The trailer dictinonary /Root 5 0 R /Size 6 >> startxref % startxref keyword 459 % Byte offset of cross-reference table %%EOF % End-of-file marker ``` API Overview ============ PDFio exposes several types: - `pdfio_file_t`: A PDF file (for reading or writing) - `pdfio_array_t`: An array of values - `pdfio_dict_t`: A dictionary of key/value pairs in a PDF file, object, etc. - `pdfio_obj_t`: An object in a PDF file - `pdfio_stream_t`: An object stream Reading PDF Files ----------------- You open an existing PDF file using the [`pdfioFileOpen`](@@) function: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileOpen("myinputfile.pdf", password_cb, password_data, error_cb, error_data); ``` where the five arguments to the function are the filename ("myinputfile.pdf"), an optional password callback function (`password_cb`) and data pointer value (`password_data`), and an optional error callback function (`error_cb`) and data pointer value (`error_data`). The password callback is called for encrypted PDF files that are not using the default password, for example: ```c const char * password_cb(void *data, const char *filename) { (void)data; // This callback doesn't use the data pointer (void)filename; // This callback doesn't use the filename // Return a password string for the file... return ("Password42"); } ``` The error callback is called for both errors and warnings and accepts the `pdfio_file_t` pointer, a message string, and the callback pointer value, for example: ```c bool error_cb(pdfio_file_t *pdf, const char *message, void *data) { (void)data; // This callback does not use the data pointer fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", pdfioFileGetName(pdf), message); // Return false to treat warnings as errors return (false); } ``` The default error callback (`NULL`) does the equivalent of the above. Each PDF file contains one or more pages. The [`pdfioFileGetNumPages`](@@) function returns the number of pages in the file while the [`pdfioFileGetPage`](@@) function gets the specified page in the PDF file: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf; // PDF file size_t i; // Looping var size_t count; // Number of pages pdfio_obj_t *page; // Current page // Iterate the pages in the PDF file for (i = 0, count = pdfioFileGetNumPages(pdf); i < count; i ++) { page = pdfioFileGetPage(pdf, i); // do something with page } ``` Each page is represented by a "page tree" object (what [`pdfioFileGetPage`](@@) returns) that specifies information about the page and one or more "content" objects that contain the images, fonts, text, and graphics that appear on the page. Use the [`pdfioPageGetNumStreams`](@@) and [`pdfioPageOpenStream`](@@) functions to access the content streams for each page, and [`pdfioObjGetDict`](@@) to get the associated page object dictionary. For example, if you want to display the media and crop boxes for a given page: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf; // PDF file size_t i; // Looping var size_t count; // Number of pages pdfio_obj_t *page; // Current page pdfio_dict_t *dict; // Current page dictionary pdfio_array_t *media_box; // MediaBox array double media_values[4]; // MediaBox values pdfio_array_t *crop_box; // CropBox array double crop_values[4]; // CropBox values // Iterate the pages in the PDF file for (i = 0, count = pdfioFileGetNumPages(pdf); i < count; i ++) { page = pdfioFileGetPage(pdf, i); dict = pdfioObjGetDict(page); media_box = pdfioDictGetArray(dict, "MediaBox"); media_values[0] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(media_box, 0); media_values[1] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(media_box, 1); media_values[2] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(media_box, 2); media_values[3] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(media_box, 3); crop_box = pdfioDictGetArray(dict, "CropBox"); crop_values[0] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(crop_box, 0); crop_values[1] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(crop_box, 1); crop_values[2] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(crop_box, 2); crop_values[3] = pdfioArrayGetNumber(crop_box, 3); printf("Page %u: MediaBox=[%g %g %g %g], CropBox=[%g %g %g %g]\n", (unsigned)(i + 1), media_values[0], media_values[1], media_values[2], media_values[3], crop_values[0], crop_values[1], crop_values[2], crop_values[3]); } ``` Page object dictionaries have several (mostly optional) key/value pairs, including: - "Annots": An array of annotation dictionaries for the page; use [`pdfioDictGetArray`](@@) to get the array - "CropBox": The crop box as an array of four numbers for the left, bottom, right, and top coordinates of the target media; use [`pdfioDictGetArray`](@@) to get a pointer to the array of numbers - "Dur": The number of seconds the page should be displayed; use [`pdfioDictGetNumber`](@@) to get the page duration value - "Group": The dictionary of transparency group values for the page; use [`pdfioDictGetDict`](@@) to get a pointer to the resources dictionary - "LastModified": The date and time when this page was last modified; use [`pdfioDictGetDate`](@@) to get the Unix `time_t` value - "Parent": The parent page tree node object for this page; use [`pdfioDictGetObj`](@@) to get a pointer to the object - "MediaBox": The media box as an array of four numbers for the left, bottom, right, and top coordinates of the target media; use [`pdfioDictGetArray`](@@) to get a pointer to the array of numbers - "Resources": The dictionary of resources for the page; use [`pdfioDictGetDict`](@@) to get a pointer to the resources dictionary - "Rotate": A number indicating the number of degrees of counter-clockwise rotation to apply to the page when viewing; use [`pdfioDictGetNumber`](@@) to get the rotation angle - "Thumb": A thumbnail image object for the page; use [`pdfioDictGetObj`](@@) to get a pointer to the thumbnail image object - "Trans": The page transition dictionary; use [`pdfioDictGetDict`](@@) to get a pointer to the dictionary The [`pdfioFileClose`](@@) function closes a PDF file and frees all memory that was used for it: ```c pdfioFileClose(pdf); ``` Writing PDF Files ----------------- You create a new PDF file using the [`pdfioFileCreate`](@@) function: ```c pdfio_rect_t media_box = { 0.0, 0.0, 612.0, 792.0 }; // US Letter pdfio_rect_t crop_box = { 36.0, 36.0, 576.0, 756.0 }; // w/0.5" margins pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate("myoutputfile.pdf", "2.0", &media_box, &crop_box, error_cb, error_data); ``` where the six arguments to the function are the filename ("myoutputfile.pdf"), PDF version ("2.0"), media box (`media_box`), crop box (`crop_box`), an optional error callback function (`error_cb`), and an optional pointer value for the error callback function (`error_data`). The units for the media and crop boxes are points (1/72nd of an inch). Alternately you can stream a PDF file using the [`pdfioFileCreateOutput`](@@) function: ```c pdfio_rect_t media_box = { 0.0, 0.0, 612.0, 792.0 }; // US Letter pdfio_rect_t crop_box = { 36.0, 36.0, 576.0, 756.0 }; // w/0.5" margins pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreateOutput(output_cb, output_ctx, "2.0", &media_box, &crop_box, error_cb, error_data); ``` Once the file is created, use the [`pdfioFileCreateObj`](@@), [`pdfioFileCreatePage`](@@), and [`pdfioPageCopy`](@@) functions to create objects and pages in the file. Finally, the [`pdfioFileClose`](@@) function writes the PDF cross-reference and "trailer" information, closes the file, and frees all memory that was used for it. PDF Objects ----------- PDF objects are identified using two numbers - the object number (1 to N) and the object generation (0 to 65535) that specifies a particular version of an object. An object's numbers are returned by the [`pdfioObjGetNumber`](@@) and [`pdfioObjGetGeneration`](@@) functions. You can find a numbered object using the [`pdfioFileFindObj`](@@) function. Objects contain values (typically dictionaries) and usually an associated data stream containing images, fonts, ICC profiles, and page content. PDFio provides several accessor functions to get the value(s) associated with an object: - [`pdfioObjGetArray`](@@) returns an object's array value, if any - [`pdfioObjGetDict`](@@) returns an object's dictionary value, if any - [`pdfioObjGetLength`](@@) returns the length of the data stream, if any - [`pdfioObjGetSubtype`](@@) returns the sub-type name of the object, for example "Image" for an image object. - [`pdfioObjGetType`](@@) returns the type name of the object, for example "XObject" for an image object. PDF Streams ----------- Some PDF objects have an associated data stream, such as for pages, images, ICC color profiles, and fonts. You access the stream for an existing object using the [`pdfioObjOpenStream`](@@) function: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileOpen(...); pdfio_obj_t *obj = pdfioFileFindObj(pdf, number); pdfio_stream_t *st = pdfioObjOpenStream(obj, true); ``` The first argument is the object pointer. The second argument is a boolean value that specifies whether you want to decode (typically decompress) the stream data or return it as-is. When reading a page stream you'll use the [`pdfioPageOpenStream`](@@) function instead: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileOpen(...); pdfio_obj_t *obj = pdfioFileGetPage(pdf, number); pdfio_stream_t *st = pdfioPageOpenStream(obj, 0, true); ``` Once you have the stream open, you can use one of several functions to read from it: - [`pdfioStreamConsume`](@@) reads and discards a number of bytes in the stream - [`pdfioStreamGetToken`](@@) reads a PDF token from the stream - [`pdfioStreamPeek`](@@) peeks at the next stream data without advancing or "consuming" it - [`pdfioStreamRead`](@@) reads a buffer of data When you are done reading from the stream, call the [`pdfioStreamClose`](@@) function: ```c pdfioStreamClose(st); ``` To create a stream for a new object, call the [`pdfioObjCreateStream`](@@) function: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...); pdfio_obj_t *obj = pdfioFileCreateObj(pdf, ...); pdfio_stream_t *st = pdfioObjCreateStream(obj, PDFIO_FILTER_FLATE); ``` The first argument is the newly created object. The second argument is either `PDFIO_FILTER_NONE` to specify that any encoding is done by your program or `PDFIO_FILTER_FLATE` to specify that PDFio should Flate compress the stream. To create a page content stream call the [`pdfioFileCreatePage`](@@) function: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...); pdfio_dict_t *dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf); ... set page dictionary keys and values ... pdfio_stream_t *st = pdfioFileCreatePage(pdf, dict); ``` Once you have created the stream, use any of the following functions to write to the stream: - [`pdfioStreamPrintf`](@@) writes a formatted string to the stream - [`pdfioStreamPutChar`](@@) writes a single character to the stream - [`pdfioStreamPuts`](@@) writes a C string to the stream - [`pdfioStreamWrite`](@@) writes a buffer of data to the stream The [PDF content helper functions](@) provide additional functions for writing specific PDF page stream commands. When you are done writing the stream, call [`pdfioStreamClose`](@@) to close both the stream and the object. PDF Content Helper Functions ---------------------------- PDFio includes many helper functions for embedding or writing specific kinds of content to a PDF file. These functions can be roughly grouped into five categories: - [Color Space Functions](@) - [Font Object Functions](@) - [Image Object Functions](@) - [Page Stream Functions](@) - [Page Dictionary Functions](@) ### Color Space Functions PDF color spaces are specified using well-known names like "DeviceCMYK", "DeviceGray", and "DeviceRGB" or using arrays that define so-called calibrated color spaces. PDFio provides several functions for embedding ICC profiles and creating color space arrays: - [`pdfioArrayCreateColorFromICCObj`](@@) creates a color array for an ICC color profile object - [`pdfioArrayCreateColorFromMatrix`](@@) creates a color array using a CIE XYZ color transform matrix, a gamma value, and a CIE XYZ white point - [`pdfioArrayCreateColorFromPalette`](@@) creates an indexed color array from an array of sRGB values - [`pdfioArrayCreateColorFromPrimaries`](@@) creates a color array using CIE XYZ primaries and a gamma value - [`pdfioArrayCreateColorFromStandard`](@@) creates a color array for a standard color space You can embed an ICC color profile using the [`pdfioFileCreateICCObjFromFile`](@@) function: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...); pdfio_obj_t *icc = pdfioFileCreateICCObjFromFile(pdf, "filename.icc"); ``` where the first argument is the PDF file and the second argument is the filename of the ICC color profile. PDFio also includes predefined constants for creating a few standard color spaces: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...); // Create an AdobeRGB color array pdfio_array_t *adobe_rgb = pdfioArrayCreateColorFromStandard(pdf, 3, PDFIO_CS_ADOBE); // Create an Display P3 color array pdfio_array_t *display_p3 = pdfioArrayCreateColorFromStandard(pdf, 3, PDFIO_CS_P3_D65); // Create an sRGB color array pdfio_array_t *srgb = pdfioArrayCreateColorFromStandard(pdf, 3, PDFIO_CS_SRGB); ``` ### Font Object Functions PDF supports many kinds of fonts, including PostScript Type1, PDF Type3, TrueType/OpenType, and CID. PDFio provides two functions for creating font objects. The first is [`pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromBase`](@@) which creates a font object for one of the base PDF fonts: - "Courier" - "Courier-Bold" - "Courier-BoldItalic" - "Courier-Italic" - "Helvetica" - "Helvetica-Bold" - "Helvetica-BoldOblique" - "Helvetica-Oblique" - "Symbol" - "Times-Bold" - "Times-BoldItalic" - "Times-Italic" - "Times-Roman" - "ZapfDingbats" Except for Symbol and ZapfDingbats (which use a custom 8-bit character set), PDFio always uses the Windows CP1252 subset of Unicode for these fonts. The second function is [`pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile`](@@) which creates a font object from a TrueType/OpenType font file, for example: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...); pdfio_obj_t *arial = pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile(pdf, "OpenSans-Regular.ttf", false); ``` will embed an OpenSans Regular TrueType font using the Windows CP1252 subset of Unicode. Pass `true` for the third argument to embed it as a Unicode CID font instead, for example: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...); pdfio_obj_t *arial = pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile(pdf, "NotoSansJP-Regular.otf", true); ``` will embed the NotoSansJP Regular OpenType font with full support for Unicode. > Note: Not all fonts support Unicode, and most do not contain a full > complement of Unicode characters. `pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile` does not > perform any character subsetting, so the entire font file is embedded in the > PDF file. ### Image Object Functions PDF supports images with many different color spaces and bit depths with optional transparency. PDFio provides two helper functions for creating image objects that can be referenced in page streams. The first function is [`pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromData`](@@) which creates an image object from data in memory, for example: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...); unsigned char data[1024 * 1024 * 4]; // 1024x1024 RGBA image data pdfio_obj_t *img = pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromData(pdf, data, /*width*/1024, /*height*/1024, /*num_colors*/3, /*color_data*/NULL, /*alpha*/true, /*interpolate*/false); ``` will create an object for a 1024x1024 RGBA image in memory, using the default color space for 3 colors ("DeviceRGB"). We can use one of the [color space functions](@) to use a specific color space for this image, for example: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...); // Create an AdobeRGB color array pdfio_array_t *adobe_rgb = pdfioArrayCreateColorFromMatrix(pdf, 3, pdfioAdobeRGBGamma, pdfioAdobeRGBMatrix, pdfioAdobeRGBWhitePoint); // Create a 1024x1024 RGBA image using AdobeRGB unsigned char data[1024 * 1024 * 4]; // 1024x1024 RGBA image data pdfio_obj_t *img = pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromData(pdf, data, /*width*/1024, /*height*/1024, /*num_colors*/3, /*color_data*/adobe_rgb, /*alpha*/true, /*interpolate*/false); ``` The "interpolate" argument specifies whether the colors in the image should be smoothed/interpolated when scaling. This is most useful for photographs but should be `false` for screenshot and barcode images. If you have a JPEG or PNG file, use the [`pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromFile`](@@) function to copy the image into a PDF image object, for example: ```c pdfio_file_t *pdf = pdfioFileCreate(...); pdfio_obj_t *img = pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromFile(pdf, "myphoto.jpg", /*interpolate*/true); ``` > Note: Currently `pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromFile` does not support 12 bit JPEG > files or PNG files with an alpha channel. ### Page Dictionary Functions PDF pages each have an associated dictionary to specify the images, fonts, and color spaces used by the page. PDFio provides functions to add these resources to the dictionary: - [`pdfioPageDictAddColorSpace`](@@) adds a named color space to the page dictionary - [`pdfioPageDictAddFont`](@@) adds a named font to the page dictionary - [`pdfioPageDictAddImage`](@@) adds a named image to the page dictionary ### Page Stream Functions PDF page streams contain textual commands for drawing on the page. PDFio provides many functions for writing these commands with the correct format and escaping, as needed: - [`pdfioContentClip`](@@) clips future drawing to the current path - [`pdfioContentDrawImage`](@@) draws an image object - [`pdfioContentFill`](@@) fills the current path - [`pdfioContentFillAndStroke`](@@) fills and strokes the current path - [`pdfioContentMatrixConcat`](@@) concatenates a matrix with the current transform matrix - [`pdfioContentMatrixRotate`](@@) concatenates a rotation matrix with the current transform matrix - [`pdfioContentMatrixScale`](@@) concatenates a scaling matrix with the current transform matrix - [`pdfioContentMatrixTranslate`](@@) concatenates a translation matrix with the current transform matrix - [`pdfioContentPathClose`](@@) closes the current path - [`pdfioContentPathCurve`](@@) appends a Bezier curve to the current path - [`pdfioContentPathCurve13`](@@) appends a Bezier curve with 2 control points to the current path - [`pdfioContentPathCurve23`](@@) appends a Bezier curve with 2 control points to the current path - [`pdfioContentPathLineTo`](@@) appends a line to the current path - [`pdfioContentPathMoveTo`](@@) moves the current point in the current path - [`pdfioContentPathRect`](@@) appends a rectangle to the current path - [`pdfioContentRestore`](@@) restores a previous graphics state - [`pdfioContentSave`](@@) saves the current graphics state - [`pdfioContentSetDashPattern`](@@) sets the line dash pattern - [`pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceCMYK`](@@) sets the current fill color using a device CMYK color - [`pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceGray`](@@) sets the current fill color using a device gray color - [`pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceRGB`](@@) sets the current fill color using a device RGB color - [`pdfioContentSetFillColorGray`](@@) sets the current fill color using a calibrated gray color - [`pdfioContentSetFillColorRGB`](@@) sets the current fill color using a calibrated RGB color - [`pdfioContentSetFillColorSpace`](@@) sets the current fill color space - [`pdfioContentSetFlatness`](@@) sets the flatness for curves - [`pdfioContentSetLineCap`](@@) sets how the ends of lines are stroked - [`pdfioContentSetLineJoin`](@@) sets how connections between lines are stroked - [`pdfioContentSetLineWidth`](@@) sets the width of stroked lines - [`pdfioContentSetMiterLimit`](@@) sets the miter limit for stroked lines - [`pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceCMYK`](@@) sets the current stroke color using a device CMYK color - [`pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceGray`](@@) sets the current stroke color using a device gray color - [`pdfioContentSetStrokeColorDeviceRGB`](@@) sets the current stroke color using a device RGB color - [`pdfioContentSetStrokeColorGray`](@@) sets the current stroke color using a calibrated gray color - [`pdfioContentSetStrokeColorRGB`](@@) sets the current stroke color using a calibrated RGB color - [`pdfioContentSetStrokeColorSpace`](@@) sets the current stroke color space - [`pdfioContentSetTextCharacterSpacing`](@@) sets the spacing between characters for text - [`pdfioContentSetTextFont`](@@) sets the font and size for text - [`pdfioContentSetTextLeading`](@@) sets the line height for text - [`pdfioContentSetTextMatrix`](@@) concatenates a matrix with the current text matrix - [`pdfioContentSetTextRenderingMode`](@@) sets the text rendering mode - [`pdfioContentSetTextRise`](@@) adjusts the baseline for text - [`pdfioContentSetTextWordSpacing`](@@) sets the spacing between words for text - [`pdfioContentSetTextXScaling`](@@) sets the horizontal scaling for text - [`pdfioContentStroke`](@@) strokes the current path - [`pdfioContentTextBegin`](@@) begins a block of text - [`pdfioContentTextEnd`](@@) ends a block of text - [`pdfioContentTextMoveLine`](@@) moves to the next line with an offset in a text block - [`pdfioContentTextMoveTo`](@@) moves within the current line in a text block - [`pdfioContentTextNewLine`](@@) moves to the beginning of the next line in a text block - [`pdfioContentTextNewLineShow`](@@) moves to the beginning of the next line in a text block and shows literal text with optional word and character spacing - [`pdfioContentTextNewLineShowf`](@@) moves to the beginning of the next line in a text block and shows formatted text with optional word and character spacing - [`pdfioContentTextShow`](@@) draws a literal string in a text block - [`pdfioContentTextShowf`](@@) draws a formatted string in a text block - [`pdfioContentTextShowJustified`](@@) draws an array of literal strings with offsets between them Examples ======== Read PDF Metadata ----------------- The `pdfioinfo.c` example program opens a PDF file and prints the title, author, creation date, and number of pages: ```c #include #include int // O - Exit status main(int argc, // I - Number of command-line arguments char *argv[]) // Command-line arguments { const char *filename; // PDF filename pdfio_file_t *pdf; // PDF file time_t creation_date; // Creation date struct tm *creation_tm; // Creation date/time information char creation_text[256]; // Creation date/time as a string // Get the filename from the command-line... if (argc != 2) { fputs("Usage: ./pdfioinfo FILENAME.pdf\n", stderr); return (1); } filename = argv[1]; // Open the PDF file with the default callbacks... pdf = pdfioFileOpen(filename, /*password_cb*/NULL, /*password_cbdata*/NULL, /*error_cb*/NULL, /*error_cbdata*/NULL); if (pdf == NULL) return (1); // Get the creation date and convert to a string... creation_date = pdfioFileGetCreationDate(pdf); creation_tm = localtime(&creation_date); strftime(creation_text, sizeof(creation_text), "%c", creation_tm); // Print file information to stdout... printf("%s:\n", filename); printf(" Title: %s\n", pdfioFileGetTitle(pdf)); printf(" Author: %s\n", pdfioFileGetAuthor(pdf)); printf(" Created On: %s\n", creation_text); printf(" Number Pages: %u\n", (unsigned)pdfioFileGetNumPages(pdf)); // Close the PDF file... pdfioFileClose(pdf); return (0); } ``` Extract Text from PDF File -------------------------- The `pdf2text.c` example code extracts non-Unicode text from a PDF file by scanning each page for strings and text drawing commands. Since it doesn't look at the font encoding or support Unicode text, it is really only useful to extract plain ASCII text from a PDF file. And since it writes text in the order it appears in the page stream, it may not come out in the same order as appears on the page. The [`pdfioStreamGetToken`](@@) function is used to read individual tokens from the page streams. Tokens starting with the open parenthesis are text strings, while PDF operators are left as-is. We use some simple logic to make sure that we include spaces between text strings and add newlines for the text operators that start a new line in a text block: ```c pdfio_stream_t *st; // Page stream bool first = true; // First string on line? char buffer[1024]; // Token buffer // Read PDF tokens from the page stream... while (pdfioStreamGetToken(st, buffer, sizeof(buffer))) { if (buffer[0] == '(') { // Text string using an 8-bit encoding if (first) first = false; else if (buffer[1] != ' ') putchar(' '); fputs(buffer + 1, stdout); } else if (!strcmp(buffer, "Td") || !strcmp(buffer, "TD") || !strcmp(buffer, "T*") || !strcmp(buffer, "\'") || !strcmp(buffer, "\"")) { // Text operators that advance to the next line in the block putchar('\n'); first = true; } } if (!first) putchar('\n'); ``` Create a PDF File With Text and an Image ---------------------------------------- The `image2pdf.c` example code creates a PDF file containing a JPEG or PNG image file and optional caption on a single page. The `create_pdf_image_file` function creates the PDF file, embeds a base font and the named JPEG or PNG image file, and then creates a page with the image centered on the page with any text centered below: ```c #include #include #include bool // O - True on success, false on failure create_pdf_image_file( const char *pdfname, // I - PDF filename const char *imagename, // I - Image filename const char *caption) // I - Caption filename { pdfio_file_t *pdf; // PDF file pdfio_obj_t *font; // Caption font pdfio_obj_t *image; // Image pdfio_dict_t *dict; // Page dictionary pdfio_stream_t *page; // Page stream double width, height; // Width and height of image double swidth, sheight; // Scaled width and height on page double tx, ty; // Position on page // Create the PDF file... pdf = pdfioFileCreate(pdfname, /*version*/NULL, /*media_box*/NULL, /*crop_box*/NULL, /*error_cb*/NULL, /*error_cbdata*/NULL); if (!pdf) return (false); // Create a Courier base font for the caption font = pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromBase(pdf, "Courier"); if (!font) { pdfioFileClose(pdf); return (false); } // Create an image object from the JPEG/PNG image file... image = pdfioFileCreateImageObjFromFile(pdf, imagename, true); if (!image) { pdfioFileClose(pdf); return (false); } // Create a page dictionary with the font and image... dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf); pdfioPageDictAddFont(dict, "F1", font); pdfioPageDictAddImage(dict, "IM1", image); // Create the page and its content stream... page = pdfioFileCreatePage(pdf, dict); // Position and scale the image on the page... width = pdfioImageGetWidth(image); height = pdfioImageGetHeight(image); // Default media_box is "universal" 595.28x792 points (8.27x11in or 210x279mm). // Use margins of 36 points (0.5in or 12.7mm) with another 36 points for the // caption underneath... swidth = 595.28 - 72.0; sheight = swidth * height / width; if (sheight > (792.0 - 36.0 - 72.0)) { sheight = 792.0 - 36.0 - 72.0; swidth = sheight * width / height; } tx = 0.5 * (595.28 - swidth); ty = 0.5 * (792 - 36 - sheight); pdfioContentDrawImage(page, "IM1", tx, ty + 36.0, swidth, sheight); // Draw the caption in black... pdfioContentSetFillColorDeviceGray(page, 0.0); // Compute the starting point for the text - Courier is monospaced with a // nominal width of 0.6 times the text height... tx = 0.5 * (595.28 - 18.0 * 0.6 * strlen(caption)); // Position and draw the caption underneath... pdfioContentTextBegin(page); pdfioContentSetTextFont(page, "F1", 18.0); pdfioContentTextMoveTo(page, tx, ty); pdfioContentTextShow(page, /*unicode*/false, caption); pdfioContentTextEnd(page); // Close the page stream and the PDF file... pdfioStreamClose(page); pdfioFileClose(pdf); return (true); } ``` Generate a Code 128 Barcode --------------------------- One-dimensional barcodes are often rendered using special fonts that map ASCII characters to sequences of bars that can be read. The `examples` directory contains such a font (`code128.ttf`) to create "Code 128" barcodes, with an accompanying bit of example code in `code128.c`. The first thing you need to do is prepare the barcode string to use with the font. Each barcode begins with a start pattern followed by the characters or digits you want to encode, a weighted sum digit, and a stop pattern. The `make_code128` function creates this string: ```c static char * // O - Output string make_code128(char *dst, // I - Destination buffer const char *src, // I - Source string size_t dstsize) // I - Size of destination buffer { char *dstptr, // Pointer into destination buffer *dstend; // End of destination buffer int sum; // Weighted sum static const char *code128_chars = // Code 128 characters " !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?" "@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_" "`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\303" "\304\305\306\307\310\311\312"; static const char code128_start_code_b = '\314'; // Start code B static const char code128_stop = '\316'; // Stop pattern // Start a Code B barcode... dstptr = dst; dstend = dst + dstsize - 3; *dstptr++ = code128_start_code_b; sum = code128_start_code_b - 100; while (*src && dstptr < dstend) { if (*src >= ' ' && *src < 0x7f) { sum += (dstptr - dst) * (*src - ' '); *dstptr++ = *src; } src ++; } // Add the weighted sum modulo 103 *dstptr++ = code128_chars[sum % 103]; // Add the stop pattern and return... *dstptr++ = code128_stop; *dstptr = '\0'; return (dst); } ``` The `main` function does the rest of the work. The barcode font is imported using the [`pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile`](@@) function. We pass `false` for the "unicode" argument since we just want the (default) ASCII encoding: ```c barcode_font = pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromFile(pdf, "code128.ttf", /*unicode*/false); ``` Since barcodes usually have the number or text represented by the barcode printed underneath it, we also need a regular text font, for which we can choose one of the standard 14 PostScript base fonts using the [`pdfioFIleCreateFontObjFromBase`](@@) function: ```c text_font = pdfioFileCreateFontObjFromBase(pdf, "Helvetica"); ``` Once we have these fonts we can measure the barcode and regular text labels using the [`pdfioContentTextMeasure`](@@) function to determine how large the PDF page needs to be to hold the barcode and text: ```c // Compute sizes of the text... const char *barcode = argv[1]; char barcode_temp[256]; if (!(barcode[0] & 0x80)) barcode = make_code128(barcode_temp, barcode, sizeof(barcode_temp)); double barcode_height = 36.0; double barcode_width = pdfioContentTextMeasure(barcode_font, barcode, barcode_height); const char *text = argv[2]; double text_height = 0.0; double text_width = 0.0; if (text && text_font) { text_height = 9.0; text_width = pdfioContentTextMeasure(text_font, text, text_height); } // Compute the size of the PDF page... pdfio_rect_t media_box; media_box.x1 = 0.0; media_box.y1 = 0.0; media_box.x2 = (barcode_width > text_width ? barcode_width : text_width) + 18.0; media_box.y2 = barcode_height + text_height + 18.0; ``` Finally, we just need to create a page of the specified size that references the two fonts: ```c // Start a page for the barcode... page_dict = pdfioDictCreate(pdf); pdfioDictSetRect(page_dict, "MediaBox", &media_box); pdfioDictSetRect(page_dict, "CropBox", &media_box); pdfioPageDictAddFont(page_dict, "B128", barcode_font); if (text_font) pdfioPageDictAddFont(page_dict, "TEXT", text_font); page_st = pdfioFileCreatePage(pdf, page_dict); ``` With the barcode font called "B128" and the text font called "TEXT", we can use them to draw two strings: ```c // Draw the page... pdfioContentSetFillColorGray(page_st, 0.0); pdfioContentSetTextFont(page_st, "B128", barcode_height); pdfioContentTextBegin(page_st); pdfioContentTextMoveTo(page_st, 0.5 * (media_box.x2 - barcode_width), 9.0 + text_height); pdfioContentTextShow(page_st, /*unicode*/false, barcode); pdfioContentTextEnd(page_st); if (text && text_font) { pdfioContentSetTextFont(page_st, "TEXT", text_height); pdfioContentTextBegin(page_st); pdfioContentTextMoveTo(page_st, 0.5 * (media_box.x2 - text_width), 9.0); pdfioContentTextShow(page_st, /*unicode*/false, text); pdfioContentTextEnd(page_st); } pdfioStreamClose(page_st); ``` Convert Markdown to PDF ----------------------- Markdown is a simple plain text format that supports things like headings, links, character styles, tables, and embedded images. The `md2pdf.c` example code uses the [mmd](https://www.msweet.org/mmd/) library to convert markdown to a PDF file that can be distributed. > Note: The md2pdf example is by far the most complex example code included with > PDFio and shows how to layout text, add headers and footers, add links, embed > images, format tables, and add an outline (table of contents) for navigation. ### Managing Document State The `md2pdf` program needs to maintain three sets of state - one for the markdown document which is represented by nodes of type `mmd_t` and the others for the PDF document and current PDF page which are contained in the `docdata_t` structure: ```c typedef struct docdata_s // Document formatting data { // State for the whole document pdfio_file_t *pdf; // PDF file pdfio_rect_t media_box; // Media (page) box pdfio_rect_t crop_box; // Crop box (for margins) pdfio_rect_t art_box; // Art box (for markdown content) pdfio_obj_t *fonts[DOCFONT_MAX]; // Embedded fonts double font_space; // Unit width of a space size_t num_images; // Number of embedded images docimage_t images[DOCIMAGE_MAX]; // Embedded images const char *title; // Document title char *heading; // Current document heading size_t num_actions; // Number of actions for this document docaction_t actions[DOCACTION_MAX]; // Actions for this document size_t num_targets; // Number of targets for this document doctarget_t targets[DOCTARGET_MAX]; // Targets for this document size_t num_toc; // Number of table-of-contents entries doctoc_t toc[DOCTOC_MAX]; // Table-of-contents entries // State for the current page pdfio_stream_t *st; // Current page stream double y; // Current position on page docfont_t font; // Current font double fsize; // Current font size doccolor_t color; // Current color pdfio_array_t *annots_array; // Annotations array (for links) pdfio_obj_t *annots_obj; // Annotations object (for links) size_t num_links; // Number of links for this page doclink_t links[DOCLINK_MAX]; // Links for this page } docdata_t; ``` #### Document State The output is fixed to the "universal" media size (the intersection of US Letter and ISO A4) with 1/2 inch margins - the `PAGE_` constants can be changed to select a different size or margins. The `media_box` member contains the "MediaBox" rectangle for the PDF pages, while the `crop_box` and `art_box` members contain the "CropBox" and "ArtBox" values, respectively. Four embedded fonts are used: - `DOCFONT_REGULAR`: the default font used for text, - `DOCFONT_BOLD`: a boldface font used for heading and strong text, - `DOCFONT_ITALIC`: an italic/oblique font used for emphasized text, and - `DOCFONT_MONOSPACE`: a fixed-width font used for code. By default the code uses the base PostScript fonts Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-Oblique, and Courier. The `USE_TRUETYPE` define can be used to replace these with the Roboto TrueType fonts. Embedded JPEG and PNG images are copied into the PDF document, with the `images` array containing the list of the images and their objects. The `title` member contains the document title, while the `heading` member contains the current heading text. The `actions` array contains a list of action dictionaries for interior document links that need to be resolved, while the `targets` array keeps track of the location of the headings in the PDF document. The `toc` array contains a list of headings and is used to construct the PDF outlines dictionaries/objects, which provides a table of contents for navigation in most PDF readers. #### Page State The `st` member provides the stream for the current page content. The `color`, `font`, `fsize`, and `y` members provide the current graphics state on the page. The `annots_array`, `annots_obj`, `num_links`, and `links` members contain a list of hyperlinks on the current page. ### Creating Pages The `new_page` function is used to start a new page. Aside from creating the new page object and stream, it adds a standard header and footer to the page. It starts by closing the current page if it is open: ```c // Close the current page... if (dd->st) { pdfioStreamClose(dd->st); add_links(dd); } ``` The new page needs a dictionary containing any link annotations, the media and art boxes, the four fonts, and any images: ```c // Prep the new page... page_dict = pdfioDictCreate(dd->pdf); dd->annots_array = pdfioArrayCreate(dd->pdf); dd->annots_obj = pdfioFileCreateArrayObj(dd->pdf, dd->annots_array); pdfioDictSetObj(page_dict, "Annots", dd->annots_obj); pdfioDictSetRect(page_dict, "MediaBox", &dd->media_box); pdfioDictSetRect(page_dict, "ArtBox", &dd->art_box); for (fontface = DOCFONT_REGULAR; fontface < DOCFONT_MAX; fontface ++) pdfioPageDictAddFont(page_dict, docfont_names[fontface], dd->fonts[fontface]); for (i = 0; i < dd->num_images; i ++) pdfioPageDictAddImage(page_dict, pdfioStringCreatef(dd->pdf, "I%u", (unsigned)i), dd->images[i].obj); ``` Once the page dictionary is initialized, we create a new page and initialize the current graphics state: ```c dd->st = pdfioFileCreatePage(dd->pdf, page_dict); dd->color = DOCCOLOR_BLACK; dd->font = DOCFONT_MAX; dd->fsize = 0.0; dd->y = dd->art_box.y2; ``` The header consists of a dark gray separating line and the document title. We don't show the header on the first page: ```c // Add header/footer text set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_GRAY); set_font(dd, DOCFONT_REGULAR, SIZE_HEADFOOT); if (pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf) > 1 && dd->title) { // Show title in header... width = pdfioContentTextMeasure(dd->fonts[DOCFONT_REGULAR], dd->title, SIZE_HEADFOOT); pdfioContentTextBegin(dd->st); pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x1 + 0.5 * (dd->crop_box.x2 - dd->crop_box.x1 - width), dd->crop_box.y2 - SIZE_HEADFOOT); pdfioContentTextShow(dd->st, UNICODE_VALUE, dd->title); pdfioContentTextEnd(dd->st); pdfioContentPathMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x1, dd->crop_box.y2 - 2 * SIZE_HEADFOOT * LINE_HEIGHT + SIZE_HEADFOOT); pdfioContentPathLineTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x2, dd->crop_box.y2 - 2 * SIZE_HEADFOOT * LINE_HEIGHT + SIZE_HEADFOOT); pdfioContentStroke(dd->st); } ``` The footer contains the same dark gray separating line with the current heading and page number on opposite sides. The page number is always positioned on the outer edge for a two-sided print - right justified on odd numbered pages and left justified on even numbered pages: ```c // Show page number and current heading... pdfioContentPathMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x1, dd->crop_box.y1 + SIZE_HEADFOOT * LINE_HEIGHT); pdfioContentPathLineTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x2, dd->crop_box.y1 + SIZE_HEADFOOT * LINE_HEIGHT); pdfioContentStroke(dd->st); pdfioContentTextBegin(dd->st); snprintf(temp, sizeof(temp), "%u", (unsigned)pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf)); if (pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf) & 1) { // Page number on right... width = pdfioContentTextMeasure(dd->fonts[DOCFONT_REGULAR], temp, SIZE_HEADFOOT); pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x2 - width, dd->crop_box.y1); } else { // Page number on left... pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x1, dd->crop_box.y1); } pdfioContentTextShow(dd->st, UNICODE_VALUE, temp); pdfioContentTextEnd(dd->st); if (dd->heading) { pdfioContentTextBegin(dd->st); if (pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf) & 1) { // Current heading on left... pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x1, dd->crop_box.y1); } else { width = pdfioContentTextMeasure(dd->fonts[DOCFONT_REGULAR], dd->heading, SIZE_HEADFOOT); pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, dd->crop_box.x2 - width, dd->crop_box.y1); } pdfioContentTextShow(dd->st, UNICODE_VALUE, dd->heading); pdfioContentTextEnd(dd->st); } ``` ### Formatting the Markdown Document Four functions handle the formatting of the markdown document: - `format_block` formats a single paragraph, heading, or table cell, - `format_code`: formats a block of code, - `format_doc`: formats the document as a whole, and - `format_table`: formats a table. Formatted content is organized into arrays of `linefrag_t` and `tablerow_t` structures for a line of content or row of table cells, respectively. #### High-Level Formatting The `format_doc` function iterates over the block nodes in the markdown document. We map a "thematic break" (horizontal rule) to a page break, which is implemented by moving the current vertical position to the bottom of the page: ```c case MMD_TYPE_THEMATIC_BREAK : // Force a page break dd->y = dd->art_box.y1; break; ``` A block quote is indented and uses the italic font by default: ```c case MMD_TYPE_BLOCK_QUOTE : format_doc(dd, current, DOCFONT_ITALIC, left + BQ_PADDING, right - BQ_PADDING); break; ``` Lists have a leading blank line and are indented: ```c case MMD_TYPE_ORDERED_LIST : case MMD_TYPE_UNORDERED_LIST : if (dd->st) dd->y -= SIZE_BODY * LINE_HEIGHT; format_doc(dd, current, deffont, left + LIST_PADDING, right); break; ``` List items do not have a leading blank line and make use of leader text that is shown in front of the list text. The leader text is either the current item number or a bullet, which then is directly formatted using the `format_block` function: ```c case MMD_TYPE_LIST_ITEM : if (doctype == MMD_TYPE_ORDERED_LIST) { snprintf(leader, sizeof(leader), "%d. ", i); format_block(dd, current, deffont, SIZE_BODY, left, right, leader); } else { format_block(dd, current, deffont, SIZE_BODY, left, right, /*leader*/"• "); } break; ``` Paragraphs have a leading blank line and are likewise directly formatted: ```c case MMD_TYPE_PARAGRAPH : // Add a blank line before the paragraph... dd->y -= SIZE_BODY * LINE_HEIGHT; // Format the paragraph... format_block(dd, current, deffont, SIZE_BODY, left, right, /*leader*/NULL); break; ``` Tables have a leading blank line and are formatted using the `format_table` function: ```c case MMD_TYPE_TABLE : // Add a blank line before the paragraph... dd->y -= SIZE_BODY * LINE_HEIGHT; // Format the table... format_table(dd, current, left, right); break; ``` Code blocks have a leading blank line, are indented slightly (to account for the padded background), and are formatted using the `format_code` function: ```c case MMD_TYPE_CODE_BLOCK : // Add a blank line before the code block... dd->y -= SIZE_BODY * LINE_HEIGHT; // Format the code block... format_code(dd, current, left + CODE_PADDING, right - CODE_PADDING); break; ``` Headings get some extra processing. First, the current heading is remembered in the `docdata_t` structure so it can be used in the page footer: ```c case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1 : case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_2 : case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_3 : case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_4 : case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_5 : case MMD_TYPE_HEADING_6 : // Update the current heading free(dd->heading); dd->heading = mmdCopyAllText(current); ``` Then we add a blank line and format the heading with the boldface font at a larger size using the `format_block` function: ```c // Add a blank line before the heading... dd->y -= heading_sizes[curtype - MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1] * LINE_HEIGHT; // Format the heading... format_block(dd, current, DOCFONT_BOLD, heading_sizes[curtype - MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1], left, right, /*leader*/NULL); ``` Once the heading is formatted, we record it in the `toc` array as a PDF outline item object/dictionary: ```c // Add the heading to the table-of-contents... if (dd->num_toc < DOCTOC_MAX) { doctoc_t *t = dd->toc + dd->num_toc; // New TOC pdfio_array_t *dest; // Destination array t->level = curtype - MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1; t->dict = pdfioDictCreate(dd->pdf); t->obj = pdfioFileCreateObj(dd->pdf, t->dict); dest = pdfioArrayCreate(dd->pdf); pdfioArrayAppendObj(dest, pdfioFileGetPage(dd->pdf, pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf) - 1)); pdfioArrayAppendName(dest, "XYZ"); pdfioArrayAppendNumber(dest, PAGE_LEFT); pdfioArrayAppendNumber(dest, dd->y + heading_sizes[curtype - MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1] * LINE_HEIGHT); pdfioArrayAppendNumber(dest, 0.0); pdfioDictSetArray(t->dict, "Dest", dest); pdfioDictSetString(t->dict, "Title", pdfioStringCreate(dd->pdf, dd->heading)); dd->num_toc ++; } ``` Finally, we also save the heading's target name and its location in the `targets` array to allow interior links to work: ```c // Add the heading to the list of link targets... if (dd->num_targets < DOCTARGET_MAX) { doctarget_t *t = dd->targets + dd->num_targets; // New target make_target_name(t->name, dd->heading, sizeof(t->name)); t->page = pdfioFileGetNumPages(dd->pdf) - 1; t->y = dd->y + heading_sizes[curtype - MMD_TYPE_HEADING_1] * LINE_HEIGHT; dd->num_targets ++; } break; ``` #### Formatting Paragraphs, Headings, List Items, and Table Cells Paragraphs, headings, list items, and table cells all use the same basic formatting algorithm. Text, checkboxes, and images are collected until the nodes in the current block are used up or the content reaches the right margin. In order to keep adjacent blocks of text together, the formatting algorithm makes sure that at least 3 lines of text can fit before the bottom edge of the page: ```c if (mmdGetNextSibling(block)) need_bottom = 3.0 * SIZE_BODY * LINE_HEIGHT; else need_bottom = 0.0; ``` Leader text (used for list items) is right justified to the left margin and becomes the first fragment on the line when present. ```c if (leader) { // Add leader text on first line... frags[0].type = MMD_TYPE_NORMAL_TEXT; frags[0].width = pdfioContentTextMeasure(dd->fonts[deffont], leader, fsize); frags[0].height = fsize; frags[0].x = left - frags[0].width; frags[0].imagenum = 0; frags[0].text = leader; frags[0].url = NULL; frags[0].ws = false; frags[0].font = deffont; frags[0].color = DOCCOLOR_BLACK; num_frags = 1; lineheight = fsize * LINE_HEIGHT; } else { // No leader text... num_frags = 0; lineheight = 0.0; } frag = frags + num_frags; ``` If the current content fragment won't fit, we call `render_line` to draw what we have, adjusting the left margin as needed for table cells: ```c // See if this node will fit on the current line... if ((num_frags > 0 && (x + width + wswidth) >= right) || num_frags == LINEFRAG_MAX) { // No, render this line and start over... if (blocktype == MMD_TYPE_TABLE_HEADER_CELL || blocktype == MMD_TYPE_TABLE_BODY_CELL_CENTER) margin_left = 0.5 * (right - x); else if (blocktype == MMD_TYPE_TABLE_BODY_CELL_RIGHT) margin_left = right - x; else margin_left = 0.0; render_line(dd, margin_left, need_bottom, lineheight, num_frags, frags); num_frags = 0; frag = frags; x = left; lineheight = 0.0; need_bottom = 0.0; ``` Block quotes (blocks use a default font of italic) have an orange bar to the left of the block: ```c if (deffont == DOCFONT_ITALIC) { // Add an orange bar to the left of block quotes... set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_ORANGE); pdfioContentSave(dd->st); pdfioContentSetLineWidth(dd->st, 3.0); pdfioContentPathMoveTo(dd->st, left - 6.0, dd->y - (LINE_HEIGHT - 1.0) * fsize); pdfioContentPathLineTo(dd->st, left - 6.0, dd->y + fsize); pdfioContentStroke(dd->st); pdfioContentRestore(dd->st); } ``` Finally, we add the current content fragment to the array: ```c // Add the current node to the fragment list if (num_frags == 0) { // No leading whitespace at the start of the line ws = false; wswidth = 0.0; } frag->type = type; frag->x = x; frag->width = width + wswidth; frag->height = text ? fsize : height; frag->imagenum = imagenum; frag->text = text; frag->url = url; frag->ws = ws; frag->font = font; frag->color = color; num_frags ++; frag ++; x += width + wswidth; if (height > lineheight) lineheight = height; ``` #### Formatting Code Blocks Code blocks consist of one or more lines of plain monospaced text. We draw a light gray background behind each line with a small bit of padding at the top and bottom: ```c // Draw the top padding... set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_LTGRAY); pdfioContentPathRect(dd->st, left - CODE_PADDING, dd->y + SIZE_CODEBLOCK, right - left + 2.0 * CODE_PADDING, CODE_PADDING); pdfioContentFillAndStroke(dd->st, false); // Start a code text block... set_font(dd, DOCFONT_MONOSPACE, SIZE_CODEBLOCK); pdfioContentTextBegin(dd->st); pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, left, dd->y); for (code = mmdGetFirstChild(block); code; code = mmdGetNextSibling(code)) { set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_LTGRAY); pdfioContentPathRect(dd->st, left - CODE_PADDING, dd->y - (LINE_HEIGHT - 1.0) * SIZE_CODEBLOCK, right - left + 2.0 * CODE_PADDING, lineheight); pdfioContentFillAndStroke(dd->st, false); set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_RED); pdfioContentTextShow(dd->st, UNICODE_VALUE, mmdGetText(code)); dd->y -= lineheight; if (dd->y < dd->art_box.y1) { // End the current text block... pdfioContentTextEnd(dd->st); // Start a new page... new_page(dd); set_font(dd, DOCFONT_MONOSPACE, SIZE_CODEBLOCK); dd->y -= lineheight; pdfioContentTextBegin(dd->st); pdfioContentTextMoveTo(dd->st, left, dd->y); } } // End the current text block... pdfioContentTextEnd(dd->st); dd->y += lineheight; // Draw the bottom padding... set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_LTGRAY); pdfioContentPathRect(dd->st, left - CODE_PADDING, dd->y - CODE_PADDING - (LINE_HEIGHT - 1.0) * SIZE_CODEBLOCK, right - left + 2.0 * CODE_PADDING, CODE_PADDING); pdfioContentFillAndStroke(dd->st, false); ``` #### Formatting Tables Tables are the most difficult to format. We start by scanning the entire table and measuring every cell with the `measure_cell` function: ```c for (num_cols = 0, num_rows = 0, rowptr = rows, current = mmdGetFirstChild(table); current && num_rows < TABLEROW_MAX; current = next) { next = mmd_walk_next(table, current); type = mmdGetType(current); if (type == MMD_TYPE_TABLE_ROW) { // Parse row... for (col = 0, current = mmdGetFirstChild(current); current && num_cols < TABLECOL_MAX; current = mmdGetNextSibling(current), col ++) { rowptr->cells[col] = current; measure_cell(dd, current, cols + col); if (col >= num_cols) num_cols = col + 1; } rowptr ++; num_rows ++; } } ``` The `measure_cell` function also updates the minimum and maximum width needed for each column. To this we add the cell padding to compute the total table width: ```c // Figure out the width of each column... for (col = 0, table_width = 0.0; col < num_cols; col ++) { cols[col].max_width += 2.0 * TABLE_PADDING; table_width += cols[col].max_width; cols[col].width = cols[col].max_width; } ``` If the calculated width is more than the available width, we need to adjust the width of the columns. The algorithm used here breaks the available width into N equal-width columns - any columns wider than this will be scaled proportionately. This works out as two steps - one to calculate the the base width of "narrow" columns and a second to distribute the remaining width amongst the wider columns: ```c format_width = right - left - 2.0 * TABLE_PADDING * num_cols; if (table_width > format_width) { // Content too wide, try scaling the widths... double avg_width, // Average column width base_width, // Base width remaining_width, // Remaining width scale_width; // Width for scaling size_t num_remaining_cols = 0; // Number of remaining columns // First mark any columns that are narrower than the average width... avg_width = format_width / num_cols; for (col = 0, base_width = 0.0, remaining_width = 0.0; col < num_cols; col ++) { if (cols[col].width > avg_width) { remaining_width += cols[col].width; num_remaining_cols ++; } else { base_width += cols[col].width; } } // Then proportionately distribute the remaining width to the other columns... format_width -= base_width; for (col = 0, table_width = 0.0; col < num_cols; col ++) { if (cols[col].width > avg_width) cols[col].width = cols[col].width * format_width / remaining_width; table_width += cols[col].width; } } ``` Now that we have the widths of the columns, we can calculate the left and right margins of each column for formatting the cell text: ```c // Calculate the margins of each column in preparation for formatting for (col = 0, x = left + TABLE_PADDING; col < num_cols; col ++) { cols[col].left = x; cols[col].right = x + cols[col].width; x += cols[col].width + 2.0 * TABLE_PADDING; } ``` Then we re-measure the cells using the final column widths to determine the height of each cell and row: ```c // Calculate the height of each row and cell in preparation for formatting for (row = 0, rowptr = rows; row < num_rows; row ++, rowptr ++) { for (col = 0; col < num_cols; col ++) { height = measure_cell(dd, rowptr->cells[col], cols + col) + 2.0 * TABLE_PADDING; if (height > rowptr->height) rowptr->height = height; } } ``` Finally, we render each row in the table: ```c // Render each table row... for (row = 0, rowptr = rows; row < num_rows; row ++, rowptr ++) render_row(dd, num_cols, cols, rowptr); ``` ### Rendering the Markdown Document The formatted content in arrays of `linefrag_t` and `tablerow_t` structures are passed to the `render_line` and `render_row` functions respectively to produce content in the PDF document. #### Rendering a Line in a Paragraph, Heading, or Table Cell The `render_line` function adds content from the `linefrag_t` array to a PDF page. It starts by determining whether a new page is needed: ```c if (!dd->st) { new_page(dd); margin_top = 0.0; } dd->y -= margin_top + lineheight; if ((dd->y - need_bottom) < dd->art_box.y1) { new_page(dd); dd->y -= lineheight; } ``` We then loops through the fragments for the current line, drawing checkboxes, images, and text as needed. When a hyperlink is present, we add the link to the `links` array in the `docdata_t` structure, mapping "@" and "@@" to an internal link corresponding to the linked text: ```c if (frag->url && dd->num_links < DOCLINK_MAX) { doclink_t *l = dd->links + dd->num_links; // Pointer to this link record if (!strcmp(frag->url, "@")) { // Use mapped text as link target... char targetlink[129]; // Targeted link targetlink[0] = '#'; make_target_name(targetlink + 1, frag->text, sizeof(targetlink) - 1); l->url = pdfioStringCreate(dd->pdf, targetlink); } else if (!strcmp(frag->url, "@@")) { // Use literal text as anchor... l->url = pdfioStringCreatef(dd->pdf, "#%s", frag->text); } else { // Use URL as-is... l->url = frag->url; } l->box.x1 = frag->x; l->box.y1 = dd->y; l->box.x2 = frag->x + frag->width; l->box.y2 = dd->y + frag->height; dd->num_links ++; } ``` These are later written as annotations in the `add_links` function. #### Rendering a Table Row The `render_row` function takes a row of cells and the corresponding column definitions. It starts by drawing the border boxes around body cells: ```c if (mmdGetType(row->cells[0]) == MMD_TYPE_TABLE_HEADER_CELL) { // Header row, no border... deffont = DOCFONT_BOLD; } else { // Regular body row, add borders... deffont = DOCFONT_REGULAR; set_color(dd, DOCCOLOR_GRAY); pdfioContentPathRect(dd->st, cols[0].left - TABLE_PADDING, dd->y - row->height, cols[num_cols - 1].right - cols[0].left + 2.0 * TABLE_PADDING, row->height); for (col = 1; col < num_cols; col ++) { pdfioContentPathMoveTo(dd->st, cols[col].left - TABLE_PADDING, dd->y); pdfioContentPathLineTo(dd->st, cols[col].left - TABLE_PADDING, dd->y - row->height); } pdfioContentStroke(dd->st); } ``` Then it formats each cell using the `format_block` function described previously. The page `y` value is reset before formatting each cell: ```c row_y = dd->y; for (col = 0; col < num_cols; col ++) { dd->y = row_y; format_block(dd, row->cells[col], deffont, SIZE_TABLE, cols[col].left, cols[col].right, /*leader*/NULL); } dd->y = row_y - row->height; ```